Honda Village fires us as a customer
Long-time readers of my blog may remember my multiple postings about Honda Village in Newton, Massachusetts. You can read the whole series of Honda Village postings here.
We love A-Z Auto Center
I want to give a loud shout-out to our favorite auto-body shop and service station, A-Z Auto Center in Brighton, MA. My wife and I have used them numerous times for many different services, including routine maintenance (e.g., oil and filter), auto-body work, repairing a broken automatic minivan door, and tire repair and replacement. In… Read More: We love A-Z Auto Center »
Abhorrent proposal to close the MBTA’s budget gap
To: Kevin.Honan@mahouse.gov, William.Brownsberger@mahouse.gov, mayor@cityofboston.gov, City.Council@cityofboston.gov CC: fareproposal@mbta.com Dear Gov. Patrick (via Fax), Rep. Honan, Rep. Brownsberger, Mayor Menino, and members of the Boston City Council, I am writing to you all in incensed opposition to the abhorrent plan currently under discussion to close the MBTA’s budget gap by decimating Massachusetts public transportation.
“That’s Life” comic fixed in aggregator
I’ve fixed the comic “That’s Life”, which was broken in my comics aggregator.
Comics added to aggregator
By popular demand (i.e., somebody asked), the following comics have been added to my comics aggregator: Banana Triangle Birdbrains Dog Eat Doug F Minus Ink Pen Luann The Other Coast Overboard Pluggers Rubes Scary Gary Strange Brew Enjoy! P.S. If you find the aggregator useful, please consider making a donation. Thanks!
Gov. Patrick, it’s a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree
Dear Governor Patrick, Speaking as a religious Jew, I can assure you that I do not find it “inclusive” or “welcoming” for you to call the tree you’re lighting today a “holiday tree”. If it were my choice, there would be no religious symbols of any sort on public property. But since that’s never going… Read More: Gov. Patrick, it’s a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree »
Herman Cain judged appropriately
Today’s letter to the editor of the Herald: To the editor: Herman Cain was forced out of the campaign by his immoral acts and lies about them, not by liberal ideologues as Joe Fitzgerald claims. Cain’s plummeting poll numbers came from conservatives who might have actually voted for him. It’s true that other politicians, on… Read More: Herman Cain judged appropriately »
Ongoing large-scale distributed SSH brute-force attack
In the past, securing SSH on the public internet has been pretty much as easy as (a) keep your OS patched, (b) don’t let root log in with a password, and (c) run fail2ban to stop brute-force attacks. Unfortunately, it looks like the bad guys have finally figured out how to put their bots to… Read More: Ongoing large-scale distributed SSH brute-force attack »
“Jew” is not a bad word
Someone forwarded me a chain letter today about how offensive it is that a blatantly antisemitic web site, JewWatch, shows up at or near the top of the search results when you Google the word “Jew”. Here’s my response: http://blog.kamens.us/jew-is-not-a-bad-word/.
Free Linux cloud backups for cheap bastards
The last time I looked, there were no options I was happy with for backing up my Linux PC in the cloud for a reasonable price. That may have changed, and perhaps if I were less stubborn I’d pay CrashPlan a few bucks per month to back up my system, but I feel compelled to… Read More: Free Linux cloud backups for cheap bastards »