Entries by Gregg Berkholtz

Yep, I've finally put my blog back up; got tired of pivot's shortcomings, so after a bit of research...wheeee!!!!

My new task is collecting all public/blog postings from years-past and sticking them here.

My present to the world this year; my webcam is now live:

See www.metrofi.com, it's now a parked site with GoDaddy.com's ads plastered all over it.

So much for city-wide wireless internet services...maybe next time the city will select the local group/business to do this - instead of yet another corporate nobody that'll just disappear in a few years...

Yet another BIND vulnerability crawls out of the muck... Why does anyone still use this junk software anymore?

Yawn...this is old news... I, as well as my customers and end-users, have nothing to worry about. We use DJBDNS, which was hardened against this age-old attack nearly a decade ago; the DJBDNS DNS engine continues to be invulnerable to the inherent flaws of BIND's design (and its derivatives). Are you using it yet?

How sad...

My numbers give a final value of a 102.5% loss, making my "value" to society -2.5%

Right: 93dB PTA - 25dB = 68dB x 1.5 = 102% disability
Left: 95dB PTA - 25dB = 70dB x 1.5 = 105% disability

((102 x 5) + 105) / 6 = 102.5% hearing handicap

Guess I just don't fit their molds!

Are you in a healthy or toxic relationship?

I stumbled across this while...well...stumbling!. Continue reading "Happiness while living in sin"

Do you allow fear to control your future?

In the past 20 years, on American soil:
Nearly 3,000 have died at the hand of terrorists
Nearly 800,000 have died from car accidents

In considering the total human toll, the 9/11-based "war on terror" has:
Slaughtered over 700,000 Iraqis & 4,000 Americans
Wounded over 60,000 Americans
* Displaced over 4,000,000 Iraqis from their homes

Is this the legacy we leave for our children?

America has expended nearly one-half trillion dollars "fighting" terrorism, yet only a comparatively-small fraction addressing truly serious and tangible national issues, such as improving education, providing health care, or simply minimizing deadly car accidents. Our fear-driven reactions to terrorism only indisputably proves that terrorists are currently accomplishing their goals, and henceforth winning; terrorists seek change our way of life by inducing fear, and we're giving them exactly that.

You can help our government restore a clear perspective, and return focus to the real issues:
1) Please forward this email to everyone you know.

THEN

1) Goto this site, read, and submit the form: http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=77
or
a) Obtain your representative's email addresses from these sites:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

c) Copy/paste and send the below message, plus any additional comments,:
"...
I am not afraid of terrorism, and I want you to stop being afraid on my behalf. Please start scaling back the official government war on terror. Please replace it with a smaller, more focused anti-terrorist police effort in keeping with the rule of law. Please stop overreacting. I understand that it will not be possible to stop all terrorist acts. I accept that. I am not afraid.
..."

Interesting article, from a very well-known and well-respected security expert.

Thanks for helping save lives; by refusing to be terrorized you deny the terrorists their most potent weapon -- your fear.

I am not afraid!

I've been using a Yakima rack on my G&K imported 2006 Smart ForTwo Passion (glass roof) for ~8 months, and have been very happy with it.

It was installed by RackAttack in Portland OR, and these guys already had installation instructions (including which clips were needed, etc...) in their internal database. Though one source for me was ClubSmartCar.com (search their site for "Roof-top Yakima Rack").

In summary, use #34 Q-Clips, and make sure its installed TIGHT, and I mean so tight that when a 200lb guy yanks on them, they don't even hint at budging. I went with the steelhead "fork mount" bike holder, and recall needing to sign a waiver - as the rack is not approved by Yakima or Smart. Speeds upwards of 80MPH were no issue, though I personally would avoid putting a box up there for anything above ~60MPH.

Alright, so I stumbled across this on MySpace - and couldn't resist... Continue reading "Personal questions..."

Crashing your bike on a recumbent often means a sore tush, not a broken collarbone...I'd post a picture, but instead just imagine a palm-sized road rash on my butt. :-/

Yep, I'm finally taking blogging seriously. At least as a way to better document ideas and thoughts as the days go by... This site will remain my blogging site for the forseeable future, the old blogger.com setup will be shutdown in a few weeks.

Its been fun, but I'm a SysAdmin, which means I run my own systems/services whenever I start taking that system or service seriously...

My new blog.

I just grabbed some of the 3M "paint protection" material sold by Xpel, and it looks, functions, installs, and feels EXACTLY like the invisibleSHIELD/ZAGG material. All the invisibleSHIELD/ZAGG folks appear to offer over just the raw material, is a very nicely cut out template. The template is a bit nice, as the 3M material is difficult to cut properly without SHARP knives/scissors, but I'm not convinced it's worth 10 times what I'd pay for the raw/uncut material.