use anoncvs regularly
using anoncvs regularly to update openbsd source tree
tonight’s moves
off to swing central. rob and dianne…
open vs free
openbsd vs. freebsd hrmmm they’re not really that different. it’s mostly a religous issue. openbsd tends to be more anal about security (generally a good thing). i miss the little things from linux though, take grsecurity for example. very cool kernel patch for linux.
htaccess quick
don’t trust other people’s code unless you have to… and then don’t trust it farther than you can throw it. users demand suid root perl scripts for apache? probably should protect that stuff with htaccess. it’s not going to fix anything, but it will keep loosers and worms from rooting you box. check these out: apacheweek, bignosebird, and apache-server. or just use google
btw i’ve removed the .htaccess from /cgi-bin/howto/ so you all can comment again
no more tickets
in the beginning speeding tickets are seen as no more than a monitary annoyance, though quickly one realizes the silly dmv has this nifty point system. first person to 4 points wins…. (apparently they’ll jack your license quick if you get 4 in one year) my advise: fight every ticket you ever get. old news i know, but really every time i’ve fought a speeding ticket i’ve won simply because the officer didn’t show up in court.
obviously the guy swerving through traffic in his hummer won’t get pulled over. it’s a karma thing. what will happen though is while traffic is going 84mph through the barren wasteland known as nevada, you’ll get pulled over for 88mph in a 65.
fink update all
fink on mac os x is great… if you like having to leave your workstation alone compiling code for hours. no really it’s nice. i would like it to do some intelligent stuff like checking for precompiled packages and using them instead of compiling it’s own. baby G4 Ti book is only running at 333mhz so i feel the pain.
i don’t like running “fink update-all” as if one package dies the whole thing dies. instead, run a little script to get the latest updates, and update them one at a time.