Bikerscum - Patrick St. Jean

So China got caught (again) doing what every country on the planet with more than a 56K dialup connection to the Internet does and now there's a big stink about espionage and all the hacking attempts coming from there. Duh! There's an easy solution t… more »

I've been hacking around with this for a while now and have it in a workable state.  It's a script that grabs the latest netblocks for the configured countries from IPDeny.com and loads them in to IPTables rules.  It's perl and depends on you having the… more »

I went down to the Apple Store today and picked up a new MacBook Pro thanks to my student discount.  It's a 13" model and is definitely a lot more portable than the 17" I'm replacing.  I also brought home one of the 24" cinema displays and I'm really imp… more »

Busy day today, getting everything moved out of the office to start getting ready to paint and put the new desk together. Way too much kitty litter dust in everything. I think there's a Rug Doctor in my future because now's the perfect time to clean th… more »

I just got back from the Apple store with a new battery after my original one gave up the ghost. 11 charge cycles (yeah, I know, but I run it on AC power most of the time) and it was showing 169 mAh total capacity. They agreed and replaced it with a ne… more »

I went back to the FastMac booth today to get the new drive installed. After a couple hours of moving data it came back with me. I went from 21 to 211 gigs free and looking at the specs of the new drive, it's faster, cooler, quieter, and uses less powe… more »

I got a little time to head over to the expo floor today to look around at what I could find. Snagged a couple iPhone and iPod cases, got some free software including Avery's label designer stuff, Sun's VirtualBox, and VMWare Fusion. The only other thi… more »

I got the test results in a little while ago and am now officially an RHCE. What a great way to cap off a crazy busy week. Definitely doing the happy dance now! more »

And all I can say is "wow!". That had to be the toughest exam I've ever taken. I'm definitely not going to discuss any specifics, but suffice it to say that, other than some really wacky stuff that's blown up at work, I can't recall being that challeng… more »

My mobile let me down again yesterday, stubbornly refusing to alert me to calls, even though it was happily buzzing away that I'd missed them. Piece of junk. The Southlake Apple Store had iPhones in stock and now I've got one. The number ported over… more »