Archive for October, 2002
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23 Oct 2002
You know you’re an obsessive-compulsive standards snob when you get upset at non-standard behaviour of utilities like rotatelogs (included in the Apache web server). It does exactly what it sounds like: rotates your logs after a period of time, however long you define. It names the logs whatever you tell it, even allowing you to use strftime() syntax.
But, it doesnt use the local time to rotate the logs, like a normal sane application would. Oh no, it takes your local time and then MUNGES IT TO FUCKING UTC! You have to tell it how many hours you are from UTC! That means I have to change my httpd.conf next sunday!
I have created a solution though.
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16 Oct 2002
Trigonomery refresher: Solved!
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11 Oct 2002
In the break room here at Priceline, the basket that the ‘hot cup’ lids are in is apparently where the tea bags used to be, and it’s still labelled “regular” and “decaf”. Every time I go in there to get a lid, I think of making the joke “Damn, they’re out of decaf lids again!” But no one I know is ever in there at the same time, so I never have the opportunity to make the joke.
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7 Oct 2002
Trigonometry refresher:
You are at the top of Castle Craig in Meriden, CT, 1002 feet above sea level. Given an impossibly clear day, is it possible to see Mount Washington in North Conway, NH, 6,288 feet above sea level, and 311 km away?
Hint: You must know the radius of the earth.