I got new tires for my car Wednesday. General Altimax RT45’s. Those are the new version of the ones I’ve gotten several times in the past. They are a good mix of rating well on snow, rating well overall, and a relatively decent price. And just in time. They showed their worth on the snowy roads on Friday, having little trouble where my previous tires it would’ve been more nerve racking.
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I’m pleased I don’t have to go to the BMV this year for my birthday, as I do on most. I got a 2 year plate sticker last year, and have a couple more on my license.
Bumping version tags with git
It is common to use git tags to manage software version numbers. Such tags are often done with a “v” followed by the version, eg “v1.2.3”. I decided I wanted to make managing these a little easier, so I made a git alias to make a new tag with the next version for me.
Continue reading post "Bumping version tags with git"I was not expecting this much snow. First of the year to require shoveling.
Continue reading post "#4201"Last weekend I bought myself some new clothes / shoes. I hadn’t in quite a while and was in need.
Continue reading post "#4199"Updating to MacOS 14.2 also meant I had to update to the latest VirtualBox version, apparently.
Continue reading post "#4196"Apache PHP FPM and “Primary Script Unknown”
A while back, I wrote about dealing with the Apache / FastCGI error ‘Primary script unknown’ when trying to access non-existent PHP files. Bots often do this trying to test for vulnerabilities, and it can fill up error logs and be annoying to look through. In that post, I fixed the problem through mod_rewrite and a RewriteCond. For PHP 2.4+, there is a more broad and likely more efficient solution using the <If> directive. It will work for all virtual hosts on a server.
Today, I took the longish walk to my polling location and voted.
Continue reading post "#4179"This fall has been very nice, seasonal, colorful, pleasant.
Continue reading post "#4173"First snow of the year. A couple inches on the ground and branches, paths and roads are clear.
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