Arcterex's Random Thoughts Since 1996
Some days it’s a bad idea to ignore (or rather, just not check) email. And ignore weird stuff when you see it. Turns out for two days straight my server has been spewing out spam, after a user on the server had their password compromised. The server is a Ubuntu server with Postfix as the …
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On Thursday, my friend, and cat, since 1997 passed away. He was sick the day before and Andrea took him into the vet, and we were told he needed some fluids and antibiotics, but the issue was a fixable one, not a “he’s old and you’re just prolonging the inevidble” situation. We left him there …
There’s been a lot of talk recently about how Facebook is repressing my posts, people aren’t seeing them, OMG Facebook is censoring my news. Good I say. Here’s the thing, if you’re on Facebook you’ve probably “liked” a lot of things, from your favourite TV show, to your friends pictures, to your local community library. …
There are many Pebble Smart Watch reviews, all similar, all unique. This is mine. I heard about the Pebble Watch on Kickstarter the day that it made it’s goal, and even though I didn’t write about it, I did back it immediately. I got back into wearing a watch a couple of years ago with …
Had a nice time last night with the now-sort-of-annual New Years Eve party. It’s actually more of a “we are old and lazy and don’t want to go out so why don’t people just come to our house” party if I was to be honest. Only 3 people showed up, but there was still lots …
Continue reading “Ringing in 2013 With Friends and a New SSD”
Not sure yet if it’s an indication of the upcoming end of the world this friday, but it is snow in the Fraser Valley. Had the option of a snow day from work yesterday, but succumbed to the lure of a fancy coffee for those who weren’t wimps. Of course it’s the Fraser Valley so the snow …
First of all, no one reads this blog anymore, and secondly, it’s my birthday soon, and with Christmas coming up I figure if I don’t get this out of my head and somewhere else, how would the elves know what to get me? So here’s my 2012 birthday/Christmas wish list Dream camera setup Nikon D800 …
6 years ago I wrote that the future was now and was incredible, that you could get raw images from a Martian lander on an FTP site minutes after that were transmitted…. from another planet. Today it’s different, you can see images tweeted from the @MarsCuriosity twitter account minutes or seconds after they’re sent, and …
Continue reading “Thoughts After Watching The Mars “Curiosity” Rover Touch Down”
So I am an animal rescue hero today. Well, “Hero” might be a bit strong. Maybe “super totally awesome cat rescuer” is more accurate. Perhaps “fool”. Noticed on Facebook and an ex-coworker had posted the question of: How do you get a kitten down from a 35′ tree? 🙁 The kitten in question is one …
Continue reading “Preparing For My Career As A Firefighter Rescuing Kittens In Trees”
So a bit of follow up to my car “incident“. You’d think that going into the insurance company to be looked after when a truck, driven by a driver who was known to be negligible (as the police officer saw that he ignored the flashing “you’re too tall” lights), hit a bridge and sprayed your …
Today I had a photoshoot with the lovely Terra Jean downtown Vancouver, helping out my friend Danielle who is working to break into the makeup artist business. Headed down there mid-afternoon with my friend Len and did the shoot over the next few hours. Two models, a makeup artist, a location of a hot tub …
Continue reading “Truck Right Beside Me Went Under An Overpass Too Low”
I’m not sure if it’s the weather or some sort of subtle hint that they want food and would like me to go and get fish for them, but the cats brought in a total of 6 worms into the house overnight (and based on the odd dirt at the top of the stairs, possibly …