Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and be saved.
Posted On Monday, July 26th, 2010 By David Veatch
I just couldn’t stand it anymore. I tried things out over at Blogspot, and while it’s a great service, and I applaud the whole free blogging service idea, I’m too much of a control freak. I want to run my own stuff. I’m just a geek that way, I suppose. So… posting will resume here. Thank you.
Posted On Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 By David Veatch
You may have noticed a slight dip in the number of posts here. You’ll notice a lot fewer in the future. In an effort to cut costs (no worries, I’m fine financially, I just want to be *better*), I’m dropping my static IP, my connection speed, and shutting off my server at home. Since this site is hosted at home, this site will disappear. If I post in the future, it’ll be over at dvicci.wordpress.com, or dvicci.blogspot.com. I’m really not sure. Any suggestions? I really don’t expect the number of posts to increase any time soon, but who knows… I may try to import posts and tags and whatnot. I may not. It’s hard to say! Until then… this site will stay put until the static IP runs out. And no, this is not a 4/1 joke.
Posted On Monday, July 7th, 2008 By David Veatch
After a fantastic and raucous weekend, the GF and I are just about ready to head to the hills and face the incredible climbs of Vail, Loveland and Juniper passes. I’m not sure what the week will entail, aside from some high altitude light cardio training, some paint ball, and lots of visiting with my brother and my friends out there. I’ll have my laptop with me, and a camera, both of which I intend to use. Last week was a really slow week for blogging, but aside from being rained out one day, a very good week for riding. This week, I’m going to try to force myself to write more, but I may have to simply face the fact that I’m in a bit of a blogging slump. Tonight we head to the parents, who are taking care of our puppies. Tomorrow we make the drive to Evergreen, CO, where we’ll spend the next three days acclimating at altitude before the big ride on Saturday.
Posted On Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 By David Veatch
I knew, once I started reading that I’d be tagged. So… it makes sense that the closest book is the one I’m currently reading. No, it’s not Lord of the Rings. That’s at home, though having one of my half a dozen or so copies here at work isn’t a bad idea… From Beyond Fear by Bruce Schneier… A French army officer asked him what he had learned from Napoleon. His reply was that he faced two problems during the war. One was the rifled musket behind earthworks, and the other was moving huge amounts of men and materiel [sic] by rail, and that Napoleon had nothing to say on either of them. Bruce Schneier is, in my opinion, one of the most reasonable and grounded security minds today. Grounded by uncommon sense, he rarely fails to enlighten. The above passage Ulysses S. Grant’s reply to the French army officer during a visit to France following the US Civil War. It helps illustrate Schneier’s point that dynamic security systems, those which can adapt mid-attack, are more effective than static security systems, those that respond in a specific way every time. Security card readers are static. They deny you or allow more »
Posted On Monday, May 12th, 2008 By David Veatch
A cool 40°F kicked off the 2008 Bike to Work Week work week this morning. There are various activities set aside for the week, but my schedule is going to keep my from doing… well, any of them, really. The Commuter Convoy that others are having great success with was a bust for me (and others) this morning. I arrived at the Walmart parking lot at about 06:05 this morning and hung out until 06:15. No one showed, so I took off. On Quivira at around Monrovia, I passed the news crew that interviewed Noah. They didn’t even raise their heads for a lone cyclist not part of a convoy. I guess that’s not news. This weekend was similarly news unworthy. With the rain on Saturday and the wind on Sunday, I stayed indoors and watched much of the television with the GF. I did get on the rollers for an hour or so on Sunday, pulling the equivalent of about 20 miles. It’s a shame really, the rollers marked the first time the new Edge 705 met the Torelli, and the maiden voyage of the new Triple cranks. They work, at least on the rollers, like a champ. I more »
Posted On Friday, April 11th, 2008 By David Veatch
I don’t know if it’s my new tires, a new sense of purpose in preparing for the Triple Bypass, a persistent tailwind (ha!) or just me getting stronger, but for my long evening commute on Wednesday, and my typical morning commute today, I did not once leave the big ring. For the morning commute with it’s standard hills, that’s not unheard of, and I think the smooth Conti T&Cs make a big difference. For the longer commute from Wednesday, with it’s leg busting crank bending hills, I’m proud of the fact that I stuck it out on the big ring, city slicks notwithstanding. Those are some tough hills, and I was determined to stay the course. I really wasn’t that winded or tired when I got home, either. A damn fine ride no matter how you look at it. The weather today is looking evil, so the verdict is out on whether I take the long road or the short road home. I don’t really have to decide until I’m 8 miles or so into the ride, so I have plenty of time. I really like what Noah has been doing on his blog. His pictures are great. I would more »
Posted On Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 By David Veatch
I’ve added a comment subscription plug in, just in case you want to be e’mailed when a new comment is added to a post you’ve commented on. Right now, comments subscription is on by default. When you comment on a post, there’s a little checkbox you can de-check if you don’t care what other people have to say, but that wouldn’t be very nice.
Posted On Saturday, July 7th, 2007 By David Veatch
I’ve recently been plagued by comment spammers again. Thing is, I’ve set things so that people need accounts here to place comments. Then, once the comment is posted, I have to approve it, delete it, or mark it spam. I’m not too worried at this point, b/c any spam that makes it through still needs approval… at which point I just mark it spam. They won’t show up, in other words, defeating the purpose of the spammers. However, I don’t get how they get through when they need an account. I’m under no illusion that WordPress is perfect, or immune to clever attacks, but still… that seems a simple thing to block.
Posted On Saturday, July 7th, 2007 By David Veatch
I was talking on the phone with my brother today. We talked about ex girlfriends, current girlfriends, wives, cycling, and trips to see each other. While talking about cycling, I sent him the embeddable HTML link to my calendar. At that point, it occurred to me… why am I fighting the RSS feed issue, when I can just embed the actual calendar in a sidebar? I gave it a shot, and now I have the best of both worlds… I have the calendar like I always wanted, as well as the agenda in a way that makes sense. I’m not sure about the bandwidth usages, but I’m reasonably certain that Google wouldn’t have made it possible if it was going to be too bad.
Posted On Monday, July 2nd, 2007 By David Veatch
This post will disappoint many people who are currently looking for a good, working Google Calendar plugin and/or widget for WordPress. If you’re looking for one, then so am I. Google’s default feed from the calendar is sorted by last modified date, and frankly, I just don’t see the point. I would MUCH rather, in all situations, rather have the feed sorted by event date… you know, when the appointment described is happening, rather than when the appointment described was described. Perhaps someone could enlighten me on the reasoning… surely there is and I’m just missing it. I’ve tried several solutions, including Event Calendar, the Google Calendar widget, iCal4WP and various RSS feed widgets… they either don’t work the way I want, or don’t work at all. I *might* just have to dig in and learn how to do it myself… unless someone has an unpublished working prototype or finished plugin that I’ve not found.