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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.

I had Animal Style fries at in-n-out. Wonderful. Clay, tell snap, crackle and pop that they were right!

2 jars cucumbers, carrots and onions Slice produce and cram into jars. About when they are half-full is when you want to slip the fresh dill into the sides with a butter knife or something. This time I sliced the onion across the midsection (so each slice has like 10 concentric rings) but left the slices in slice form rather than popping out the individual rings. These take up less space when crammed in the jar and you can cram in more food. Usually a single-batch recipe is enough brine to cover the produce crammed into a 1-liter jar. A double-batch of brine solution is enough for 2 1L jars. The 2X version consisted of:

[Gaming filter: If you’re reading this, you have indicated an interest in joining my next D&D 3e game.] I would like to hold a character generation session this coming weekend. Our plans for this weekend are pretty open, so if you can drop in anytime Saturday or Sunday that would work. If you can come and spend 4 hours, that would be great, though 2 hours would probably work if you’re in a rush. We will provide either lunch or dinner as appropriate. ...

We want to go somewhere on vacation where we can relax and perhaps do some stargazing. Therefore I want to find somewhere that is flat, dark, and has clear weather in August or September. We were thinking about Sedona, AZ. Is anyone familiar with the area, enough to comment? Is there a good chance that the weather will be mostly clear in August, or September? Is it a good place to spend a week’s worth of vacation? Any other places we should consider? (Would be nice if it were in driving distance of silicon valley CA) ...