I’ve been doing a lot of batch updates on one of my databases at home recently. show processlist says something like this: mysql> show processlist; +——-+——+—————+————–+———+——-+———-+——————————————+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +——-+——+—————+————–+———+——-+———-+——————————————| | 18354 | root | maui:37403 | smtp_servers | Query |…
The Complete Hammer’s Slammers Volume 2
This book is as good as The first volume. This book comes highly recommended. Stories included: At Any Price Counting the Cost Rolling Hot The Warrior The Day of Glory [isbn: 1892389738]
The Complete Hammer’s Slammers Volume 1
It occurred to me over the weekend that it was odd that I was updating books I had recently read on a book site like goodreads, given that all I’m doing by entering data on their site is blogging someplace that not even I remember to read. I’m therefore going to move all of that…
A Stainless Steel Rat is Born
This was another book I read as a kid and had fond memories of. When I found it at Powell’s books for under $4 I just had to pick it up. Harrison seems to focus on “pulp science fiction” — all of the stuff I have seen from him has been short and easy reading,…
init script
Jake Graft pointed out in a comment that I had forgotten to put the init script from the MythTV book online. My apologies. #! /bin/sh # # mythbackend # PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin BACKEND=/usr/local/bin/mythbackend BACKEND_NAME=mythbackend MYTHUSER=”myth” test -x $BACKEND || exit 0 set -e case “$1” in start) echo -n “Starting MythTV: $BACKEND_NAME” su ${MYTHUSER} -c “$BACKEND -v…
In Australia, alive
So, after a somewhat traumatic 30 hour journey from America, I am now in Australia happy and well. I’m surprised by how not-jetlagged I feel, which is nice as well. Qantas in Melbourne were actually much better than Qantas in LAX about the missing bag. They were friendly, sympathetic, efficient and gave me $100 AUD…
“Other than the fact our child will be bright, text-based and sarcastic, we will otherwise be a normal family.”
Because there are fewer and fewer of us, I must help keep our lineage alive. I am looking for someone to help me do this. I need a woman (obviously) who is willing to raise a child with me in the method of Unix. Our child will be introduced to computers at a young age,…
More nuclear bunkers
Its clear from my past posts that I am interested in cold war bunkers. I just watched “Lost Worlds: US Nuclear Bunkers”. That’s re-ignited my interest in US nuclear bunkers (as well as cold war history in general). I like the idea of the Lorton Bunker (under a correctional facility 20 miles form Washington DC,…
Mental note: don’t become a US permanent resident just in case
To quote from this blog post (its a bit odd that its a PDF, but whatever): … the new expatriate regime (Exit Tax Provision) requires expatriates to recognise gain on their assets, and imposes a new tax on gifts and bequests by expatriates to Americans, This new provision (styled Section 877A) is an addition to…