Category Archives: Technology
bash completion 20050720 released
It’s been a bit quiet on the bash completion front this year. Work commitments, the planning of an international move and the care of a pregnant wife, later followed by the birth of a daughter, have sought to keep me … Continue reading
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New bash book
I recently purchased a copy of the third edition of Learning the bash Shell by Cameron Newham and Bill Rosenblatt. Those of you who know my background know that it’s been quite a while since I learned my way around … Continue reading
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Mixing Technology
I’ve spent the last couple of days tweaking a few small aspects of the site. The CSS that lays out the main page’s three column look is now as it should be, I believe. Previously, it was a rather hit-or-miss … Continue reading
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Anti-Spam Defences Holding
My new blog anti-spam defences seem to be holding up well. The current configuration starts with MT-Blacklist, which blocks more than 95% of the comment and trackback spam by checking for blacklisted strings in the various fields of the incoming … Continue reading
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Movable Type 3.17
I finally took the plunge and upgraded the server blog software to Movable Type 3.17 today. It was a fairly substantial upgrade, requiring a lot of template and style sheet editing, as well as the copying of files hither and … Continue reading
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