Folks, if you use Serendipity, I thought you should know they just released a security update to fix an XSS issue in the administration backend. Unfortunately, s9y.org itself appears to be very ill at the moment: I kept getting 500 - Internal Server Error.
However, the new release with the …
So I'm here in rainy Alabama (the weather must have followed me from Ottawa) taking a training course from our ILS vendor. I'm getting some disturbing insights into the company that are turning my general state of disbelief at the state of the system that we're paying lots of money …
Posted on Tue 19 September 2006 in misc • Tagged with Programming languages
A few minutes ago, I gave you some examples of how open source works. Now I'm going to give you an example of how quasi-open source doesn't work.
Looking for a tool to help visualize the development of our library's new Web site, I came across a reference in the …
Posted on Sun 10 September 2006 in misc • Tagged with Personal
Lynn and I ran a 5K (the Ramsey Lake Tour) this morning with Amber in the stroller. The route was pretty much the same route I take to work, so we opted to walk over to the University for the event. Of course, we were running late thanks to Missy …
Amber watched her first film in a real theatre(*1*) this morning. She had slept straight through You, Me, and Dupree two weeks ago, but insisted on paying attention to today's showing of Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby. Maybe it was the NASCAR action, maybe it was the …
Although my fingers are pretty sore after writing this entry.
Over the weekend, our household participated in the Orillia Triathlon, Duathlon and Try-a-Tri. A couple of weeks ago, Lynn decided that she was ready to jump back into the triathlon waters with a Try-a-Tri (350m swim, 10k bike, 2.5k …
Posted on Fri 04 August 2006 in misc
diaryland.com is a hosting service for people interested in blogging without worrying too much about the technical side of things. It still exists because it predated blogger / blogspot's free services and managed to attract a community consisting of some really great writers, like my friend cloudy.
The problem is …
Just wanted to post a couple of pics we took during the past few weeks.
Walkway over the French River
About a half an hour south of Sudbury on highway 69 is the French River information centre. The centre is brand new and boasts an impressive display on the origins …
On Canada Day, Lynn mentioned the Firecracker 5K race around 5:15 PM as we were driving home from visiting Charlotte's family. Crazy, spontaneous me hemmed and hawed about it for another 45 minutes while ingesting a hot caramel sundae and a spoonful of my freshly made rhubarb crumble, then …
I found out yesterday that one of my colleagues, Alain Letourneau, passed away overnight. He was just 41. He died of a brain hemorrhage after he fell and banged his head while shopping at a local mall.
The crazy thing is that nobody, including Alain himself, really expected him to …