After years on the waiting list, May First was just given a /24 block of IP addresses.

A legit email went to spam. Here are the redacted, relevant headers:

I keep getting an error in our backup logs: Sep 11 05:08:03 Warning: mysqldump: Error 2013: Lost connection to server during query when dumping table `1C4Uonkwhe_options` at row: 1402 Sep 11 05:08:03 Warning: Failed to dump mysql databases ic_wp It’s a WordPress database having trouble dumping the options table.

One of our newest servers, with a hefty 256GB of RAM, recently began killing processes via the oomkiller.

About fifteen years ago, while debugging a database probem, I was horrified to discover that we had two root users - one with the password I had been using and one without a password.

Last month I blogged about how the mainstream media is focusing on the wrong parts of the Artificial Intelligence/ChatGPT story.

After watching Democracy Now’s segment on artificial intelligence I started to wonder - am I out of step on this topic?

I act like an old timer (I’ve been around linux for 25 years and I’m cranky about new tech that is not easily maintained and upgraded) yet somehow I don’t know perl.

I got a second external monitor. Overkill? Probably, but I like having a dedicated space to instant messaging (now left monitor) and also a dedicated space for a web browser (right monitor).

As we slowly move our members to our new email infrastructure, an unexpected twist turned up: One member reported getting the Gmail warning: