Nagios Plugin – SQL Job Status
I checked out Nagios Exchange, and didn’t see anything that checked the status of a job and used Windows/AD credentials/trusted connection. So I wrote this. It’s intended to run as an NRPE script, and doesn’t require anything that doesn’t come...“Saving Alan Idle” sold
“Saving Alan Idle” will appear in an upcoming edition of Escape Pod. I read part of this story at both WisCon and DragonCon, and I always really enjoy this one in front of an audience. So, for those of you who heard me read it and wondered whatever would...Commute Hell
Does anyone have experience writing on the train? Or similar multitasks?Cat Geekery
So, I have the Withings wifi scale. It gives me pretty graphs and posts my weight as an accountability thing, to keep me from gaining it all back. My cats are using my Withings scale. Admittedly, I do tend to ask them, “What are you doing? Are you crazy?”...Parasol Protectorate
I think Alexia Tarabotti is my fictional twin. Well. Aside from the no soul thing (unless you ask my ex). Seriously, she’s bossy, blunt, smart, and in your face. Okay, and aside from the Victorian thing. I’d make a terrible Victorian. My television...Software Update
I moved to WordPress. Mainly because of the ease of upgrades. Compared to Movable Type upgrades, well, damn. My commute is so ugly these days (hence the radio silence) that that makes a big difference to me. So. How are you? Happy New...Reading
Fragile Things is worth buying just for “Strange Little Girls,” IMHO. I also enjoyed “Monarch of the Glen,” which revisits Shadow from American Gods. I considered posting a spoiler for “Strange Little Girls,” but instead I will...Warning: Contains Me
My new best friend for my commute is my Kindle, and I’ve been reading Neil Gaiman’s Fragile Things on the train and listening to him read his own The Graveyard Book on the drive from the train station. I’m loving The Graveyard Book, and have had a...“La Divina Commedia” is live at ChiZine!
Yay! I’m really excited! This story took a long time to sell (two years, three months), and the rejections all said it was really good but not really something they buy. I never lost faith in the story, though, and am really happy that such an awesome place...Subscribe
