Okay, so my personal home page is back online again. Happy? You won't find any of the old stuff here anytime soon, though, since dave2 hasn't yet recovered from a fractured motherboard suffered last year over the Atlantic.
In other words, if you're here looking for my Mutt pages/configs, my GNU Screen pages/configs, or my Dvorak keymaps, I'm sorry to report that they're not here. (I still haven't forgotten the facts, I haven't stopped using GNU Screen (nor am I likely to ever stop using the Dvorak keymap), and (since mboxfs died along with everything else on dave2) I now use Mutt again (with a brand new but fairly similar config), so I can still answer any questions you might have, and/or provide current copies of my configs. Feel free to hit me by email if you have any questions.) BTW - If anybody knows a source for obtaining a working Q-lity XPGS-DS (or equivalent) motherboard, I would appreciate a heads-up. Few things would please me more than restoring dave2.
On the bright side, I've already got some fun stuff that I'm working on here.
I'm rebuilding my Daveglish dictionary; it never should've been called Daveglish to begin with, so I've renamed it English. Anyway, the dictionary is here.
For those of you who absolutely must hear every stupid thing that goes through my mind, I've put together a prehistoric blog.
I've put together a shortish discussion of a few small changes to the American governmental system that I believe to be necessary.
My mom likes solving Kokuro problems, so I built her a helpful table so she wouldn't have to build it manually, as she currently does.
I'm attempting to build up a list of tutors. Feel free to scan it and/or to add yourself.
I've decided to put up a little bit of info about the situation in Israel and Some Facts About Palestine, since it seems that most people are very badly misinformed, primarily by the media. Apparently, journalists don't really believe in Honest Reporting. . .
I've also decided to link to a number of interesting resources; it appears that the man behind the murder of Yitzchak Rabin was actually Shimon Peres - yep, the same guy who's now (as of 20070218) running for President of the State of Israel ... go figure. . .
If you like cars, you may (or may not) enjoy what's in my cars section.
I've written a short paper about Defending Freedom.
I have a few notes that may be useful in my FreeSWITCH section.
I now have a small section dealing with DJB's daemontools package.
I now maintain a Smarty FAQ, primarily intended to save traffic on #smarty.
I've decided to hack together a skeleton for an image-less CAPTCHA implementation. Aside from loading ten gazillion times faster than any image-based CAPTCHA, we don't screw over Lynx and Elvis users. I think if we ask context-relative questions in this type of CAPTCHA font, robots and CAPTCHA recycling systems will have to make some adjustments. Additionaly, because the code for this system is extremely accessible, we've just lowered the barrier for anybody who wants to use this system to be able to modify the data and/or logic on a case-by-case basis. Attackers will need to attack each type of modification separately, and if we see epidemics targetting broad categories of changes, we can always update our own system to make those changes standard while keeping the system as a whole very easy for individuals to hack in new ways, so interested parties can always stay a step ahead of the attackers with relatively little individual effort. Additionally, the primary CAPTCHA lies in the context-relative questions, not in the funny font; the funny font is simply intended to add a bit of a wrinkle in any small-time attacking operation, encouraging attackers to consolidate their own codebases. If innovation on the attacking side is limited to only a few companies supplying solutions/services while independent innovation on our side can easily be done by every member of the community, we have the evolutionary edge.
I've finally finished writing a short essay On the Natural Rights of Man, exploring the role of government in our society. I've also put together the beginnings of a new section, the Meritophobia section.
I now have a religion section. Enjoy :-)
I've started a list of quotable quotes that I've heard.
If you're reading this (i.e., if I haven't yet managed to thoroughly bore you to death), I'd appreciate the opportunity to take one more shot at it, with my Boredom Section.