Scripting News

If you've been reading my blog you know I'm a big fan of the Fresh Air podcast, have been for a long time, since before it was a podcast. I like the way the host Terry Gross interviews people, and because the show is so good, and she's basically a fa

There's something about taking a break that gets you ready for more. As the election wound down, the pace of the news rose to a crescendo, then dropped off precipitously. After letting a bit of time pass, my intuition that NJ had run its course was c

Now we're at the point where whole countries are going down. This is turning into a bloody huge mess. Citibank, too big to fail, and too big to bail, is next. Read it and weep. Our way of life is on its way out. What does the world look like in its

Well, the ProxyPass project met its objective, but not without a few more brain teasers and knife fights along the way. The goal was to get the OPML Editor running behind Apache, so Apache could serve the static stuff, and the OPML Editor could do th

I thought I had it yesterday, but there was a case I didn't test, and it didn't work, so there's still some more work to do. What I want: 1. http://apache.twitterland.org/ should be served from the static Apache folder, which is in its virgin state w

Reading the news it's not clear if we're going to give Detroit the money to keep them going for a while longer. Pretty sure we can't afford not to, and of course they'll be coming back for more next year, and that's probably a good thing, cause it's

Checklist of things to do with a fresh Apache install to get reverse proxies working (on Windows). 1. Start with apache_2.2.9-win32-x86.nossl.msi, go through normal install. When it asks for domains I entered: twitterland.org, apache.twitterland.org

Update: It worked, after a fresh install of Apache and a bit of fussing in the OPML Editor. 0. I must use Windows, so please don't tell me I shouldn't use Windows. Thanks in advance. 1. I have at least two HTTP servers that I want to run on one box,

This is what I was talking about yesterday. "They should put their reporters in Detroit, Columbus, Indianapolis, where ever there are elements of the auto industry, and explain what will happen to these Americans when GM, Ford and Chrysler shut down,

I'm not an economist, and while I'm not a casual investor (no one can be) -- I'm not a very active investor. I tend to park my assets in one place and just leave them there. The one major exception was January of this year, when I sold almost all my