January 2008

There were 55 posts published in January 2008 (this is page 4 of 6).

U.S. doubts source of Persian Gulf radio transmission

Did I call it right or what? I was happy to see that the U.S. Navy now doubts the source of the radio transmissions accompanying the Iranian speedboat confrontation this week.

It goes without saying the Persian Gulf is a tough neighborhood. Our big ships can be attacked at any minute with little warning or chance to escape. This necessary hair-trigger posture usually keeps sailors safe but can occasionally cause tragic accidents in the confusion and rush to act.

I give our ship captains a lot of credit for taking a deep breath and making the right call in this latest incident.

TriLUG Zenoss presentation

Hours before last night’s Zenoss presentation at TriLUG, a friend offered me a ticket to the Canes game happening at the same time.

I should’ve taken the ticket. My demo was anything but impressive as my laptop’s VMWare session blew chunks in the middle of demonstrating Zenoss. I hope folks got something from the talk but it was certainly not my best presentation. Luckily, the Zenoss project succeeds wildly in spite of my meager attempts to show it off.

Pandora

Santa brought me a Sirius satellite radio kit for my car. While I’m enjoying the tunes, I’m finding that I already own most of them. Also, working from home the way I do, I am not in the car all that much to enjoy my music.
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Critter conductor

Ah, this brings back memories of my all-too-brief time on campus at N.C. State. With all the rocket scientists the university produces, you’d think one of them could solve this problem.

Freecycle

Just caught on to Freecycle after hearing our friends had great success using it in the DC area. Freecycle is like Craigslist but for stuff you want to give away. Its all about free (thus the name, duh).

Wake County has its own Freecycle group with 6,036 members. Orange County has 1,904 members and Durham has 2,312. Looks like a good place to get some bargains and give away some stuff.