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2007-05-30
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So it's that time of year again. One of my domain names - the first one, the one I still use for e-mail and the like - is up for renewal.

I got an e-mail from the registrar (their reseller, rather) prompting for renewal, although with no detail on how to pay. I go to log into the website and none of my details work. I contact support, and apparently I don't have a customer account...

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2007-05-21
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This is the default file to be served by a fresh installation of the Apache 2.2 Debian package:
It works!

Previous versions of that Debian package have had lengthy affairs with lots of logos, explaining to end users why the screen might appear. This one doesn't bother with any of that: the simplicity with which it tells me exactly what I need to know about my new web server had me laughing out loud.
2007-05-17
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One conversation that occasionally comes up here or there is the one about feed readers. Matt likes them, Adrian doesn't seem to, and so on.

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