Recipe for spamassassin with auto-learning. It’s a little bit clumsy but it works. Interested in feedback from other geeks who have played with spamassassin on how to make it more streamlined.

Ideas for sysadmin tools appear below. This is probably less interesting if you’re not on my team but feel free to join in if you like. Stuff sysadmins want to control and automate Access: passwd, sudo, ssh keys Package install: rpm check, install, freshen System config files: hosts, resolv.conf, sendmail.cf, etc/ Ability to install a script and run it once Ability to schedule a job (cron) or make sure it starts (init.d) Synchronize a directory (via rsync or similar) Stuff that should be monitored ...

I had an emotional reaction to something today, and for once I just ran with it. It was not the “cautious” or “proper” thing to do, but it sure made me feel better. I’m not sure if it was out of anger or frustration or just plain spite. We will see what comes of it. Perhaps nothing. Sorry for being cryptic, I will share at some point but there are good reasons for keeping this one to myself for now.

Friday: wandered off early. No gaming. I think I made spaghetti. Saturday: Tried to fix the Tivo channel changing. Seems to be better, but I had to use Super Slow mode (6 seconds each). After taking apart the tivo with the intent of covering the inside emitter, I found out that the series 2 doesn’t have an emitter on the front, so the foil tent doesn’t really help. I think there was some baja fresh burritos at some point. Took back the movie which I didn’t get around to watching (shanghai nights). ...

Posting via mobile. Watching anime at lunch. No word on the job front, but that’s ok, i have plenty of time. That is all.

In other news, a month or two after getting my mom a computer, she now wants help getting a car. Whoops, I made the mistake of letting slip that I have enough cash in the bank to buy the car that she wants, and that I was thinking about just buying it for her and having her pay me back. (joy!) Well after talking with M I thought the better of it and decided I didn’t want to spend 12,000 given that my job is going away in 2500 herself so it would have to be in someone else’s name (both the car and the loan). I told her she should really try to get credit on her own, and I would give her 2,000 for a down payment but that I don’t trust her ability to manage her finances enough to give her a loan (that I can’t afford to lose) and didn’t want to co-sign with her for that reason. ...

My right ankle has been in pain for like 3 days now. I have no idea why. I think it coincides roughly with getting up early to exercise Thursday, since I had been a lazy slacker Wednesday. I pedalled OK Thursday morning but developed pain later that day. It’s not really my ankle I guess but more my heel and bottom of the achilles tendon. It hurts at certain point in my stride (like when I shift weight to the front of that foot and that tendon is holding my heel up off the ground), stretching it aches a little but not a lot. Putting some heat on helps a bit too, as does a double-dose of aspirin. ...

For traveller_blues… For additional insight I must also refer to Chapter 2. (My summary of it is here) If you don’t actively (and sometimes aggressively) decide whose agenda you are going to spend time on, it will be decided for you.

Once home, I made Alton’s Broccoli Ramen Casserole and it was excellent. It’s a little Akane-style, mostly because it uses package ramen as an ingredient (uncooked, and including seasoning packet). Instead of mushrooms (mushroom! mushroom!) I used green peas as additional vegetable matter, and caesar dressing instead of bleu cheese dressing, but everything else was to spec. Great casserole, good balance of veggies to noodles actually.

Monday: Got transition information delivered (hereafter referred to as “the other shoe”). See previous entry. Initial reaction was not great. Tuesday: Got some information to suggest that efforts are still ongoing to find positions for everyone. That makes things seem not quite so hopeless. I know a lot can happen in 6 months (3-4 months for most of our team) *and* that there is important work to be done in that time, but I would still rather have an offer now. ...