On Memorial Day, The ReedBotTM and I went on a flight down to Oceano Airport for lunch. Section 8.1.2.b, paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Airmen’s Information Manual say, in part: Either an upper respiratory infection, such as a cold or sore throat … can produce enough congestion around the eustachian tube to Read More
You ever have one of those weeks where it feels like… like… you did a bunch of… stuff… but you didn’t really get anything actually done? Yeah, that was me this week. I got assigned “light and airy” bugs like “Nightly updates broken – all apps, branches, platforms.” I also spent a lot of the Read More
I know I have a bit of a… reputation for being up at weird hours. But lately, I’ve been falling into a work pattern that… has some good elements to it, but probably isn’t sustainable. The main cause of this has been cf.1 Since he’s working across the pond, he tends to be up and Read More
AUS2, Mozilla’s Automatic Update S{erver,ystem} is packing its bags! rhelmer, morgamic, and oremj are furiously helping it stuff the update snippets into the U-Haul, as we prep to move it from OSL to the MPT colo. We’ve been planning to do this for some time now, but there’s always been a release or firedrill or Read More
I swear… the amorphous blob of people, patches, and passion that is Mozilla never stops churning. I leave for a long-weekend-mini-vacation1, and the world completely changes: some taggable, hour-long YouTube video has everyone talking2, my desk gets moved3, a friend gets engaged, and Mozilla is killing XUL Runner. Except… we aren’t. Not really. Looking over Read More
Joel—yes, that Joel—made a couple of blog posts recently reminding people that today is Mother’s day. (Tangential aside: Hi Mom! I didn’t turn out to be a famous movie star… or a wünderkind athlete… or a renowned writer… or a Nobel prize-winning scientist… but this blog [seemingly?] [and inexplicably?] gets syndicated all over the place, Read More