Author Archives: ianmacd
Comment spam killing MT weblogs?
Slashdot has an article on how comment spammers are killing Movable Type blogs by introducing high load on servers. The report turns out to be talking about a bug in MT 3.x, whereby the server gets put under high load … Continue reading
New Hampshire
Sarah and I spent a weekend with her folks in New Hampshire back in September. I’ve finally put up the photos from this trip.
ruby-ldap controls patch
I’ve put out a series of patches to ruby-ldap 0.8.3 to allow the easy use of controls. Controls take advantage of the extensible nature of LDAPv3 to provide functionality not part of the original protocol specification. < p> Specifically, I … Continue reading
Ultrasonic
Sarah and I went to see a new obstetrician a couple of days ago, as we had heard he was friendly towards people who were planning a home birth. He turned out to be very affable, indeed; Sarah and I … Continue reading
Marry An American
The Canadians are taking pity on Americans and are now offering to marry them to get them out of the country and into a more progressive land. From their site: You can help. Open your heart, and your home. Marry … Continue reading