I’ll be presenting Zenoss Core at tonight’s TriLUG meeting at Red Hat’s Raleigh offices. The meeting begins at 7PM and features free pizza (which Zenoss is sponsoring) followed by an hour-long talk about the Zenoss network management software.
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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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Computer Services tax
I just found out about Maryland’s recently-enacted Computer Services tax, as my employer is based in Maryland. Maryland’s new law, which takes effect July 1st, will tax computer services at 6%. Connecticut, the only state to successfully tax computer services, does so at 1%.
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Iranian boat incident
The U.S. Navy released video showing unidentified speedboats closing in on Navy ships. While the speedboat’s movements are certainly provocative and the Iranian claims that the video was fabricated are clearly preposterous, the voice on the radio saying “I am coming at you. You will explode in a few minutes” deserves some scrutiny.
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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.
Turning water into whine
Mayor Charles Meeker held a press conference today to urge everyone to limit their water use to 25 gallons per person. Almost on cue, the comments on WRAL’s website went through the roof, with 361 posted as of this writing. Its as if people are just waking up to the fact that, oh, FALLS LAKE IS JUST A MUDDY HOLE NOW!!!
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Hunting season
I bagged my first mosquito of 2008 tonight as it slipped in the back door behind me. Seems a bit early to be dealing with them, but with high temperatures in the 70s its more like spring out there than the first week of January.
Yet another busy weekend
Its been a busy weekend here at MT.Net. We had “family movie night” Friday evening when we watched a DVD of Lady and the Tramp. Saturday was still cold, but I wouldn’t know. I spent most of the day inside the attic pounding away at some new flooring I’ve been building.
Saturday night, Kelly and I watched Sophie Scholl – The Final Days from our NetFlix list. The movie chronicled the last days of Scholl – a 21-year-old anti-Nazi resister. Wow, Scholl and her brother were brave souls!
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Oh really?
I had to laugh when I saw this headline in today’s News and Observer:
Uh, yeah. He’s Wright’s attorney. Did anyone really expect him to declare Wright guilty?
Why do they publish this stuff?