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- February 8, 2018
- Anna Nicole Smith
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Vickie Lynn Hogan worked under the stage name Anna Nicole Smith. She was an American model turned television personality and actress who began with Playboy winning 1993 Playmate of the Year.
Vickie Lynn Hogan
aka Anna Nicole Smith
November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007
This opened up the modeling opportunities culminating with the television and acting she enjoyed prior to that steep decline she suffered as the result of multiple prescription drug dependencies.
She had a son who she lost too soon. Thus began that downward spiral which ended with her being discovered on a hotel floor in Hollywood, Florida by familiars she kept close.
Her contemporary paramour one Howard K Stern who can only be described as the would-be father of her daughter only to be ruled out by DNA testing during paternity suit proceedings a good while after her own death.
Suffice it to say that her childhood was very rough edged and that remainder of her life carried with it a variety of stressors which included a late husband old enough to be her great grandfather and the paparazzi who certainly couldn't have helped.
When I look back on that to which she aspired and that which she attained all I can say is her daughter wound up in the correct place with the right parent.
It is lucky for the poor child that justice prevailed in the presence of those with ulterior motives contrary to her best interests. The sum total of the life of Vickie Lynn Hogan may be described as totally tragic in the best classic Shakespearean traditions to be the modern day mess that it was.
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- February 7, 2018
- Cloud Computing to Replace "Traditional" Data Centers
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I was reading a piece on one of my usual local tech sites regarding the fact that "cloud computing" is going to replace "traditional data centers" in the next thousand days or so.
They follow it up with some stats that indicate stupdenous data reliance on "the cloud" and this will be the result of data repositories required for enterprise assets and the Internet of Things.
Now then, this brings me to what I view as flawed definitions.
A data center is a networked group of computers upon which the remote IT requirements of various enterprises are met.
A cloud computing installation is a networked group of computers upon which the remote IT requirements of various enterprises are met as well.
The data center is your data on some one else's computer.
The cloud is your data on some one elses's computer.
Any questions ?
Duh !
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- February 6, 2018
- Professor Irwin Corey
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Back in the day there was a recurring act on teevee which caught my attention for it's orbital schtick and refreshing spin on nonsense at a time when all else in my life appeared to be total BS.
"Professor" Irwin Corey would appear on various talk shows and film cameos and to look at him he was the apparent intellectual and knower of all things, much like Lonnie J McCall — whom I sometimes THOUGHT knew all things.
Unscripted and spontaneous he could drag a laugh from my exhausted carcass every time and I grew to appreciate that satire of confusion which was a lot of his material. Some of the seriousness portrayed was likewise totally hilarious.
Anyway he passed last year at 102 years young and was just as funny at the end as he was in the beginning of his 75 year career as a stand up comic, film, and screen actor.
Rest in peace and keep them laughing in Heaven.
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- February 5, 2018
- Johnny H Pruett laid to rest this day
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Johnny H Pruett was laid to rest at Fort Jackson National Cemetery on this day 2 years ago.
PRUETT, JOHNNY HENDERSON MSGT US AIR FORCE KOREA, VIETNAM DATE OF BIRTH: 05/30/1933 DATE OF DEATH: 01/27/2016 BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 891 FT. JACKSON NATIONAL CEMETERY 4170 PERCIVAL RD COLUMBIA, SC 29229 (866) 577-5248 National Cemetery Administration US Department of Veteran's Affairs
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- February 4, 2018
- Adventures in Web Cache
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Had a very interesting Saturday night resulting in a somewhat tummultuous Sunday morning.
I got a wild hair thinking that all the cache modules I had enabled were unnecessary so I disabled them all. Initially all remained copacetic, and I believe this was due to that necessary marination which transpires between configuration changes.
Upon arising Sunday morning I found a very sluggish web server with page loads averaging some 45 seconds (or longer) easily. Contrast this with the usual one to two seconds and you can see the potential for disturbance in the force.
Well now, this was simply not satisfactory and I decided to do a run down of Saturday evening's festivities to see precisely where I went astray.
After perusing the shell history I determined that my initial thoughts regarding cache were pure folly and set about the task of making things right.
I re-enabled all the cache modules in the reverse order that I disabled them. There was no improvement in performance immediately.
Thinking that I'd really screwed up I did a reboot of the server and tried again. Continued lack of improvement.
Finally I recalled my thoughts regarding the need to marinate between configuration changes and I set about the task of requesting various pages through the blog.
Finally, I noticed improvement with everything returning to it's original performance shortly thereafter. This same scenario was to be repeated later upon my visit to Mom where I discovered pretty much the same issues which were tested repeatedly. Two reboots later and everything is again up to snuff.
The moral of the story is "if it ain't broke, you may not want to try and fix it". Also, "it is far better to retain something you may not need than it is to delete something required in the mix". Things in the background like caching are not line of site nor assets which may be switched on and off on a whim. There are interrelationships between components which must establish pathways after the fact. I obviously removed components which were decidedly performance related resulting in detrimental effects on the web server.
This was quite the valuable lesson as I will be very cautious regarding configuration changes on the fly in the future.
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- February 3, 2018
- My Problems with Bitcoin
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Ah cryptocurrency. That unaccountable wealth affixed to a block chain you can't control and others can simply wipe you out with sufficient knowledge of the full node server and/or wallet regardless of what you had or who you are.
Allegedly envisioned as immune from confiscation governments are cashing in on seized bitcoin assets left and right.
I once set up a bitcoin full node server and even operated it on my network for a day as a bandwidth test. It didn't impede those other things going on and as such I was ready if not willing to go there.
The thing I simply can't get past is how much hacking goes down leaving those who are exploited holding nothing but an empty electronic wallet.
There are other germane issues such as taxation, criminal activity, and universal acceptance but that bottom line for me personally is a propensity to lose it all in one fell hack.
So I low level formatted my fully functional full node server and gave the box to my brother, who along with his wife and grandchildren were very appreciative.
Some times that pursuit of personal wealth can hit a brick wall. Such was that between what I had hoped might become a profitable bitcoin sideline and me. I simply don't trust the technology nor those who are presently highly interested in it. Something about relying on the community for verification of it all just ruins it for me. Call me old fashioned, but I like my finances to fall under some type of regulatory control ... but not some global NWO control freak foreigners nor the gd crook ass Fed handing off all of our funds to the Jesuits either.
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- February 2, 2018
- 6 More Weeks of Winter
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Today is Groundhog Day ... Punxsutawney Phil that internationally renown prognosticator from Gobbler's Knob in Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania awoke, saw his shadow at around 7:25 a.m. Eastern Time ... and therefore the portends are six more weeks of Winter.
I'm plenty cold already, thank you very much.
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- February 1, 2018
- National Bird Feeding Month 2018
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I have always been a proponent of the birds. I feel that they should be fed and provided water for that environment they provide in return.
Unfortunately, I have a large indigenous squirrel population which competes for those resources I set out for the birds. These bushy tailed tree rats pretty much tore my bird feeding regimen out the frame and instilled a dislike for the little gray rodents that won't quit.
February is National Bird-Feeding Month in the United States. Exists for the education and edification of public individuals as to the environmental benefits of wild bird feeding and watching as a hobby.
Since the incept of National Bird-Feeding Month, February has become the month most associated with the feeding of wild birds and those promotions and activities included in those endeavors ... even if their web page is defunct.
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- January 31, 2018
- The State of the Union Address 2018
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Mr Trump gave a long detailed address which was complete and about his agenda which is improving the state of the union far beyond any crook obama, monitizing crook clinton, traitor bushes, etc for as long as I care to remember.
The democrats could do nothing but sit and scowl as he reviewed those accomplishments made thus far and spoke of the better future for us all.
The democrats are really a bunch of bad sports and poor losers exhibiting that character which will not see them through a lot coming down the pipe.
The people are starting to see the democratic party for that which those who comprise it's ranks are in reality:
anti Jobs
I am so glad that mrs clinton and mr obama are not the CinC of the USA.
anti Economic growth
anti Tax cuts
anti Defeating ISIS
anti Anthem and Flag
anti Healthcare choice
anti Veterans benefits
anti Governmental accountability
anti Unifying America
anti Americans dreams
anti In God we trust
anti Life saving medicine
anti Curbing crime
anti Low unemployment rates
anti War on Drugs
liars
thieves
cheats
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- January 30, 2018
- Keylogging detected on 2,000 WordPress Sites
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The first version of this blog was a wordpress creation and I utilized numerous plugins and widgets to the point that I was happy and satisfied with both what I had done and how it looked on the web.
Being a chronic log reader, I would notice the various attempts at SQL injection and php scripting exploits — some of which were amusing and others simply annoying with their amateurish approaches and primitive control structures.
It was about that time when I began researching the exploits associated with wordpress sites in general and I felt that the community add ons were the root of the evil associated with hackability regarding that environment.
Later I realized that a big chunk of the problem was php itself. After all, if I can craft a sophisticated script in a half hour to toss you out permanently based on a number of triggers just how easy would it be for someone else to either gain access or assume control of MY site ?!
Nowadays I utilize only enterprise level implementations with web, content, and database servers which aren't nearly so commonplace as mysql or mssql, redhat or windoze — and the access portals are embedded within a number of encapsulating constructs of my own design to the point that I'm satisfied that I'm staying on top of the little hacker dudes out there to get me just because their little dumb asses think they can.
Suffice it to say that the road less traveled has made quite a bit of difference in the evolution of my web node to say the very least.
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- January 29, 2018
- Daddy
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Daddy
January 29, 1932 - December 4, 2001
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- January 28, 2018
- The Retrospect of Age
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That retrospect which comes with advancing age has been upon me for quite a while now.
Things which were lesser priorities now assume paramount status in my life ... other things that I though to be the meaning of the universe have degraded to nothingness on the scale of personal import.
Those things that others feel "should wait" (as being trivial) may or may not be a trigger for me in my pursuit of social justice ... which by the way does not suffer from a single shred of true sjw connotation in all that stupid mendacity.
That true social justice I pursue is a purely personal one.
Allowing those who matter to know that they matter and tending to them without those delays to which others might be relegated with their requirements.
When the equipment is down there are people who get service called ASAP and there is no dilly dally nor delay taking care of that business — even if they view it as a "minor" inconvenience.
In that big scheme of things it is the importance is the person, not the trivial function they may be missing.
If something doesn't work and you are sufficient in my list of others there is nothing which can keep me from taking care of whatever doesn't work immediately.
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- January 27, 2018
- Johnny Pruett in Memoriam
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We've missed you Johnny over what has become the years since you departed. There was little to say when the verdict was in and that ending was both abrupt and heart wrenching as we stood by helpless to do anything.
There are consequences when you are forced to go to a hospital run by students and an ambulance misrepresents the facts to get you there.
Johnny Henderson Pruett
May 5, 1933 - January 27, 2016
Regardless of their railroading and incompetence and taking advantage of those in need ... which we never took to task, we'll never forget you.
Boo Richland County Ambulance.
Boo Palmetto Richland Hospital.
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- January 26, 2018
- US Workers, Automation, and Me
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The MIT Technology Review reports that some 94% of all US workers don't believe they will lose their jobs to advances in automation.
Now me, I welcome the automation advances because I will likely be one of those coders in the mix at the at level of consumer impact ... meaning, yeah, I can do robotics and have a reasonable facility with AI as it existed a few years back.
In the venue I find myself working presently there is a distinct need for those who can wrangle technology because the bulk of those in that environment have slim to no clue at all.
This is not braggadocio, but I don't see a lot of issues with a workforce that can't handle the ownership of those assets they utilize in their daily work and I don't see the stakeholders grasping the reality of technology to the point that they will assume those duties in my lifetime.
Therefore, I personally feel "somewhat" safe in the workforce being multisystem conversant and pretty handy with a backplane and handful of interfaces, processors, and memory.
For me, the commodity is a combination of technology and those who must use those things to accomplish that work which comprises the enterprise. That interface between the two is what I do.
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