Category Archives: Web

Announcing The Launch Of SPBS — the Simplest Possible Blogging System

And by “Launch,” I mean “I’m starting to write it.” There’s a long way between that and a completed program. But you can check my progress at SPBS’ Google Code site: http://code.google.com/p/spbs/
I’ve written an introduction to SPBS, and the reasons I’m writing it here, at http://code.google.com/p/spbs/wiki/SPBSIntroduction

BioWiki — A new project

Although I’m not at all sure about the “BioWiki” name. And “AutoBioWiki” is even worse. But in the fine tradition of Anne Lamott’s “shitty first draft,” here’s
http://biowiki.sudosu.net
(I’m keeping the shitty first draft to myself, at least for now.)

Google FTW: Fixing Arrow Problems in OS X Python

I lived with it for ages. I tried to fix it on my own, by selecting different emulation types. Finally I Googled for it. And pretty much instantly found the answer:
python `python -c “import pimp; print pimp.__file__”` -i readline
Moral? If at first you don’t succeed, Google. If Google fails, try, try again.
Update: And to [...]

Canada.com Infected With Trojan-Installation Browser Hijack

Summary: Visitors to Canada.com (not hyperlinked for obvious reasons) will have their browsers hijacked, and a series of prompts will download and attempt to install malicious software. This will happen ONLY on the first visit from an IP address. Subsequent visits to Canada.com will not experience the browser hijack.
NOTE: I have only experienced this on [...]

A Weak Defense: Breakins at CIHost.com

Here’s a reason to think twice about your colocation provider: CIHost.com has been broken into four times over the past two years, and had servers and equipment stolen. Their Chief Corporate Counsel, James Eckels, says the robbers “Knew what they’re doing,” and that their facility is “in a bad part of town.”
There’s very little payoff [...]

Online Dating Sites, A brief review

K. and I broke up a few months ago, and I’ve been doing the online dating thing recently, with mixed success. Here’s some brief notes on the online dating sites I’ve tried, to hopefully speed other people through this process. I’m 35, male, straight, and live in Los Angeles — if you differ significantly from [...]

Facebook (AKA the man) is holding me down!

Turns out Facebook won’t let me use my root at sudosu dot net address, because they believe real people don’t use addresses with “root” in them. Well, phooie to them!
Here’s my bug report: (with e-mail addresses slightly mangled for publication)
WHAT I DID:
1) On Edit Profile -> Contact page, selected “Add / Remove E-mails.
2) Hit “Change” [...]

Using gMail Securely, Even on Wireless

If you see “http://” in the address bar for a website, that connection is unsecured. Anyone eavesdropping can access everything sent and received between you and the website. Which is no problem if you’re reading tmz.com, but a big problem if you’re on wamu.com.
If you see “https://” in the address bar, that connection is generally [...]

John MARK Schofield?

People who have known me for a while are slightly puzzled. Why am I semi-consistently using my middle name now, when I never did before? Sudden attack of pretentiousness?
Actually, no. When you Google for “John Schofield,” I’m WAY down on the list — not even on the first page. (Some Civil War General gets all [...]

Possible Wordpress Future Post Bug

I reported a bug to WordPress  and I’ve apparently gone as far as I can go with the folks on that bug.
I’ll be continuing this at the URL they suggested, and I’ll update this post.