TSA Stories
Here’s a collection of TSA stories: TSA Enhanced Screening Procedures ExplainedThis video seems to sum up most of the TSA stories at the time it was created. Cancer surviving flight attendant told to...
View ArticleCorporate Death Penalty
I had a small comment in an interesting discussion on Slashdot about the idea of a “corporate death penalty”. At this point, I’m not saying I agree or disagree with the idea, but some good points were...
View ArticleWells Fargo Retirement Website
Dear Wells Fargo, Your online banking is the best I’ve seen. Why then, do you have to banish your customers’ 401(k) accounts (but not their IRAs) to a different website? Please, fix this. Love, Your...
View ArticlePast Due By $0.00? Impossible!
This is the weirdest of coincidences… Two different people I know have, in the last month, been told by two unrelated financial institutions that they were past due on two of their accounts each. The...
View ArticleBalanced Budget Amendment
I just sent the following to my representatives in Congress: I’d love to know your position on a balanced budget amendment. I’m very disappointed that the debt compromise deal that appears like it will...
View ArticleTI Calculator Link Cables (2.5mm 2ft)
If you’re looking for a link cable for TI calculators (TI-86, etc.), I’ve got 7 extra in brand-new condition. Specifically, these are 2 ft cables with a right-angle 2.5mm male TRS connector (“phone...
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Christmas Card
Check out our awesome Christmas card, designed at Shutterfly: Stationery card View the entire collection of cards.
View ArticleComparing Internet Options
To compare Internet service options intelligently, you need at least the following information… Price, Contract Length, Early Termination Fees, Required Services (landline/wireless phone, cable) These...
View Article“Past Due”
Dear banks: if someone has automatic payments setup, it is impossible for them to ever be past due, unless a payment bounces. Please get your programmers to ensure that your websites never show such...
View ArticleWiktel is Hiring
We’re looking to hire a system administrator: http://jobview.monster.com/Computer-Networking-Administration-Job-KARLSTAD-MN-106996480.aspx?fwr=true Email me a resume: rlaager@wiktel.com
View ArticleMy tcpdump Idiom
This is how I like to run tcpdump these days: sudo tcpdump -U -s 0 -w - port 80 | tee DESCRIPTION-$(date +%s).pcap | tcpdump -lvvnr - This dumps out a .pcap file I can open in Wireshark later, but also...
View ArticleThoughts on Antivirus
I get this question a fair amount. Here is the latest version from someone on Facebook: “To all the computer wizards out there: Which antivirus do you suggest putting on a computer?” My response… Short...
View ArticlePublic Accommodation Laws
I wrote the following comment in response to a Facebook post about religious freedom laws, which have been in the news lately. I appreciate the argument that people should not be forced into conducting...
View ArticleDenying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act
This is another Facebook comment being kept here for posterity: Regarding H.R. 1076…. I just read the text of the law and one source for the NRA’s position on it:...
View ArticleNexenta Upgrade Failure
I’m documenting this mainly for myself, but if you’re ending up here based on a Google query, I hope it helps! I tried to upgrade our Nexenta storage system (currently running 4.0.3FP3). After apt-get...
View ArticleISP Traffic Prioritization
This was originally posted as a Slashdot comment. It discusses the idea of prioritizing traffic in an ISP environment, ideally using markings generated by the customers. I do network engineering at an...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 3 Stratum 1 NTP Server (Ubuntu)
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3: Adafruit or Uputronics Power Supply: Adafruit SD Card (8+ GiB, Class 10 highly recommended): 32 GiB from Amazon or 8 GiB from Adafruit Mini Heatsink (optional): Adafruit GPS...
View ArticleZero Rating
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/12/16/2014245/att-verizon-tell-fcc-to-back-off-on-net-neutrality-complaints AT&T wants companies to pay to “sponsor” their zero-rated data. This is the obvious...
View ArticleGun Control Ideas
This is an excerpt from a Facebook discussion about gun control. First, I recommend everyone read this link, which started the discussion:...
View ArticleZero Rating
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/12/16/2014245/att-verizon-tell-fcc-to-back-off-on-net-neutrality-complaints AT&T wants companies to pay to “sponsor” their zero-rated data. This is the obvious...
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