Archive for August, 2004



Typekey

I finally got Typekey working here. There’s a bug in Movable Type where MT::Util::perl_sha1_digest, returns an incorrect digest on certain Perl installations (might be a problem with Perl instead of MT, though — I didn’t analyze it thoroughly). Some hacking in the source did the trick.

Update: It’s fixed in MT 3.11.

Linking considered harmful

From the official Athens 2004 site:

For your protection and ours we have established a procedure for parties wishing to introduce a link to the ATHENS 2004 website on their site. By introducing a link to the ATHENS 2004 official Website on your site you are agreeing to comply with the ATHENS 2004 Website General Terms [...]

Twelve easy steps

Today I read my first feed in a long while. I’ve been clean otherwise. I just kicked the habit when I switched from Windows to Linux, mainly due to the fact that all available feed readers for Linux suck.

I thought I’d miss it, but I didn’t. I quit, cold turkey.

Now that I’m back on Windows [...]

Crash Boom Bang

Approximately 48 hours ago, one of my hard drives suddenly got musical. It clicked to the rhythm of the music.

I instantly shut down, let the computer cool down for a few minutes, and restarted. It was still clicking, the drive head obviously not being able to go where it wanted to.

Shit. The IBM Deskstar “click [...]