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What I think about, today.
About Israel: Stop, already. I made a promise that I’d go inside and write something. Now I have. Technically, I have fulfilled that promise. I can stop now, not feeling guilty at all because guilt is stupid, and because it’s not my responsibility to come up with the content of this post. If the Universe…
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The People vs Oligarchy
Super jazzed, I started typing. Thrilled by the last sentence, I decided to write another — this is that sentence. Before I write the fourth sentence, let me finish the third.
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ClickyTwisty.com
I guess I’ll hang on to ClickyTwisty.com. The real question might be whether I have any moral authority over the name at all.
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PHP Programming and Zen Koan about Jesus Being “Almost a Buddha”
I’m writing: Yet Another Framework in PHP (YaFiP) I’m listening: a 1919 compilation of Zen koans Narrated by: Peter CoyoteLanguage: English 101 Zen Stories is a 1919 compilation of Zen koans including 19th and early 20th century anecdotes compiled by Nyogen Senzaki, and a translation of Shasekishū, written in the 13th century by Japanese Zen…
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PHP Programming, Eating Lunch, and Watching Video with Joe
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/winett_php-programming-eating-lunch-and-watching-activity-7087841163432378368-WnB9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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Marlon Brando makes it in Tahiti to Mutiny on the Bounty 🖖🏼 spoiler: no mutiny, yet
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 American Technicolor epic historical drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, and Richard Harris. The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer(with uncredited input from Eric Ambler, William L. Driscoll, Borden Chase, John Gay, and Ben Hecht), based on the novel…
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Everyday Plastic Container with Sturdy Lid
“More than just an everyday plastic container with a sturdy lid half filled with paper sneeze rags.”
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Digital Communications Strategist and Technology Policy positions are open at the ACLU of WA
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/winett_ummm-imma-applying-activity-7085251322672795648-Jk2y Digital Communications Strategist The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU-WA) is seeking a digital communications strategist (DCS). The role provides digital communications strategy, execution, and evaluation to support the goals and mission of the communications department and the affiliate through supporter education and engagement. The DCS manages website content, e-mail advocacy and marketing…
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ISPConfig 3 🖖 Manage Your Servers Directly Through Your Browser
Joe exploiting ISPConfig for his own benefit. You can, too.
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Hash of Image for GUID on ABigHairy.com (the technology powerhouse behind TeddyBear.com)
Meta data stored in a “hidden” dot file, alongside. July 20 Update I’ve decided to store the files in a directory structure that is “hashed” to 4 levels. That means I can store a bunch of files more efficiently? This used to be true, for sure, because one doesn’t have to depend on the underlying…
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Reading “C program as CGI script” while awaiting TypeScript React Project initial build at 3mbps Download Speeds
From: Getting Started with CGI Programming in C “In order to set up a C program as a CGI script, it needs to be turned into a binary executable program.” 👍 “Using the default GET method, the input is to be read from the environment variable, QUERY_STRING. ” 👍 ’nuff said. GNU cgicc is a C++ class library for…
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Hosed by WordPress Jetpack Again, so shame on me.
Sloppy removal of Jetpack caused a rewrite of this site’s hostname, blog.karenware.com. Seems like just yesterday I bad mouthed WordPress for this stuff, again. So, it’s on me. Oh, blog.karenware.com points here now? Redis Object Cache clashing I think the problem turned out to be a combination of Jetpack and a Redis prefix clash. The…
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Image Uploading: 👍
The hash is an sha-1. The file is stored somewhere based on the hash. A record of the file is stored in MySQL. That’s enough.
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Koprtop Imma Sorry 🖖🏻 Boring Puppets Got Nothing on You (Joe Doesn’t Sleep live)
See also: Jesus, I sat on my balls.
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Never Ever The End 🖖🏻 Beer/Beef Bribery 🥩 Mensa ExCOM w/ @SteveLehto
http://lehtoslaw.com/ Steve Lehto has been practicing Lemon Law and Consumer Protection for 30 years. He has handled cases for thousands of consumers. He wrote the Lemon Law Bible and taught at the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law for ten years. He is a frequent lecturer on Consumer Law and has been quoted by or appeared on…
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I Kicked It Up a Notch: Auditioning for Bob Mills
Phoebe Sanders on Banjo Angeline the Baker (Randy’s Donuts)https://youtu.be/MQgoJAuYHRk Salt Spring (Clouds) https://youtu.be/-sZnSN6bqso Sugar Hill (Elvis) https://youtu.be/1vu9smEBh2c Sally in the garden (Rocks) https://youtu.be/BMUaskVXhBg I Don’t Want to Get Married w/ Ray Helfrick https://youtu.be/r0D9Rhos6SU Big Country (Chicken) https://youtu.be/RivlThNaH28 Red Rocking Chair (Giant) https://youtu.be/waRd9qrxaAc Lookin’ Out My Back Door (Friends) https://youtu.be/BEp0p8EgLjg Bile Them Cabbage Down https://youtu.be/ftHTGlm8ypg @St.Vincent …
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How to Create a Video Background With CSS
Jamie Juviler: Thanks! If you want to engage first-time visitors on your website, you have about 10 to 20 seconds. To inject some life into your page content, you might want to try adding a background video with CSS. Jamie Juviler via https://blog.hubspot.com/website/video-background-css Here’s a video of what ABIGHAIRY.COM is doing now: Here’s the source code…
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“You Never Know Your Own Element.” Alan Watts about the Transformation of Consciousness
Alan Watts is one of my favorites.
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This Very Moment, I’m moving stuff from a Debian 11 to a Debian 12 server instance on Akamai’s Linode.com Cloud Platform
I’m upgrading a cloud server instance. (TOMORROW) Update: I needed more power, so I up-jazzed it from 2 GB to 4GB, and doubled the number of virtual CPU cores. Now there are 2 cores. Linode.com has been my Cloud Hosting Provider of choice for years now. Click here to Receive a $100, 60-day credit to…
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Doug Gets Wormed (again)
DOUG v WORMS, 2023 — Spoiler: It’s not semen nor seamen Cleaning Up (live) w/ @abighairyspider
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Me Live Streaming the Writing of This Post
Welcome to this special edition of Joe Streams Stuff Live Instead of Just Doing Stuff with Joe, I’m Joe. Earlier I thought I should begin writing again. Every time I being to form a plan to write something, a plan that includes some of the following (why, what, and when, maybe a how). It’s the…
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6:18 Twice a Day
I was born on June 18th, so I appreciate it when I look at a clock and it’s 6:18. Oh oh!! Get this… I was born on 6/18 in the 816 area code. Nice, eh? And I was born / graduated in 1968 / 1986. Oh, wait … Born 6/18 in ’68 in the 816……
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RSVP: See You at COM
This is a positive RSVP. C U there IRL at the Central Oklahoma Mensa meeting on the 22nd. Thanks, Joe Winett
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Kesha? I’ll just point out that…
I’ll just point out that I learned this morning that Kesha exists. Also: – The first thing she does in the video is lie to the audience, saying that they should press record on their phones or cameras because she will be performing something they can’t get elsewhere… in an MTV produced video… which is…
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Karen McKay Fowler died on Sunday, August 11, 2019.
Karen Fowler was the shit. OMG. The world lost somebody. I lost her, too. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/toledoblade/name/karen-fowler-obituary?id=1798322 🙁
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Had the greatest moment EVER.
Tonight was literally the best night of my life. Wow. In other news, I thought of the next big thing!
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Have you ever thought?
Have you ever been looking for your razor, and found two razors and then wondered which is the new razor and then thought that if you can’t tell which is the new razor then possibly it doesn’t matter? And then, did you think, why do I have two razors? And, why don’t I throw one…
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These Minnesota Democrats Get It Done
“The Minnesota Legislature just completed what is probably the most productive session anywhere in the country since probably the New Deal,” he said. “Sweeping bills and reforms across every area of life.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/minnesota-democrats-legislative-victories Here’s a list of some of what they’ve accomplished in the State of Minnesota over this session: The party’s achievements in Minnesota, said pro-workers’ rights…
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If Trump Killed People?
Would this guy really support Trump if he committed murder or is this just a tongue-in-cheek statement to express his devotion to former President? “I’m with him until the finish,” says #MAGA #Trump #POTUS #Election2024 supporter https://youtu.be/SBh0SpAhRC4 via @YouTube This post is part of an experiment of mine re: social media reach: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7083100336265064448/ https://twitter.com/abighairyspider/status/1677334414844469250 I’ve…
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Is @Spotify insecure with @Facebook logins? Does #Spotify suck?
This is the Facebook login box presented by Spotify for “Connect with Facebook” menu option on Windows 7. This might be a secure Facebook login using OAUTH and SSL and it might not be. Here is what’s wrong: No browser bar – cannot confirm which (or IF) that is one of my browsers presenting the…
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How do you sound? Listen on Google – My Activity
Hear your voice on My Activity Find and see your search history, browsing history, and other activity that’s saved to your Google Account https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity?restrict=vaa Hear my voice here Birkeland current – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkeland_current A Birkeland current is a set of currents that flow along geomagnetic field lines connecting the Earth’s magnetosphere to the Earth’s high latitude ionosphere.…
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You yelled, “Riboflavin!”
Joe Winett Apr 30 Remember Silence Hello Darkness, my old friendThese words we studied before the endA shooting star, I said, of meYou yelled, “Riboflavin!”, and said I’d see, To be with you like me, Don’t say, pus. Riboflavin fondly. #riboflavin
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DAVID BYRNE PRESENTS: ONE YEAR LATER
You can listen to DAVID BYRNE PRESENTS: ONE YEAR LATER at http://davidbyrne.com/radio/david-byrne-presents-one-year-later One Year Later The presidential election in the U.S. was a year ago. These are some of the pop songs I’ve been listening to in recent months as this strange anniversary approaches. These are artists who for the most part are working in…
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Quit before a million? No!!!!!!!!!!
I deleted this blog as a sort of self-punishment, a suicide I could actually complete, a last flex of my muscle of ultimate control. I then looked at the upsides of not having this crap on the globular clusterweb: (1) If I try to get a job, I can manage what they know about me…
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Vigoris. Tratamiento de disfunción eréctil.
This product is not to be confused with Vigoris Technologies, Inc. — a company I used to run, poorly. Vigoris Tratamiento de disfunción eréctil 1 tableta (20 mg) previo a la actividad sexual, independientemente de las comidas. Puede iniciar la actividad sexual media hora después de haber tomado la tableta y hasta 36 horas después.…
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Hot Chip – “Look At Where We Are” by Danny Perez (Official Video)
The official video for Hot Chip’s “Look At Where We Are” taken from the album In Our Heads, out now. From the deep silence of my mindIs something I’m trying to findWhen it speaks you know you will hear my nameNot so complex in designBut harder to mindAs I step, in vainWon’t you come down…
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I Wanna Get Better
This applies to me more than you will ever know. ONE OF YOU KNOWS, and you’re just the perfect one for me. He says he’s singing about a woman, but he’s really singing about God, IMHO. The woman was talking to him in a dream, and she said: “Get better.” Music video by Bleachers…
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Audio of You Be Illin’ by Run-D.M.C., plus the cover by Carolina Chocolate Drops, et al
1986 studio single by Run-D.M.C. Queens, New York One day when I was chillin’ in Kentucky Fried Chicken Just mindin’ my business, eatin’ food and finger lickin’ This dude walked in lookin’ strange and kind of funny Went up to a’front with a menu and his money He didn’t walk straight, kind of side-to-side He asked…
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You do know that long showers are bad for you. Yeh? Yeh?
“Crazy Eyes” Image from Orange is the New Black, an original Netflix series.
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Imagination of the 3rd Kind (duh) Excerpt 1
It was going to be huge. Now you’ll have to finish it. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5e1J3k0ES4WektfeVVueEt5bFU https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5e1J3k0ES4WZnFuUEZSRVRKeGM
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I Love My Daughter
Left to right: My daughter, her sister, another girl, my son. Obviously, I love my kids. I’ve enjoyed the love we practiced together when I was with them. I also enjoy the love that comes from them just being my children (a chemical bond, or something). I am so thankful for “Jordan’s” internet postings.…
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Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!
In other news, Man Tries to Kill a Spider and Ends Up Burning His House Down. Just, really, chill, dudes. They’re spiders, not Terminators. http://time.com/2991835/man-tries-to-kill-a-spider-and-ends-up-burning-his-house-down/
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Bob Willett, Bell Labs, Closing in on the Qubit
The Future of Quantum Computing Could Depend on This Tricky Qubit http://www.wired.com/2014/05/quantum-computing-topological-qubit Wow, what an awesome guy. I hope he works this out. I mean him. I want it to be him.
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#YesAllWomen #NotAllMen
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/05/27/not_all_men_how_discussing_women_s_issues_gets_derailed.html On Friday, May 23, 2014, a man killed six people (and possibly himself). The manifesto he left behind stated he did it because women wouldn’t sleep with him. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/05/27/not_all_men_how_discussing_women_s_issues_gets_derailed.html
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RIP Uncle Dave, David McFadden (born May 30, 1949, promoted Dec 26, 2014)
I met David on Uncle Dave’s High Octane BBS in the 80’s – Recently, he had been a great help to me, although I never thanked him… His being him will continue to help me be me. Fr@ck. Dave was The Central Scrutinizer: https://the-universe-is-between-your-ears.blogspot.com/2009/11/the-central-scrutinizer.html This is David McFadden:
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The Law of Attraction
The Law of Attraction advises to keep our minds on what we appreciate and what we want because the Universe tries to provide what’s in our thoughts. Regardless of the mechanism, whether Universal Spirit, or just psychology, I know for a fact that spending too much time thinking about a bad outcome makes that outcome…
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Vote for Lani!! @Social_Kangaroo
This morning, primary election day, me holding the sign for Lani Habrock. 3:49pm update: FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 27 Republican 0 of 17 Precincts Completely Reporting ABSENTEEMAIL EARLYVOTING ELECTIONDAY TOTAL LANI HABROCK 0 0 0 0 0.0% JOSH COCKROFT 0 0 0 0 0.0% Total 0 0 0 0
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@Rackspace Cloud Backup just saved my bacon! #rackspace #cloudcomputing
I just made the mistake of updating one of my customer’s WordPress themes, ignoring the warning that doing so would nuke any of the customizations I had made for her. Before installing Rackspace Cloud’s backup service, I was using whole server images to backup that server. My options would have been: (1) Try to do…
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Happy Birthday, Courtney!!!
Courtney and her babies are friends of mine and of my babies. Courtney and I graduated from high school together.
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Simon Says: Psychosis! @SiSaysPSYCHOSIS
I only watched two minutes and forty-five seconds of this film. Seems accurate enough for me. ** I did watch the rest: I liked the guy saying at the end that it was important for him not to look at life as something that was “blown.” I don’t like that people use the phrase “you’ll…
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Virginity? When was that?
You know what, I have no idea when I lost my virginity. I’m sure about the year of my life, aren’t it? I thought I didn’t have a driver’s license. No, I’m confident that I did not have a driver’s license, but that doesn’t add up to the year I know, or thought I knew,…
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Beer is the 2nd Color of Consciousness? Alan Watts
You witness the shutdown from bedroom mode to office mode in this video. Oh, and the timeless wisdom of Alan Watts.
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Dream Buzzkilling
This is not Joe Winett’s arm. Why do I have to be Mister Fact Checker when I’m dreaming? I wake up a lot. I rarely sleep more than two hours without waking up — usually it’s about an hour and ten minutes. I think it might have something to do with figuring out that what’s…
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Kristi Winett, Please Don’t Be Mean
This was my 26th birthday. Kids, that thing on my waist is a “pager.” Here’s how it worked: If someone wanted you to call them, they called a number and, after a beep, they typed in their phone number, and that phone number would appear with a beep on the “pager,” or “beeper.” When your…
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New edit of my story: Adam Woke Up
“His Father’s anger exploded from somewhere else, from outside of the house, from beyond their lives. It was cosmic and terrible. Suddenly there were not things, there was not light, there was only rage. Adam couldn’t see anything; he could only feel the heat.” Read Adam Woke Up.
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Dear Amazon Associate, We have just sent payments to other people.
So, Amazon is telling me that they sent money to people, but I’m not one of them, and that they have credited my previous balance of $0 to my account for a future payment. This is what happens when you let computer programs send email.
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I love my daughter.
Sometimes you just have to break a few rules. 🙂 In senior year, English class, Ky Vargas and I suddenly jumped up and shot our senior English teacher with toy guns that threw out little frisbees and said together, “Score. Direct hit.” We really thought it would be funny. (seriously — I don’t remember why,…
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Defiant Redhead – Stephanie Leonidas as Irisa Nyira on Defiance
She’s vicious and, imagine that, she’s a redhead. Stephanie Leonidas as Irisa Nyira on Defiance (TV series) – An Irathient warrior who is Nolan’s adopted daughter and Deputy Lawkeeper. The Irathients are all vicious, all redheads, and the only redheads on the show.