Category Archives: Geekery

I’ve written a few times (here and here) about how every time you change something, every bug anywhere near that area now becomes your fault. In my current job, I was in charge of a system called “Entitlements” that controlled … Continue reading →

I’ve written a few times in the past about idiots who get their monthly email reminders from my Mailman mailing lists and then write to me personally to unsubscribe instead of following the instructions in that email reminder. For the … Continue reading →

Time was, I was an enthusiastic Linux geek, proselytizing, apologizing, saying “well, it doesn’t now, but somebody will write something to do that”, overlooking the visual horror of the clashes of look and feel and user experience of all the … Continue reading →

… or a flawless migration. Apparently the new IPs for my servers on on the SpamHaus SBL list. This is a major problem as several of the people on the mailing lists I run (including my xcski.com address) use SBL … Continue reading →