http://halrager.org/WordPress when Bodhidharma came to the desert, Coyote was waiting... Thu, 08 May 2008 05:48:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en World’s oldest living tree discovered in Sweden - Press Release from Umeå University The world’s oldest recorded tree is a 9,550 year old spruce in the Dalarna province of Sweden. The spruce tree has shown to be a tenacious survivor that has endured by growing between erect trees and smaller bushes ... http://halrager.org/WordPress/links-for-2008-05-07/ I got phone call about 3:30 today at work. The young girl (8 or 9 I'm guessing) told me, "We found your cat!" I got the particulars from her, it seems they noticed him hanging around several days ago, but didn't think much about it since he looked well cared ... http://halrager.org/WordPress/the-house-is-no-longer-so-empty/ The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish, and when the fish are caught, the trap is forgotten. The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch rabbits. When the rabbits are caught, the snare is forgotten. The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the ... http://halrager.org/WordPress/buddhist-thought-for-the-day/ Fire Products - Satellite Services Division Real Time Satellite Fire Monitoring - Southwest US [via Susan at 20/20 Hindsight] (tags: fire NOAA MODIS wildfire via:susan) ShareThis http://halrager.org/WordPress/links-for-2008-05-01/ Our big beautiful Bruce has been missing since Sunday. He is declawed (he came that way from the shelter) and very docile and trusting. He must have slipped out of the back door. I fear I will not see him again, despite his ID chip. It hasn't really sunk in ... http://halrager.org/WordPress/the-house-feels-a-bit-emptier/ A Terrible and Silent Crisis: The Destruction of the American Working Class: How to Save the World Dave Pollard reviews Joe Bageant's Deer Hunting With Jesus which explains through personal stories his brutal assessment of just how strong the class system in the US really is, why the classes are and ... http://halrager.org/WordPress/links-for-2008-04-28/ A very happy birthday to Mark, who does wood s lot. Still sáns apostrophe.ShareThis http://halrager.org/WordPress/happy-birthday-mark/ » Cookie Security in WordPress 2.5 boren.nu "WordPress 2.5 introduced a user-definable constant called SECRET_KEY. If you upgraded from a previous version of WordPress you probably won’t have these lines in your wp-config.php." It's worth a shot! (tags: security wordpress webdev) SciTechBlog: Blog Archive - The Brightest Spots on Earth « - Blogs from ... http://halrager.org/WordPress/links-for-2008-04-25/ Life-changing books: Recommendations from 17 leading scientists - opinion - 10 April 2008 - New Scientist [via Garret at dangerousmeta!] (tags: books science reading via:garret) ShareThis http://halrager.org/WordPress/links-for-2008-04-23/ I'm getting "406 Forbidden" errors which I think are being caused by an (earlier today) upgrade to Bad Behavior 2.0.15. I'm not certain, but I think so. [2 minutes later:] Yep, backing off to v. 2.0.14 allows me to publish and edit posts again. I'll wait for v. 2.0.16.ShareThis http://halrager.org/WordPress/406-errors-from-bad-behavior-2-0-15-plugin/