I am mostly in favor of my home state’s restrictive gun laws, but this one has always annoyed me. There’s little reason for it– under this law, a bad actor is going to just carry extra mags. The 10-round law is arbitrary and serves no purpose, and finally the courts agree with me.
Hacked!
Well, that was fun.
All my Dreamhost-based sites have been hacked and defaced by Chinese hackers, apparently to send spam and to use as a reference source for phishing attempts. All but the main site have been taken offline while we harden the site and do some security upgrades. Not sure how they got in; perhaps a compromised password? Anyway, I think the problem has been cleared up. Watch this space for more details.
6月4日，天安门广场大屠杀
6月4日，天安門廣場大屠殺
Happy Hour
Pi Day
Source: Pi Day
Happy Pi Day!
Sports Authority to close 19 stores in California; liquidation sales are underway
Well I guess that explains why the La Mesa store hasn’t been restocked since Christmas! (It’s one of the ones that’s closing)
Sports Authority will close 19 stores in California as part of its bankruptcy proceedings.
Source: Sports Authority to close 19 stores in California; liquidation sales are underway
Moving the boat
I’m moving to a new slip tomorrow. Should be interesting without a working motor. I need to call BoatUS and see if they’ll drag her over to the new dock.
New Web Host
I’ve moved The RATS Nest from my old hosting company to a new one, Dreamhost. So far, so good.
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Source: Web Hosting, Domains, VPS, Dedicated and WordPress Hosting – DreamHost
Be Here Now
We live in the age of distraction. Yet one of life’s sharpest paradoxes is that your brightest future hinges on your ability to pay attention to the present.
The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment
Tough old guy
I don’t know anything about this. Not where, not when, not who, and especially not why. What I do know: I want to be this tough when I get old.
15 Simple Ways to Overcome Anger
Courtesy of ThinkSimpleNow.com
Can you recall the last time you were really angry at someone? So much so that you were physically shaken just at the thought of them? Rarely does this feeling of anger help us in getting what we want. Often, it will work against us, resulting in more pain, unnecessarily.
Even the most gentle of personalities can temporarily turn into a vindictive rascal, if pushed far enough.
A friend of mine is going through a divorce with a spouse who is unreasonably prolonging the process. He’s sad, hurt, upset, frustrated and very, very angry. Words of anger and hatred spout out of his – otherwise polite and thoughtful – mouth. He was no longer his authentic and peaceful self. And he didn’t like who he was becoming.
Through helping him come to a place of understanding and forgiveness of his ex-spouse with love, compassion and humility (we had to dig deep), I realized that the same tools can be used in dealing with other negative emotions.