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Kate and I got married on Friday!
Posted Sunday, December 28, 2008
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Al Iverson's random blog about nothing in particular. I blog a lot about email over on Spam Resource. I've been on this internet thing for a while. I use Linux/Unix every day. I do email stuff for an internet company.

Chicago is home.

You can email me at blogmail1@spamresource.com. No spam, please.

Know This

  • Coronavirus: Wear your mask & FAQ
  • Black Lives Matter
  • But what of antifa?
  • On the subject of voting
  • Love it or leave it? No. Improve it.
  • Racial Profiling Doesn't Work: Do the Math
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  • Is Amazon Prime worth it?
  • Breaking Out of the Script: How to cancel a service
  • Is Rogers Park safe?

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  • Linux: Scraping web output with wget
  • ProcCGI for Shell Script CGIs
  • A Simple Apache2 Live Proxy
  • Cygwin and Fetchmail

Food-y Stuff

  • Hidden Gourmet Treasures Await You at Twisted Tapas
  • Cooking shrimp in an air fryer
  • Salsa Chicken in the Crock Pot
  • Chicken and Lentils in the Crock Pot
  • World's Easiest Vegan Chili
  • Impossible Sliders: Try 'em!

Other-y Stuff

  • In 1997, my car and I got caught in a flash flood.
  • In 1998, I worked in radio and it was fun!
  • I used to have one of those tiny OQO computers.
  • I've worked from home for years.
  • My wife and I had a dog named Lucy.
  • And a dog named Solly.
  • And another dog named Zsa Zsa.
  • And we currently have a dog named Murray.
  • My wife and I live in Rogers Park, a neighborhood in Chicago.
  • Before that, we lived in Miami.
  • Before that, we lived in Ithaca, NY.
  • Before that, we lived in Minneapolis.
  • I think I'd like living in New Orleans.

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