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Weird commit log 27 Aug 2013 | 02:51 am
I stumbled upon something strange on page 895 of Swedish TV4′s teletext: This is clearly counting the number of commits in source code repositories, but why is this information in the teletext system...
Favorite podcasts 25 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am
About a year ago I discovered the delights of listening to podcasts, and I have done so practically daily during my commute. Unfortunately, the screen on my phone recently went black and for a while I...
Favorite Skeptoid episodes 23 Aug 2013 | 03:20 am
Skeptoid is an excellent podcast for a skeptical treatment of paranormal claims, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, etc. Over the past 8 months or so I’ve listened to every episode up to and i...
Send mail the first time an IP logs in over SSH 13 Aug 2013 | 03:16 pm
Fail2ban is useful for slowing down brute force attacks against SSH, and in the few days since I enabled it it’s become very clear that these attempts are happening all the time. I don’t want to disab...
Web hosting 7 Aug 2013 | 03:23 am
About a month ago, I began looking for a new hosting solution for foolip.org, having started with a wardrobe computer in 2006 and never really having found a stable home. My needs are modest, so I wen...
New GPG key 31 Jul 2013 | 02:39 am
I’ve uploaded a new GPG key to various keyservers, fetch it manually or on the command line: Before creating the key, I took inspiration from Ubuntu and Christopher Wellons, arriving at this for my g...
Chinese Diceware 30 Jul 2013 | 10:41 am
I’ve been trying to come up with strong passwords since forever, and have failed to find a magic alternative to entropy. Recently, I took Diceware for a roll, but wasn’t entirely happy with passwords ...
Mormor 29 Jul 2013 | 02:55 am
Mormor dog ikväll… Jag älskade verkligen att vara i Kålaboda när jag var liten. Sommaren 1986 kunde jag inte prata än, men jag följde gärna med mormor och morfar i lagården, som så många gånger senar...
Free will 16 Apr 2013 | 08:06 am
My thoughts on Free Will by Sam Harris, cross-posted from Goodreads. I had already enjoyed the 2012 talk and was a bit worried that a “book” this short couldn’t add much to it. It doesn’t, in fact, ad...
Space: everything except the Earth 25 Mar 2013 | 08:15 pm
When I was growing up I wasn’t particularly interested in real-world space exploration. I liked Star Trek and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but don’t remember ever being excited about a Space ...
