Diary of a Network Geek

Tired of Latin?
At least, are you tired of using that classic "lorem ipsum" Latin text in your demos? Well, why not try Geek Machine next time! You can generate test text in styles including; Hillbilly, Marketing, Matrix, Metropolitan, Pseudo German, and Techno Babble. Some of them are really pretty good, too. Hey, at least it's a change from the tired, old Latin.
Now, if they'd only add in Lovecraftian or Tekumelani or, even, Nostrodamusian....

One last update before bed.
If you've been reading my blog and not watching the news, there have been some important developments. First, the mayor has cancelled the forced evacuation of Houston and asked that anyone who has virtually any reason to not leave turn back. The grid-lock has gotten quite dangerous and folks are running out of gas and water out on the road. So far, I haven't seen any reports of violence in all that insanity, but I'm just waiting.

Okay, I've checked in with everyone I can reach.
I made contact with everyone in my family that I could reach today and let them know my plans. I also talked to a lot of friends here in Houston about who was going and staying and what not. Several have left the city, but quite a few are here, somewhere, riding out the storm. I have one friend, Steve, who works at the zoo and he's either headed for Huntsville, or he'll stay at the zoo with the brave folks who are staying behind there to deal with the animals in the hurricane.

Well, I've cleaned most of the porch of potential projectiles.

Well, I'm staying.

Yeah, I'm sure this has been a lot of people's minds lately.

I don't like hurricanes.
Or tropical storms. Honestly, if I didn't know that every generation since the crucifixion has thought so, I'd say the end times were nigh! Look at it from a Yankee's perspective. You already have giant, flying bugs. Up North, we made a pact with God that such things were not to happen. We'd stop the human sacrifice, if He'd stop making bugs over six inches that fly. Then, there's the weather... Sure, up North we have to deal with the odd blizzard, but that's a walk in the park compared to this hurricane/tropical storm business.

Now, I'm not hacker.
Nor am I a cracker, at least in the computer security sense. And, really, I never claimed to be one, either. I just didn't correct anyone who hung that tag on me. Sometimes, the best thing for a reputation is just knowing when to quietly smile and say nothing. Well, if that's not good enough for you, there's a solution.

Well, no kidding!

Well, not quite, but close.
In the UK, they're going to be "chipping" their license plates. Among other things, that will mean that those plates can be tracked by the proper authorities via GPS. Yeah, the proper authorities. And, if that phrase didn't strike enough terror into your heart, how about this... The article goes on to say that U.S. authorities are looking into this. How long before we're greeted with "Hello citizen!" when the damn car door opens!?