ben tucker’s virtual life. elsewhere: work, doings, incoming.Tumblr (3.0; @bentucker)http://stream.btucker.org/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxeggy7I3x1qz4w0lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumble.brandt.kurowski.net/post/373356598/how-to-adjust-your-mirrors-to-avoid-blind-spots">brandtkurowski</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10q1/how_to_adjust_your_mirrors_to_avoid_blind_spots-feature">How To: Adjust Your Mirrors to Avoid Blind Spots - Feature - Car and Driver</a>. Can’t believe I’d never heard of this before.</p> </blockquote> <p>This never occurred to me either, until I drove across NY state with a physicist (Mahoney heading to YAPC ‘04).</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/374665014http://stream.btucker.org/post/374665014Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:45:35 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxdgac9G4u1qz4tt2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a Republican member of the Cabinet, feigns being a blocking back for President Barack Obama as he arrives backstage to meet with GOP House leaders before speaking to their issues conference at the Renaissance Baltimore Harbor Place Hotel in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 29, 2010. (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/whitehouse">The White House</a>)</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/372347393http://stream.btucker.org/post/372347393Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:01:24 -0500<p>Looking over @<a href="http://twitter.com/bibme">bibme</a>’s S3 bill and realizing we could save a ton by using CSS sprites. $0.01/10,000 GETs can get expensive at scale.</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/367296125http://stream.btucker.org/post/367296125Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:13:11 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YtGSXMuWMR4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YtGSXMuWMR4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Awesome.</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/358154597http://stream.btucker.org/post/358154597Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:46:26 -0500<p>dear brattleboro, thank you for not stealing my nice skis & boots even as they sat in plain view in my unlocked car all day! (oops!)</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/357062727http://stream.btucker.org/post/357062727Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:00:14 -0500<p>happy keynote day! jobs kicking it off for obama.. what more could you ask for.</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/356210519http://stream.btucker.org/post/356210519Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:00:15 -0500<p>launching a little app on heroku (for free!). What a slick environment!</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/345792974http://stream.btucker.org/post/345792974Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:44:46 -0500<p>Ubuntu comes with a default vhost (000-default) which has its DocumentRoot set to /var/www.  It’s fairly customary to have your DocumentRoots for other vhosts set to something within /var/www (for example /var/www/vhosts).  If you neglect to change the DocumentRoot in 000-default you’ve got the potential for a code-leak.  If you’re using a framework which uses constant naming conventions, it’s not that hard to guess your way to any bit of code in the app.</p> <p>So as part of your setup procedure, be sure to add changing the DocumentRoot of the default vhost to something like /var/www/default.</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/332947825http://stream.btucker.org/post/332947825Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:08:14 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UJKythlXAIY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UJKythlXAIY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY">OK Go - This Too Shall Pass</a> (via <a href="http://twitter.com/petersagal/status/7674273984">@petersagal</a>)</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/330945813http://stream.btucker.org/post/330945813Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:36:50 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvt6yiuVMB1qz4tt2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Grilled pizza!</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/319229002http://stream.btucker.org/post/319229002Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:54:21 -0500<p>Avatar really was as good as they say— and quite amazing in 3D. Devastatingly sad, though.</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/313371379http://stream.btucker.org/post/313371379Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:46:07 -0500<p>Just watched “Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts”. Enthralling film.</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/308911096http://stream.btucker.org/post/308911096Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:39:51 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvfpvr0ulv1qz4tt2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2009/12/the-cost-of-care.html">National Geographic</a></p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/306816371http://stream.btucker.org/post/306816371Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:16:38 -0500<p>Finally deprecating our fax line. Hello 2001!</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/293635265http://stream.btucker.org/post/293635265Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:15:23 -0500<p>Just saw Invictus w/ @<a href="http://twitter.com/annawchin">annawchin</a>. Fantasitic movie with all around amazing performances.</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/289897436http://stream.btucker.org/post/289897436Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:37:26 -0500<p>awaiting 47.0 lbs of t-shirts to show up at the office shortly</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/289059653http://stream.btucker.org/post/289059653Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:27:51 -0500<p>It’s true! RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/k8att">k8att</a> Hey #VT! 3G now live in Bennington, Brownsville, Brattleboro, Killington, Vernon, West Dover & White River Junction!</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/287764301http://stream.btucker.org/post/287764301Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:43:29 -0500<p>Nice! RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/Ellis">Ellis</a> The T-shirt I designed for @<a href="http://twitter.com/ZocDoc">ZocDoc</a> is available for FREE if you friend them on FB or @<a href="http://twitter.com/mention">mention</a> them: <a href="http://bit.ly/89Ktlx">http://bit.ly/89Ktlx</a></p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/287764295http://stream.btucker.org/post/287764295Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:43:28 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kulrv8Q79O1qz4tt2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Awesome early season skiing at Mt. Snow this weekend. They opened the north face on Sunday (seen here).</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/281913278http://stream.btucker.org/post/281913278Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:11:37 -0500<p>getting the invitations printed for this year’s GreenRiver.org New Year’s Party</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/277701331http://stream.btucker.org/post/277701331Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:57:29 -0500