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Nice Perk
I was lucky enough to have a seat today in Kirk McKusick’s course, FreeBSD Kernel Internals, based on his book, The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System. Today was the first day of the course, which has been … Continue reading
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Fighting trackback spam
As I wrote in my last entry, I’ve been forced to take measures against trackback spam. The patch is proving effective, so I produce it here in the hope it will help some of you, too. Note that this patch … Continue reading
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Trackback spam
Blog comment spammers have been having a hard time of it lately, given the new measures that people have been devising to render their links ineffective. Of course, rendering spam links ineffective works only acts as a deterrent. It doesn’t … Continue reading
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What’s in a name?
Franbert has now been gestating in the womb for 24 weeks and Sarah’s belly has begun to grow very quickly. It’s hard to imagine she still has almost four months left to go before Franbert is finally unleashed upon us. … Continue reading
Ian gets to stick around
Yesterday, I received an I-797, Notice of Action, from the Department of Homeland Security. This informed me that my application to have the provisional status removed from my green card has been accepted for adjudication. This process will take at … Continue reading
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