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GRAFFITI -- May 01, 2006 thru May 07, 2006 >> Link to the Current Week << Last Week << Mon   Tues   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun >> Next Week Search this site : Welcome to Orb Graffiti, a place for me to write daily about life and computers. Contrary to popular belief, the two are not interchangeable.     About eMail - I publish email sometimes. If you send me an email and you want privacy or anonymity, please say so clearly at the beginning of your message.

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May 1, 2006

0936 - Good morning. I use ClamAV on a number of machines. ClamAV is Open Source Antivirus software, easy to link into mail servers, a bit more challenging on the filesystem and Windows level. But it catches and blocks a lot of phishing stuff that no one else seems to. A new version is out, as of yesterday. So I've updated and restarted ClamAV as appropriate, and the logfiles after restart look fine.

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May 2, 2006

0955 - Good morning. The mention of ClamAV yesterday brought an infrequent correspondent in from the cold, however briefly.

On the face of it, looks good. I'll do a bit more research and test it out. More when I know more.

May Day ++ ... and the net impact of A Day Without Immigrants? Not much from this vantage point. But as I said before, I've got no problem with immigrants. I have a problem with illegal aliens. Why people (and the media, which I don't put in the same category as people, since they're so clearly not...) can't seem to differentiate between the two is beyond me. Jerry certainly seemed to enjoy the lessened traffic that the rally brought to Los Angeles.

Grrrrr! Florida professor sentenced in terrorism case. Yeah, this gets under my skin. Why in Chthulhu's Name are we taxpayers supposed to foot the bill to keep this waste of skin in our prisons for another 18 months before deporting him? Is it inane laws? Is it the Prison Guards lobbying efforts that make this sort of thing make sense? Take him out, now, past the 200 mile limit and drop him off the boat with some chum. Case closed.

Deep breaths. Okay, on with the working day. Ciao!

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May 3, 2006

0750 - Good morning-ish. Lucy woke me just before the alarm clock went off at 0530, as she prepared to vomit reville for us. I got her into the bathroom in time to make it an easy cleanup. Then I let both dogs out into the back yard while I executed that cleanup. So I'm starting the day pretty tired, since I had a bit of a go-round last night via email. Somebody is handing out advice that I strongly disagree with, and they kept getting shriller and ruder as the exchange went on. The funny thing is that the other party has a history of being a fuckwad via email, because he's bloody smart, young, (both true) and headstrong (my opinion). But since I'm not paid anything for countering this bad advice, I'm going to do my best to let go. If the alternate path is followed, I'll not have any role in supporting it, so I can just say "I told you so" later. But it's irksome to have to go through those battles, and keeps me from sleeping well. I'd best be about my work ... have a great day.

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May 4, 2006

1445 - Hullo.

Dear Lord, Please Grant Me the Ability...

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May 5, 2006

1938 - Good evening. A frantically busy day, now winding down. See you tomorrow.

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May 6, 2006

1620 - Good afternoon. We got up, Marcia went to the club to work out. When she got back, we went down to Patuxent Nursery, to pick up as much of our spring plantings as possible. That we did. But first, Marcia's strawberries are just spectacular this year. We're going to feast!

At the nursery, we picked up three flats of annuals: two Begonia varieties and one of orange Marigolds. We also picked up 8 small herbs, 8 tomatoes, 4 cucumber, 2 broccoli, and 4 peppers. I still need more tomatoes and peppers (they didn't have any Roma or Jalapeno at the moment). So I've planted all that stuff...

The TV Stand project is calling me now, so I'd best go do something on that before I fall over. Later...

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May 7, 2006

1742 - Good evening. I'm sunburnt, whacked, and ready for a nice, relaxing work week. Last night I nearly finished up the TV Stand. It's upstairs now, awaiting the right day to unload the old furniture, and move stuff around. It's also waiting for me to fabricate the turntable slide. I've got that picture in my head now, so it just needs an evening of assembly, and a couple of evenings of finishing work. Then I can screw it into the stand.

Today we picked up a few more vegetables, four Roma tomato and two mystery squash. I got those planted after the shopping. Then I got the watering systems setup both for the main garden boxes, and for the strawberry patch boxes. The latter was a bit of work because part of the exposed piping was whacked off below ground level by the lawn folks last fall. It didn't cost much, I just had to replace an elbow. But finding the bloody thing was a bit of digging, since I couldn't remember where it had been precisely. So that's all done.

Part of my mind and heart today was, as usual, with our troops in the field. You folks are awesome! I read this THE BOTTOM LINE - OBSERVATIONS FROM IRAQI FREEDOM, APRIL 2006, by Barry McCaffrey (General, Ret), on Pournelle's site. It's wonderful to hear such good things about our troops. There's too much screwed up reportage from the Mainstream Media. Still, we have losses...

• Cpl. Brandon M. Hardy, 25, of Cochranville, Pa., died April 28 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
• Sgt. Lea R. Mills, 21, of Brooksville, Fla., died April 28 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
• Sgt. Steve M. Sakoda, 29, of Hilo, Hawaii, died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 29, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.
• Sgt. Matthew A. Webber, 23, of Kalamazoo, Mich., died on April 27, in the Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on Nov.21, 2005.
• Staff Sgt. Bryant A. Herlem, 37, of Copperas Cove, Texas, died in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 28, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.
• Sgt. Jose Gomez, 23, of Corona, N.Y., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 28, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.
• Sgt. Edward G. Davis III, 31, of Antioch, Ill., died April 28 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
• 1st Sgt. Bobby Mendez, 38, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 27, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.
• Staff Sgt. Mark A. Wall, 27, of Alden, Iowa, died in Mosul, Iraq, on April 27, from a non-combat related cause.
• Cpl. Robbie G. Light, 21, of Kingsport, Tenn., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq on May 1, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A2 Abrams tank during combat operations.
• Lance Cpl. Robert L. Moscillo, 21, of Salem, N.H., died May 1 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
• Sgt. Joseph E. Proctor, 38, of Indianapolis, Ind., died May 3 in Tammin, Iraq when a suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device detonated near his observation post during dismounted combat patrol operations.
• Capt. Brian S. Letendre, 27, of Woodbridge, Va., died May 3 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
• Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler, 20, of Suffield, Conn., died May 4 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
• Pfc. Christopher M. Eckhardt, 19, of Phoenix, Ariz., died in Taji, Iraq on May 3, from a non-combat related cause.
• Staff Sgt. Gavin B. Reinke, 32, of Pueblo, Colo., died in Baghdad, Iraq on May 4, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle during combat operations.
• Spc. Bryan L. Quinton, 24, of Sand Springs, Okla., died in Baghdad, Iraq on May 4, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle during combat operations.
• Sgt. Elisha R. Parker, 21, of Taberg, N.Y., died May 4, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.

I salute you!

Now to jump in the shower, Linda Rose is over for supper, and to review Paducah fabrics with Marcia. Oh, the excitement! See you next week.

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