Skip to content

Monthly Archives: September 2005

“The Uses of Disaster”

09-Sep-05

Harper’s Weekly publishes an incredible, [insightful analysis of disaster][1], how it inspires community, and how the government and media attempt to paint an entirely different portrait of human nature. Complete with a postscript on Katrina.
[1]: http://harpers.org/TheUsesOfDisaster.html

Mind elsewhere

04-Sep-05

I hope too many people don’t mind that I don’t post a second installment of ‘Self-Help Buddha’ today - it is in the works, but for much of this week my mind’s been elsewhere, whether it relates to the events unfolding in Louisiana or more local concerns such as getting my health insurance set up […]

Lighttpd 1.4.3 update

02-Sep-05

I’ve been working on the Darwinports Portfile for Lighttpd 1.4.3, but for some reason it won’t compile with SSL on my machine. Until I can get a working compile, you won’t see a 1.4.x release of Lighttpd through Darwinports.
(I do have 1.4.0 submitted, but need to change the file to use local patches instead of […]

Need

01-Sep-05

>I originally posted this on the [textdrive forums][1], but I felt it was important enough to share here, as well.
There are **always** people in need. The only thing you (or I) _can_ do is offer help where it means the most to us. If that means supporting the people of New Orleans, do what you […]