Neko users- The server has been successfully replaced. Its new name is “box3.nekodojo.org” but if you use the name “neko-base” it should still work. If I have not given you your new password yet, please chat with me on AIM (nekodojo) or YIM (nekodojo_org) or give me an alternate email address where I can reach you. Or reply to this.

Hello folks, Well, it had to happen sooner or later… after some months of running an old Linux and failing to keep it updated, one of the accounts on the box got hacked. I’m going to take this opportunity to reinstall the system from scratch, give everyone new passwords, and spruce up the firewall settings a bit. You will need to get the new password from me tomorrow to get back on the system or to get your mail (if it’s being stored locally on neko-base). If you haven’t logged in for over a year and you have no domains or mushes active, I will probably not create your account on the new system. If you still want the account, just ask (or if you decide you don’t need it, let me know that too). ...

There is something you need to know, and I have been reluctant to talk to you about it. This is not intended to be an ultimatum or demand or anything; just an expression of frustratuon. I am frustrated. Not just in the sexual way. I feel both helpless and angry. I am angry with you, because you won’t talk about or acknowledge our problem. I am angry because you know how frustrated I am, and how important this is to me, and you don’t seem to be doing anything about it. I am frustrated at myself, because I’m so patient, so kind, so considerate, and so, well, wimpy that I won’t risk making you uncomfortable no matter how pissed off or frustrated I feel. I feel helpless because I can’t do anything to change your mind, to make you feel differently, or even to make you comfortable enough to try something that *might* be uncomfortable. I feel helpless because I have asked you if there is anything I can do and you haven’t been able to think of anything. I feel angry at myself, because I am not strong enough to sit here and take it, and I’m also not strong enough to stand up and say “This needs to change.” ...

If you like “all your base” you will love this. (and that means you, aelfsciene) MilkandCookies - Zero Wing Rhapsody

Yesterday, I installed Debian on an extra server. I’m checking out the new version of Mailman, which seems to be quite cool. It has better integration with Spamassassin (and I could also upgrade to Postfix 2.1+ which has Spamassassin as a real-time filter. The cool thing about the new Mailman is Topics - you can have categories like announcements, events, classifieds, off-topic, discussion, etc. within a single list, and subscribers can pick and choose which things they want to see. Means users will need to add tags to the subject line, but I think people will figure it out before long. ...

Friends: tag this entry if you can. I’m testing to see if a problem with friends adding tags has been fixed. Edit tags…

Exercise log for July Fri 7/1: Exercise bike, shoulder free weights, calisthenics. wt 260 Sat 7/2: Walking, 30 min Sun 7/3: Mon 7/4: Morning workout Tue 7/5: Wed 7/6: Morning workout Thu 7/7: Fri 7/8: Morning workout Sat 7/9: Sun 7/10: Mon 7/11: Morning workout Tue 7/12: Wed 7/13: Morning workout Thu 7/14: Fri 7/15: Bike, 20 min Sat 7/16: Sun 7/17: Mon 7/18: no workout Tue 7/19: Wed 7/20: Bike, 25 min Thu 7/21: Fri 7/22: Morning workout Sat 7/23: Sun 7/24: Mon 7/25: Morning workout Tue 7/26: Wed 7/27: Morning workout Thu 7/28: Fri 7/29: Morning workout Sat 7/30: Sun 7/31: Bike, 20 min

nekodojo is off the air right now.. unplugging DSL and replugging it didn’t work. I will troubleshoot things further when I get home (around 5 pst)

geekymary wrote a great entry regarding Guantanamo Bay, to which I responded, and I wanted to repost my response here. The original entry is a lot more detailed and well-researched… my contribution is clearly just a rant by comparison. (Thanks to rmjwell for the link.) The tone of the Geneva Conventions is one of respect for the other entity, despite the fact that you’re at war with them. Do terrorist groups deserve that respect? I’d say not. However, there’s another entity - humanity. ...

Testing to see if others can tag my posts. (tag_permissions set via admin console to “tag_permissions friends private”). Tag this post as either #boring or #interesting, if you can (friends only) Edit: Strange, I was not able to remove tags on my *own* post with permissions set to “friends, private”. I set back to private, private and then I was able to de-tag. So far I can’t think of a practical application to allowing others to tag my posts, but maybe I’ll think of something creative.