Prolixium dot com: News >> Blog

To my pleasant surprise, Joker supports the addition of IPv6 glue records through their web interface. It only took a few minutes, too:

% dig @a.gtld-servers.net. ns2.antiderivative.net. AAAA       

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2-P2 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net. ns2.antiderivative.net. AAAA
; (2 servers found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55089
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 4
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns2.antiderivative.net.                IN      AAAA

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ns2.antiderivative.net. 172800  IN      AAAA    2001:4830:122d:4::f

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
antiderivative.net.     172800  IN      NS      ns2.antiderivative.net.
antiderivative.net.     172800  IN      NS      ns3.antiderivative.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns2.antiderivative.net. 172800  IN      A       69.9.186.232
ns2.antiderivative.net. 172800  IN      AAAA    2001:4830:122d:4::f
ns3.antiderivative.net. 172800  IN      A       207.150.167.81
ns3.antiderivative.net. 172800  IN      AAAA    2001:4830:122d:4::17

;; Query time: 85 msec
;; SERVER: 2001:503:a83e::2:30#53(2001:503:a83e::2:30)
;; WHEN: Mon Oct 13 19:42:55 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 188

It only took a few small additions to pf.conf and named.conf to get ns2 and ns3 answering, too!

Yay!

I ran into some strange display slowness on my work PC, recently, and it coincided with the selection buffer selection buffer not working with VMware Workstation. I narrowed this down to the Debian xserver-xorg-video-intel being upgraded to 2:2.3.2-2+lenny4 - the default acceleration method changed from XAA to EXA (see doc). So, I ended up just changing it back to XAA in the xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
     Identifier     "Configured Video Device"
     Driver         "intel"
     Option         "AccelMethod"  "XAA"
EndSection

Works like a charm!

My supervisor brought in a ton of candy last week. I am now addicted to Lemonheads.

In other news, I missed gas at the Texaco in Ballantyne by about five minutes.

I tried a different lap configuration last night at the Y, last night:

2x 400 meter freestyle
1x 50 meter butterfly / freestyle
1x 200 meter freestyle
1x 50 meter butterfly / freestyle
1x 200 meter freestyle

It's 50 meters more than I usually do, which isn't going to help, but the butterfly gets the blood pumping a little more than normal. I remember when I used to be able to do the 100 meter butterfly without breaking a sweat. Yeah, those days are over. The below is my normal workout:

3x 400 meter freestyle
1x 50 meter freestyle

Both configurations usually take me around 30-35 minutes.

I took the GCFW (GIAC Certified Firewall Analyst) back in August as a follow-up to the SANS 502 course I attended earlier this year. I was fairly surprised when I received a fairly heavy plaque in the mail, today:

I think you can find my name somewhere on this page.

I haven't posted here in a bit, let's see if I can coherently list some random thoughts.

Tonight it took me four stops before I found a gas station that wasn't bone dry. Seriously, I'd consider walking, biking, or carpooling to work, but it's too far and everyone's schedules seem to be different. I'm going to try not leaving campus for lunch for the next two weeks, and eating at the cafeteria instead. Funny thing, I actually eat healthier there than I do off-campus. Some of my coworkers have an aversion to it though, so I might be giving up friendly company. Oh well.

I saw a BMW with a vanity plate reading MSFTCHIC, today. I suppose this could be interpreted in two ways. If it's the traditional meaning of chic, I'm confused, since stylish, elegant, and smart really aren't adjectives I'd typically use to describe Microsoft, unless the driver somehow embodies all the chic that exists in the company. If this was meant as a misspelling of chick, then it's too bad I didn't get a good view of the driver (although I could tell she was female). I've always wanted to know what a "Microsoft chick" looks like. Try a Google Images search for it, then try it with SafeSearch disabled, if you're really adventurous (warning!). Optionally, do a similar search but substitute "Microsoft" with "Linux" and see what you get…

I found a bug report describing the same exact issue I'm having with the ath5k driver. I'm using the AR5212 chipset. Hopefully this will be fixed soon, since I don't see the old madwifi drivers sticking around for much longer. I'd help, but I don't have much of a clue about writing (much less debugging) Linux device drivers.

Today (Sept. 22nd, 2008) was the the Autumnal Equinox (ie, first day of fall). The outdoor pool in my development is still open, yet if last week's swim was any indication, the water is really too cold at this point. I suspect it will be covered up this weekend. And the Siskey Y is as crowded as ever - bleh.

Also, this past week I discovered XM channel 82 (The System). Specifically, the Solaris International radio show broadcast on Sunday morning featured a neverending supply of bright and uplifting trance. I could have listened to it all day - really great stuff. Other than the radio shows, The System routinely plays the type of trance I'll listen to on an almost everyday basis. It's almost perfect, but not as close as Markus Schulz's perfect.

Also, speaking of trance. I've been trying to get ahold of Paul van Dyk - In Between (Japan Special Edition). Specifically, the original (unmixed) version of La Dolce Vita. I found it on YouTube (ugh) a week or so back, but it's since been pulled. What's the deal?

I think that's all for now!