Monthly Archives: June 2007

YAPC::NA 2007 Perl Conference, Houston

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Administrator

I was at the YAPC::NA 2007 Perl Conference this week at the University of Houston in Texas. Once again, it was a great conference, with about 200 people attending. It was my first time in Houston, and boy was it … Continue reading →

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GoDaddy Domain Backorder Feature Kinda Works

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Administrator

I own a couple dozen domain names, and several happen to be registered with GoDaddy. I don’t recommend using GoDaddy for valuable domains because of their eccentric founder, and their overzealous enforcement of DMCA complaints – which means they may … Continue reading →

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Mobile METAR, TAF and AIRMET Reports

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Administrator

I couldn’t find a convenient and free way of accessing aviation METAR, TAF and AIRMET reports on my Blackberry, so I created a couple HTML front-ends to the NOAA National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) … Continue reading →

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Upgrading Awstats and GeoIP

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Administrator

Just upgrading from awstats 6.4 to 6.6 tonite. Time to also update the MaxMind GeoIP database. Actually there’s 3 free ones now: GeoIP.dat, GeoLiteCity.dat and GeoIPASNum.dat. Not much new in awstats, although there are breakdowns by Linux distro and city. … Continue reading →

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Jet flies on after being hit by asphalt chunk

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Administrator

Folks, if your plane gets hit by a 7′x10′ chunk of asphalt, you should take a look before departure.

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