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- August 26, 2022
- National WebMistress Day 2022
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Today we have National WebMistress Day.
It goes down annually on August 26 to mark those behind the scenes who make and develop your favorite websites.
The term "webmistress" implies a woman engineer responsible for designing, developing, marketing, or maintaining a website.
In actuality while I'm sure they're out there I don't know many of the female persuasion who work as engineers per se and I don't really view the stated tasks as engineering either.
Loosely, a skilled coder could be an engineer depending on how far you want to stretch the definition.
In a similar vein, I know a lot of systems analysts claiming a title with duties that they really can't perform efficiently either.
I for one do not approve of assigning an unrealistic titles in real time to an unqualified person in the name of gender equality. However, this is a common occurrence in the field due to our politically correct woke nature.
It doesn't even matter if the person has substandard skills and can't perform the work adequately.
Yeah, it might be politically expedient but those enterprises suffer from the lack of skillset ... like Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina where skills are not required to be just another dumbass on their payroll.
Whatever you spin on the career designation I hope that if you are into the web site game that you enjoy it and if you hold the title and are a lady this day is for you.
Happy National WebMistress Day you "engineers" you.
Duh.
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- August 25, 2022
- Be Kind to Humankind Week 2022
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The last week of August brings us Be Kind to Humankind Week. The observance is the creation of one Lorraine Jara of Toms River, New Jersey who was inspired by her witness of tragedy to effort kindness as a motivation to do better by our fellows.
It has blossomed into an annual worldwide celebration of kindness which runs from August 25th through the 31st.
The aim is to remind people to make kind words and act the norm in social interaction in an attempt to support a thriving populace.
The week is composed of:
Thoughtful Thursday
Forgive your foe Friday
Speak kind words Saturday
Sacrifice our wants for others needs Sunday
Motorist consideration Monday
Touch a heart Tuesday
Willing to lend a hand Wednesday
Far be it from me to fail to promote such a lofty effort. Never let it be said that I'm against spreading a little kindness in the world. Happy Be Kind to Humankind Week to you.
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- August 24, 2022
- Understanding the medium
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Spammers who purvey their unsolicited business email don't seem to understand the mechanism of public domain email access, server configuration, nor even the slightest set of netizen manners.
First of all, if you lack the dns resources to access general purpose email you may find yourself not getting in. One of those common email server settings is reject in the absence of an MX record. MX Records use per machine IP addresses.
Therefore, if you have an unofficial configuration your MX record at best will not include your bandito server unless you get in there and configure your own dns records.
Next, blacklists, whitelists, and graylists exist for problem children who may gain access otherwise.
I have no need for any of these due to the efficiency of the MX record requirement and my port lockdown policies — but it's just another way to tune out most of your spam you ignorant sluts continually on your back with the meter running.
Besides, I have implemented so many custom hacker and spammer traps that it's fairly difficult to get by me ... and I dare say few do. Plus, since it's become both a hobby and cottage industry I try new things daily. The fact that I am a religious log reader is neither here nor there. One false move and you're firewalled no questions asked.
Time was I would issue complaints to the abuse email drop for the network upon which a violator operated. Seeing how Amazon was the only one really attuned to dealing with these abuse complaints I figured it was a losing battle so now I just drop your packets like hot potatoes. No log copies. No emails. You're just gone.
In the presence of adequate server configuration you can be more or less restrictive as suits you.
I frequently punch holes in my firewall for those who request it and whose traffic I deem worthy.
Is your traffic worthy spammer ?
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- August 23, 2022
- Internaut Day 2022
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My life has been computers. A facet of that life has been the internet. However, my career has not been based on the internet — with a small stint as a web developer not withstanding ... which as it turns out was a waste of time entirely.
Hardware, Software, and Media are my forte. I pride myself on troubleshooting and breakfix operations most of all.
With each passing day I grow more weary of the blog and web presence I maintain simply for the entertainment of sophomoric hackers who would attempt to breach my frontier.
I suppose you could just say I'm bored with it all.
Today is known as "Internaut Day". It is marked each August 23 as an homage to the invention of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners Lee and of course I view it as a worthy endeavor ... but it just doesn't float my boat like it does with a lot of others in my midst.
An "internaut" is said to be a person who has real world expertise in those technologies which comprise the Internet and a working understanding of it's history and evolution as well.
I have the tech stuff down pat and know a lot of the history and evolution.
Now if I could only give a crap about it. I fear I have been jaded by the petty endeavors of those who like to break into sites and attempt damage.
I'm just not attuned to the entirety of the internet because I find too much of it petty pursuits which should be unnecessary if the ISPs would force their customers to behave.
Fat chance of that ever happening.
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- August 22, 2022
- Choking down another bowl of Bran Buds
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Yeah, I eat bran buds. About a cup a serving. I like the buds over the straight allbran cereal because it's less twig like in presentation.
Though I do believe that sufficient soaking in almond or other milk allows it to assume a more swallowable texture ...
Rather like mush.
Now then, though it's obvious that I have a frank aversion to the stuff it is probably a curiosity as to why I would subject my palate to such misery.
I suppose you can sum it all up in a single word: effect.
I don't eat it for the taste. I don't eat it because I enjoy it. I eat it for the effect it has on my elimination.
I feel that my fiber intake is insufficient otherwise and make it a point to down a bowl of bran buds several times weekly.
There are worse things than bran buds ... like chemical laxatives that don't work. I recall a time when X-Lax was the single most effective gut bomb on the planet. Those days are gone.
I can take a large dose and it consistently does nothing. I think it likely has to do with the freshness of the product which has come under question frequently in recent history.
I'll stick to the mechanical remedies for this reason.
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Fiber and Me
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- August 21, 2022
- Internet Self-Care Day 2022
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Well, I hate to be this ETERNAL curmudgeon, but we have yet another one of those days I feel is for those found lacking.
This failure of intellectual vigor and interest leads us down the trail of 'follow the herd' mentality and gets done only if everyone else is doing it.
I give you, Internet Self-Care Day.
This is an annual observance held each 21st of August and is ostensibly dedicated to using the internet to locate resources that assist you in taking care of yourself.
Now I tell you, between the orthodox practicing monkeys on webmd and the buffoons on wikipedia there is not much left to either the imagination or to say.
Can it be that my orientation to life itself is far too lofty?
If you cannot handle your own research in those matters which involve your personal well being there is some lapse in your existence.
Food, exercise, sleep, medical or dental care, and other choices which constitute aspects of daily living are theoretically the purview of the person living the life.
Perhaps this is why there appears to be a sharp decline in longevity as evidence by the local obituaries anymore. Seems like the bulk of those passing are young people.
Who is dropping the ball here ?
I suppose it may be a valuable construct for the disorganized huddled masses but really and truly a good electronic calendar and a browser will allow you to find a track all the resources you require without a day being set aside for the task.
I for one can handle all aspects of my existence without utilizing a "day" to provide me with the impetus to take care of myself.
Good luck in the future and I'll attempt at being more cordial.
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- August 20, 2022
- New RESTRICTED banner
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I wrote a new "rated R" (restricted) banner for the blog sidebar.
It's more inclusive in a frank, reality oriented way.
The 610 pixel original is scaled to the 250 pixel sidebar so its not obtrusive yet remains readable.
Bottom line here is if you're:
woke or
have a case of terminal political correctness
This place is likely not for you.
Furthermore, I am unlikely to care how offended you might end up as well.
Save the drama for your mama.
Have a nice day.
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- August 19, 2022
- Minority Enterprise Development Week 2022
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Like the "affirmative action" debacle which began the subsidies — we continue to provide hand outs to minorities in this country hell bent on undeserved reparations and picking up the tab for everybody and their mama seeking entitlements which also are totally without merit.
Thus was initiated that belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
No wonder your automatic weapon toting hellspawn offspring have a sense of entitlement.
So this has become extended to projects which are difficult and requires effort. The pursuit of business beyond the capabilities of the principals indicates a need for further hand outs to keep these messes afloat.
Those who cannot compete are supplied designated slots through which they may impart their inferior capabilities into The Republic as if we haven't ruined our competitive edge on the world stage enough already.
Responsibility and impetus for success is becoming a function of support mechanisms beyond the principals of enterprise. Just another arm of entitlement.
It's rather like the inevitable concept of taking a dump. You can either take one or leave it.
I'm strictly going to leave it.
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- August 18, 2022
- National Bad Poetry Day 2022
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Poetry was once a serious pursuit of mine. That was then and this is now.
Whereas I once viewed myself as poetic I now ignore the craft as meaningless and trivial.
There are good poets out there. I never considered myself to be one.
So each August 18 we have National Bad Poetry Day. Ostensibly this is an opportunity to try to exercise a little meter and rhyme scheme.
It also provides that excuse for failed attempts such as those of my own.
I suppose the proper name for my poetry is doggerel which is an irregular really bad poetry fit only for dogs.
Meretricious is another word for shoddy poetic attempts. It refers to work which may be attractive yet lacks value or integrity and indeed, the word root relates to those characteristics of a prostitute.
So let it be known that Dave no longer whores himself out in the attempt at bad poetry.
So be it. There might have been a time but it has long passed.
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Poetry And The Creative Mind Day 2022
Feast of The Venerable Bede
I Remember Moondog
National Dark Poetry Day 2018
Henry Gibson
National Bad Poetry Day 2018
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- August 17, 2022
- Baby Boomers Recognition Day 2022
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So August 17 is said to bring us Baby Boomers Recognition Day. Though I am a boomer the day is somewhat anticlimactic for me personally because I cannot relate to the reason stated for the day upon which it is held.
Boomers are said to be those individuals born between 1946 and 1964. They came about due to the increased births after World War II and the great depression.
Seems that the passing of those events made everyone decide they needed to lay around and breed.
There is some confusion regarding the actual day. I've seen source materials stating August 16 and others stating August 17. I suppose that too is a function of the advancing age and declining mental capacity of the baby boomers in general.
Regardless, the day is said to have been selected because it is inclusive of those days in which Woodstock was held.
Woodstock has never meant anything to me personally. Thusly, I shall never recognize the day again.
Yeah, these days need to both be hammered down across references to them and not recognize some irrelevant musical concert which was primarily a nasty no hygiene drug riddled goings on anyway.
Don't call me a boomer anymore.
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- August 16, 2022
- True Love Forever Day 2022
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True love forever is relative to where you are in life. Some of us meet and become soulmates early on. Others of us are late bloomers and delay til later — sometimes very much later.
True love is said to last forever and that no time or space between can cast it asunder. This is True Love Forever Day and it is a time to show that special someone the way that you feel.
My personal relationships have come and gone and I feel that at this juncture I have met my true love forever ...
But age and experience have tempered that crazy aspect which once took control of my attractions and I try to be a kinder, gentler, and socially aware individual I never knew early on.
The origins of the day are to be found in Robert James Waller's 1992 novel, The Bridges of Madison County.
The premise is a somewhat fantastic spin on reality so I was never really attracted to the book mostly due to that era in which it was released and the type of reading in which I was primarily enagaged.
This leaves me to my own devices regarding the day and what it means to me.
Couple this with the stream of mistakes I have made in matters of the heart early on and it's easy to see why I don't get pushy nor go pawing all over my chosen one.
Life is a journey, not a destination. Mine has been fraught with the pitfalls associated with failures of comprehension and understanding.
However, I have indeed arrived — a number of years back now — and I am now content to feel as I do without any need for control of anything or anyone.
I suppose maturity hits us all at some juncture. I'm content to be who I am.
Happy True Love Forever Day to you.
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- August 15, 2022
- You know, it's always something
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The middle of last week found me in a state of irresponsibility.
I had allowed all of my SSL/TLS certificates to lapse resulting in browser errors saying how they had expired and there was no security and this could be the portends of some personal catastrophe should you contine ...
So thusly I found myself without access to the mail server with which I could verify domain control and it was indeed a sticky wicket.
Finally, I had reached the point where everything should have been copacetic but found myself not receiving the domain verification emails.
I had requested subnets from the vendor that I might punch a hole in the firewall to accommodate them in perpetuity. This fell on deaf ears and nobody responded to repeated requests.
So I cancelled the order then requested a refund for cause and pursued the same certs elsewhere.
In retrospect, I likely would have been better served by just temporarily stopping the firewall seeing how infantile some vendors are during discussion of ancillary technical aspects of their business.
The second vendor accommodated my subnet inquiry and voila I am now up and running for another year on new certs.
In my never ending quest to benefit from past mistakes I have set a recurring reminder on my calendar to renew 15 days prior to expiration.
What an insane bunch of nothing. The browser manufacturers and their SSL/TLS racket along with their "trusted" Certificate Authority requirement is merely a contrived career intended to benefit unskilled oafs touting a need which could be handled otherwise and is one of those petty money grubbing rackets masquerading as security and encryption necessities.
It's rather like that other joke called search engine optimization aka SEO. It's designed to provide incomes for the other unskilled impersonating computer professionals. They take your money for nothing as well.
However, I will comply with the cert ponzi scheme in my never ending pursuit of appropriate comportment in the public domain.
We all know how I feel about it otherwise. The dead horse has been thoroughly beaten.
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- August 14, 2022
- Happy Birthday Rebecca 2022
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My niece is celebrating her birthday.
I was present behind the VHS camcorder at her own Cesarean delivery so long ago.
They gave me a face mask which ballooned outward with each exhalation I made. I recall her neonatologist Dr Sharada Pai, with whom I worked in the early 1970s checking me out as if she thought I might faint or something. In retrospect it was all very amusing.
Rebecca is all about celebrating those birthdays of her children and I thought it would be nice to remember her on this day.
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- August 13, 2022
- Elvis Week 2022
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The late Mrs Hortense Rawl "Tiki" Stack of Columbia SC was the consumate Elvis fan.
I went to her house several times prior to her passing in September of 2007 and we had goodly discussions of Elvis and I could tell from her enthusiasm that she was really a fan of the man and his music.
We are in the midst of Elvis week. It runs from August 9th through the 17th and is a vehicle for Elvis fans everywhere to get out and celebrate the man, his illustrious career, music, and that icon he became to American culture.
The life and legacy of Elvis eclipses the events of Elvis week.
That phenom which was him will never be forgotten as evidenced by the stream of fans heading to Graceland and that piece of the Earth he called his own.
However, in the background the one thing thoughts of Elvis bring to me are my memories of Mrs Stack and her steady optimism and enthusiastic presence. I always enjoyed her company. I never spent time with Elvis or considered myself a fan.
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