I haven't run into an article that resonated so immediately with me, that as I read it the following thought crystalized "I guess I'm not a Progressive with a capital P". Read Boudreaux's column "Progressive -- not!"

Just as feudal lords protected their serfs from being raped and pillaged by invading hordes, so, too, will the modern state protect us helpless and ignorant ordinary folk from unsafe foods, immoral drugs, blackhearted corporations, naughty words and inexpensive foreign products.

I needed a simple way to find hard bounces from a mail log yesterday.  Usually, you hook up a script to listen for bounced messages at an email address like "list-bounces@example.com". The script receives an email message and parses it to figure out if and why it bounced. I decided to take the opposite approach, and look for email addresses causing bounces in postfix's mail log. With Jo's help, we figured out we could pipe two grep commands to extract the likely offenders (see below). The key is the second grep, the -P switch looks for matches using a Perl regular expresion, and then the -v switch inverts the test. Another script can then look through the output.

grep "mailer=esmtp" /var/log/maillog | grep -v -P "stat=(Sent|Deferred)" > likely-bounces.log

The long awaited TivoHD has been officially announced. Its Tivo's more affordable high-definition tuner, costing \$299 compared to the Series3 which retails for almost \$800.

While the TiVo HD is really a refined Series 3 under the hood and not a half-breed, the branding and the push make it clear that TiVo is hoping that the TiVo HD sees the successes of which the Series 3 could only dream. Given that the TiVo HD operates more or less just like the Series 3, this is going to be a compelling unit.

While I'd like to be excited about this, since I've recently upgraded to HD programming from Dish network. The fact that Tivo's HD receivers only work with cable systems, however, means that I can't use the device without switching to cable tv. Given Echostar and Tivo's litigious relationshiop, we'll probably never have an HD receiver from Tivo that works with satellite receivers. Its a pity, because last time I checked, the monthly cost of an HD Tivo, was less than the \$20/month DishNetwork wants to charge me to lease an HD PVR. Luckily, the basic dish DH receiver down converts HD so that I can pipe that into my Series2. Anything we watch in HD has to be live, which is fine since I primarily watch ESPN's HD broadcast for MLS and other soccer games.\

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