As I write this there is an area of low pressure about 500 miles NE of the Leeward Islands with a 20% chance of becoming a “subtropical” cyclone in the next 48 hours. That said, today is the last day of the 2011 hurricane season in the Atlantic basin. How did we fare this year? … Read more
We took a trip over the Thanksgiving Holiday to Pulaski, Tennessee. Pulaski has a rich history and ties to the US Civil War. Pulaski is the county seat of Giles County. It’s city square features a courthouse that was built in 1859. Pulaski is the site where Union soldiers hung Sam Davis. Sam Davis was … Read more
When I was making rules for the firewall earlier this week, I set up logging for when people attempted to connect to our network using automated tools. Many times people who know nothing about the underlying ports and protocols will use automated tools to try and break into a computer on the Internet; they’re called … Read more
WARNING: This is a technical geeky post my Internet firewall… friends and family not interested need to read no further… For friends and family still with me here, iptables is the software in my Internet firewall that keeps the big bad Internet hackers from poking at my computers and causing problems. I’ve been studying the … Read more
Welcome to fall, again… We have a few interesting tidbits to shed some light on… NHC has designated Ophilia a hurricane. It’s forecast to safely miss the US. as of this writing it’s moving NNW at 10 knots and it’s packing 100kt sustained winds with gusts up to 120kt and a Tropical storm warning is … Read more