Hardin, MT: Black Ops Takeover? (Updated)

A little town out near Billings, MT. They were railroaded into approving a huge private prison complex, but they never got any contracts. So somebody made of with lots of loot on a municipal bond issue and the city is on the verge of defaulting. Then along comes a rescue. But the rescue is shrouded [...]

Not Free

Americans are not free. I recall being required during the first few days of Army Basic Training to learn that Lee Greenwood song: “I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free.” It’s not truth, but a doctrinal assertion, a test of orthodoxy. As with most orthodoxies, were it not enforced, [...]

It’s Getting Old Already

So now they are proposing fining anyone who doesn’t pay for health insurance. Another special interest group handed billions on a silver platter. HMOs exist to make a profit, and they do so by finding excuses to deny you medical care for which you pay them to manage. The only health they care about is [...]

Welcome Back, Crater

Back when I first started learning Linux and BSD, I went through a series of cranky machines, mostly used in part or in whole. I began giving them names based on some previous theme I had back in the military, using names to suggest noises and such. My first real usable box was named thud. [...]

Yes, Claire, It’s Time — and Then Some

Claire Wolf once asked “Is It Time, Yet?” People who actually take the time to read what she had to say will realize it was “time” a long time ago, in the moral sense. You don’t have to read between the lines to realize the underlying theme of all such writings: In order to keep [...]

Console Keyboard: No Help

After reading countless webpages, manpages, and everything I could find, I realize it’s pointless to try to fix the Debian console keymap files.
In the first place, Debian places in the keymaps tons of useless keystrokes no human could possibly make.
In the second place, there is no simple guide to making a corrected keymaps file. It’s [...]

On the Console Again: Debian Squeeze

After making provisions on another system for my responsibilities to others, I have studied again the possibilities of moving my laptop back to a pure console Linux installation. I waded through some discussions over FreeBSD, NetBSD, Gentoo, and a few others I would never consider. I slap myself for not thinking of it before, but [...]

Debian Lenny Sans-X

No two users are a like. Each of us has our own ways and reasons for them. By no means do I pretend here to offer a complete review, since I am neither competent nor interested in that sort of use. This is simply my experience in preparing my laptop for console-only use.
This is something [...]

Sign Making for Walking Protests

My “REPENT” sign is finished. I plan to take it out for it’s first run tomorrow morning.
Using the four-foot PVC water line (1/2″ diameter) staff from before, I added a “T” junction at the top and horizontal arms to make a total of around 18″ long. The actual signs are cut from a standard poster-board [...]

Update: Multiple SMTP Accounts from the Console

This is a follow up for a previous post.
Before I committed myself to any particular MTA for the job, I continued the search for information. I stumbled across this HOWTO on Alpine Configuration which addressed my needs. It means things have changed a great deal from the old Pine application, more than I had realized. [...]