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email from the lord

The only autoreply from the joe-job of mirror@ibiblio that I found entertaining.

2008 06 14 tarheelcoxn flickr
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redhat to court: fix patent system plzkthx

Awesome. (Also, redhat are running Lyceum. Woot.)

2008 04 11 tarheelcoxn Linux
Open Source
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dear lazyweb, .forward harvest?

At work we’re pretty much committed to letting people use a .forward file. I’d like some tool we can run that will harvest all the emails (but not pipes to procmail, vacation, whatever) that people have put in .forward files in an intelligent way. Does such a beast exist or shall I write it? Apparently [...]

2008 04 03 tarheelcoxn work/web Comments (1)

when mail servers get angry

I had 403 messages in my inbox as of Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:23:15 -0400 (EDT). I now have 3295. /var filled up and postfix got a bit unhappy about that. I had it fixed by 22:54, so theoretically we haven’t lost any legitimate mail, but boy did the floodgates open…. h8 spammers. We got [...]

2008 04 02 tarheelcoxn spam Comments Off

ibiblio and ibiblians recognized by NC House, wacky picture

Somebody wandered by the ibiblio office to take our picture for a press release earlier today, and I look ridiculous in it:

Sheesh! I wish she’d taken a few more shots. I definitely wasn’t ready for that one.
Seriously though: it’s an honor to be a part of the team that keeps ibiblio running, and [...]

2007 10 31 tarheelcoxn school Comments Off

bob young talk posted as mp3 audio

I recorded Bob Young’s talk earlier today with my Zoom H2. I’ve now posted the audio as an mp3 file (73 MB). The video should follow in the coming days.
Enjoy!

2007 10 30 tarheelcoxn audacity
audio
mp3
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got a new gadget!

I just got this new Zoom H2 Handy Recorder for my birthday. It’s amazing. If you didn’t already look at the link just there, I’ll give you a bit. Go on.
Back? Now do you see why I’m so excited? I’ve already taken it out to play with it:

This thing is ridiculously easy to use, sounds [...]

2007 10 13 tarheelcoxn audacity
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