Done this week (20140406 Su - 12 Sa)
The big news here at Rainbow's End is the first of our house concerts -- Heather Dale is singing here tonight! Doors open at 7:30, and there's still space. Probably.
The big news everywhere else on the internet is the Heartbleed Bug. Yes, it's bad. Most banking sites, fortunately, aren't affected, but Google (for example) is. Wait until a site has installed patches before you bother changing your password. And if you're using the same password on multiple sites, Don't Do That Anymore! -- you know better, don't you?
Essentially no work on the taxes. Ouch! I'm going to overestimate, put it on installments, and file for an extension. Though, every deduction I can find today and tomorrow will help.
Lots of links in the notes.
0406 Su * up 5:55; W=208.6; d, n & it occurred to me to look for my author page on Amazon. Pages, since there's also an artist page, and they're separate (Steve vs. Stephen R.) Found some fascinating stuff, including the herpetology textbook that my brother and sister-in-law are co-authors on (among other people), and somebody selling CC+S used for $187(?!) & set up pages on {authorcentral,artistcentral,sellercentral}.amazon.com Actually, advantage looks much better than being a regular seller. Later. * 15min: moved the corner shelves from the sewing corner (where they were pretty much unused) to the Rainbow Room phone corner. This frees up the three stackable, folding bamboo shelves. I'll need to replace the 6-way plug extender -- it's too wide. : someone stole the rear plate off Felicity (the Ford Cmax) * shifting boxes etc. in the Great Room in preparation for Sunday. * make HB eggs : Chaos and Rabbit are moving -- one of their housemates is apparently something of a nut case. They're taking some boxes, and will borrow the van week after next. They're also taking our duplicate spices! Yay! 0407 Mo * up 6:41; W=208.2; d, n @ Saudi Aramco World : Chiles’ Global Warming +esr chili peppers, not Chile. * book flights for Liz and Ogg * pay bills, sort (about 3 days worth of) mail 0408 Tu * up 6:35; W=210.4; d, n @ 10 Mind Blowing Sex Tips - The New Inquiry 3. Drive men and women and people who identify as gender neutral absolutely wild by paying attention to them and what they’re enjoying, like they’re an individual you are attracted to. * install new cable router -> took about 20min. Determined that one can't turn off WiFi, which sucks. One can apparently disable it by having comcast put it into bridge mode, but apparently it's flaky and I actually wouldn't mind having a DMZ. Tinfoil hat? Right now it's sharing channel 11 with rainbows-end-west, so not too bad. @ 6 Things about Chronic Pain You Didn’t Know You Knew (firecat) @ esr: A bloodmouth carnist theory of animal rights @ 6 Ways to Kill Every Cord in Your House not really all that useful @ Heartbleed Bug This is a scary one. @ HowTo: Get Around Comcast Port 25 Block with a Postfix Server | Steve Jenkins 0409 We % dream: I was in a jury pool - the court was located inside a huge shopping mall. The waiting room was on the second floor, the courtrooms on the third and fourth. The elevator was tucked away at the end of a little, unmarked corridor. * up 6:40; W=208.4; d, n @ xkcd: Heartbleed Update everything, rotate keys, and change passwords. Bletch. * played a little go after work -- I need to practice. @ A Softer World: 1086 @ The Seven Lady Godivas: Dr. Seuss’s Little-Known “Adult” Book of Nudes @ The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now @ Test your server for Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160) (via ZDNet) @ [svlug] How much trouble are we in FAQ (Heartbleed) 0410 Th * up 6:40; W=208.0; d, n : The check I deposited on Monday apparently didn't post -- I rather suspect I forgot to endorse it, but it still sucks and I'm still hosed. * 4:00 at RE: architects * pull year-end statements. Stupid Wells Fargo doesn't have them. * Juggle stuff to cover mortgage and this week's transfers. Tight. @ esr: Does the Heartbleed bug refute Linus’s Law? tl;dr: no 0411 Fr * up 6:30; W=206.6; d, n 0412 Sa * up 6:45ish; W=209.2; d, n; shower @ The Bleeding Hearts Club: Heartbleed Recovery for System Administrators | EFF @ Hacking Your Linux Keyboard with xkb | Linux.com @ Looking For Tom Lehrer, Comedy's Mysterious Genius @ Android 4.1.1 Devices are Vulnerable to Heartbleed but IMO not much of a problem @ Multi-Story House in the UK is Entirely Purple on the Inside PURPLE! & Deleted my dropbox account. Never used it anyway. see Internet Revolt Begins as Condi Rice Joins Dropbox Board | WIRED, etc. @ Report: NSA Exploited Heartbleed to Siphon Passwords for Two Years | WIRED NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Intelligence for Years - Bloomberg : Beautiful spring day. Shirtsleeve weather. * TJ's and Safeway * Out a second time to Metro for shrimp and lettuce for shrimp Louie @ You must watch this amazing guy playing Star Wars on a pipe organ
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