Michael Gracie 

I’d barely gotten use to the 2.6 switch when a new version hit. The new automatic updating functionality kind of freaked me out (hence the delay), but since I’ve been tinkering with the code on this site since time immemorial I figured something was bound to break anyway. And much to my chagrin, nothing did [...]

Brownliner extraordinaire Jean-Paul Lipton is old cold, very old cold. Probably not as old as this guy though. Billy who? Classic.

Harmful yesterday too An absolutely awesome presentation on the weaknesses in the public key infrastructure (that which purportedly makes secure websites safe)… The vulnerability we expose is not in the SSL protocol or the web servers and browsers that implement it, but in the Public Key Infrastructure. This infrastructure has applications in other areas than [...]

If you still have a few bucks around, I’m certain there are deals to be had. If you don’t, there’s no better time to take extra-special care of your gems. I’ve always been the type to give my rods a quick wipe-down after use; if they’re saltwater jobs, a warm, wet rag works overtime. Waxing [...]

Take your time – you’ve got about 36 hours Cheap cement is pouring into the US, and it’s creating headaches for Cemex, the largest US producer. Don’t feel sorry for them though – they’ve been pushing through price increases in the midst of plummeting construction. I wonder how this will effect the ‘replacement cost’ line [...]

In another blow to the teetering fly fishing gear industry, a non-partisan think tank study has found that massive consumption of donuts and beer corrects breaking wrists and rising elbows, and increases overall line speed by as much as 250%. Empirical evidence in executive summary form can be found here.

It doesn’t mean I’ll never go back, but they’ve lost me for now. While I enjoyed using the Curve, the poor Mac support (for sync-ing and file exchange) combined with what might be the most overlooked security issue from an otherwise highly regarded system I’ve seen in a while (notwithstanding Microsoft Windows), forced a switch. [...]

mcrypt on Fedora Core easy – on Leopard with PHP 5.2.6 not so much. The instructions below cater to those folks who a) are developing on OS X Leopard 10.5.6, b) need the capabilities provided by mcrypt during their PHP development, and c) do not want to completely recompile PHP to get there. You’ll get [...]

WSJ: The holiday retail-sales decline was much worse than the already-dire picture painted by industry forecasts, which had predicted sales ranging from a 1% drop to a more optimistic increase of 2.2%. Luxury goods, once considered immune from economic turmoil, were hardest hit, with sales falling 21.2%, compared with a jump of 7.5% a year [...]

Find the digital artist in you (even if the work product is fit for kindergarten).