http://www.naveja.net/journal Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:28:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.naveja.net/journal/2008/12/18/obligatory-space-needle-monorail-seattle-snow-photo A flippin' man-made mud volcano has been erupting in Sidoarjo, Indonesia since 2006. "It appears that the flow will continue indefinitely and so far all efforts to stem the flow have failed". I'll come clean and say that I didn't realize volcanoes were on the list of things ... http://www.naveja.net/journal/2008/06/28/man-made-mud-volcano My first exposure to Fleet Foxes was when they opened for The Clientele late in the Summer of 2006. I remember feeling lucky to have discovered a new act that was very obviously destined for great success. Since then, a good friend and I have made it a ... http://www.naveja.net/journal/2008/06/12/fleet-foxes-finally The Center For Public Integrity has published an exhaustive study of the Bush administration's efforts to manipulate the United States into war with Iraq, arriving at a total of 935 lies. --Via Talking Points Memo and Seattlest. http://www.naveja.net/journal/2008/01/24/935-lies If pumpkin carving was an Olympic event, I have no doubt that Josh and Cam would bring home gold medals for their jack-o-lanterns. Amazing! http://www.naveja.net/journal/2007/11/04/amazing-pumpkins A lot of redecorating and de-cluttering has occurred at Chez Naveja over the last month or two. We've taken a bunch of stuff to Good Will, and we're currently in the "sell stuff on craigslist" portion of the project. Here's the current list of items we're hoping to ... http://www.naveja.net/journal/2007/10/06/my-stuff-for-sale Happy day. Zoe's Tale, a new book from John Scalzi, is on the way. He says, "I don't consider it the fourth book in the Old Man's War trilogy". That's good, because four books won't fit in a trilogy. Well, maybe if that fourth book was ... http://www.naveja.net/journal/2007/09/22/zoes-tale Over the last week I've seen a *LOT* of ssh dictionary attacks on the new shell server. I'm really not interested in manually updating firewall filter rules every time someone rattles the door knobs, so that's where DenyHosts comes in. While it wouldn't be too much work to script something ... http://www.naveja.net/journal/2007/09/22/denyhosts Prank War. These guys are not friends. They should just beat each other with sticks and stop pretending that they're on good terms. It gets worse with each episode. Via Elsewhere.org http://www.naveja.net/journal/2007/09/19/evil-prank-war My favorite band of the day. The Heavy, a dirty sounding "Experimental/Blues/Funk" act from Bath, England are planning to release their debut album - Great Vengeance & Furious Fire - in November '07. For now there's just the three songs on their MySpace page and this video. They're starting to ... http://www.naveja.net/journal/2007/09/12/the-heavy