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For those of you (and you and you) who've been waiting patiently for a public release of GoFoR the aggregator, have no fear: it will be soon (read: within the next 20 years).
Today I made some modifications to prevent the aggregator from temporarily removing all the posts from a particular user if that feed can't [...]

Canon's soon to be released Canon EOS 10-D [reviewed by dpreview.com] looks incredibly nice. A 6MP digital SLR that accepts the same lenses as its film counter parts. All this for around $1500.
As much as I love my Nikon gear, I might be willing to sell it in order to be able to use [...]

[city portraits]

untitled
Near Downtown
Sudbury, ON
Canada
Minolta dImage 7

[city portraits]

A quiet Sunday
Camp
Noelville, ON
Canada
Minolta dImage 7

Mark Pilgrim writes regarding how to block spambots, ban spybots, and tell unwanted robots to go to hell. Even if you aren't having trouble with evil website robots (programs that download every page of your website in search of various pieces of information that are rarely of any value to you) or don't intend to [...]

If you live in the UNIX shell and are very directory oriented then Comment may be a useful tool. It allows you to leave yourself notes in various directories. It stores its data in plain text, so you can use regular UNIX tools to search, sort, and rummage through the notes you have left.

Comment stores [...]

The Python Desktop Server, aka Radio Killer, looks very promising. If you're a Python lover, or are looking for a full-featured website management (which includes weblog functionality) then this might be the tool for you.

It's 22°F out. 15°F if you count the wind chill. But it's pretty warm in the parking garage where I work simply because it's underground. So, even though I brought my jacket this morning, I opted to leave it in the truck knowing I wouldn't need it in the building.
Someone pulled the fire alarm.
"There has [...]

[city portraits]

(click to enlarge)
a few more bricks
Heritage Park
Fort Worth, TX
Minolta dImage 7

Don't be alarmed if things seem a little strange around here. revjim.net is currently moving servers. I'll have more details regarding our new setup in a little while. Until then, please let me know if you experience any problems.