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Explaining Walter

olivander — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:03:30 +0000

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Typewriter: 1926 Underwood #5 similar to one Walter Cronkite used and/or posed with as a young wire reporter in the Army.

Earth Day ruminations, part 2

Oliver — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:09:41 +0000

Earth Day ruminations, part 1

Oliver — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:07:27 +0000

On Fragmentation

olivander — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:51:34 +0000

And I always complain that there’s nothing to do in this town

olivander — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:03:00 +0000

And I always complain that there’s nothing to do in this town
Originally uploaded by olivander.

Some people put this in their mouth

olivander — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:12:51 +0000

Some people put this in their mouth
Originally uploaded by olivander.

My first thought was, “That’s not a food item; that’s a medical condition.” It’s worth noting that the Spotted Dick is right beside the Tripe, and that the two cans are virtually indistinguishable.

Spotted Dick, as it turns out, is a pudding desert that is somewhat popular in the UK, though its name has occasionally caused embarrassment.

I’m still not gonna eat it.

Only in my town

olivander — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:14:56 +0000

Only in my town
Originally uploaded by olivander.

I’m sure there are many divorcees who would be happy to offer their ex’s kidneys to this person.

Separated at birth?

olivander — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:55:00 +0000

The Hard Rock Cafe in Dubai — and the Daily Planet building from Superman.

Out of order.

olivander — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:27:17 +0000

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Out of order., originally uploaded by olivander.

And we couldn’t be more pleased about it.

(Yes, I was forced to venture into a Wal-Mart late at night when nothing else was open. I am filled with shame.)

How not to permission your folders

olivander — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:41:00 +0000

One of the major projects I’ve been working on is migrating all of our shares off of the old hardware to new NAS appliances. As part of this, we’ve been reviewing and correcting folder permissions, to sort of help clean up as we go. Here’s an example of some of the totally awful permissioning I’ve been finding (identifying names have been obscured to protect the stupid):

“\\[server]\[share]\[dept]\2003 Secure Area STAY OUT\2003 Budget Info” /S “[domain]\Public”:RWXD /S “Everyone”:RX