Solarbird (Dara) Contact How to Contact Me
Please do not abuse the minimal contact information. At some point, I'll have a contact form back up, too.
Solarbird's Livejournal I have a livejournal!
The icon links to a by-subject aggregator, which is hosted here and kinda fun. In particular, I sort out the 25 most recent flower pictures and 25 most recent leaf pictures, so there's lots of art. The whole unsorted mass is here. Pick either!
An article! Field Notes: IMAP Saves the World
An article I wrote for TechNet Magazine discussing using IMAP4 servers to consildate and retrieve mail archives. Does not contain the usual amount of funny, but still useful. Hosted offsite.
Convention Newsletters All the News, All the Time
The icon links to an aggregator of my convention newsletters. My latest few are Run, RUNNER!; RUN!!; and FaxCascadia, online now in PDF form.
An article! Field Notes: It Just Stops Working
Another article I wrote for TechNet Magazine discussing a real-life network problem at the Murknet. Somewhat amusing, hosted offsite.
Norwescon 29 Daily 'Zine/RUN!! PDF files RUN!! - the at-convention newsletter of Norwescon 29/2006
I've been doing the daily newsletter of Norwescon for some time; the 2006 edition was called RUN!! and was rather a success. I've posted PDFs.
An article! Field Notes: Where Did the Net Go?
An article I wrote for TechNet Magazine discussing a real-life network problem at the Murknet. Somewhat amusing, hosted offsite.
An article! How IT Works: IMAP4
An article I wrote for TechNet Magazine describing Internet Message Access Protocol v4, hosted offsite.
An article! How IT Works: POP3
An article I wrote for TechNet Magazine describing Post Office Protocol v3rev1, hosted offsite.
An article! How IT Works: SMTP
An article I wrote for TechNet Magazine describing SMTP, hosted offsite.
FaxCascadia/Fax Cascadia PDF files FaxCascadia, at-con newsletter of the 2005 NASFiC
I edited FaxCascadia, the twice-daily newsletter of the 2005 North American Science Fiction Convention in Seattle. It was fun, and went over pretty well. I've posted PDFs. Fax Cascadia
An article! How IT Works: Email headers
An article I wrote for TechNet Magazine describing a little bit about parsing email headers, hosted offsite.
Robertson et Falwell delenda est Robertson et Falwell delenda est.
Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson blame me for terrorism.
A Word from our Sponsor...
Answers to a few questions about this site.
Corflu 2000 in Seattle
A convention report, here because I've nowhere else to put it.
My Trip to the WTO
Too much fun at the WTO Protests.
An article! Tracking and Fighting Spam: A Primer for Postmasters
A now-rather-dated article I wrote for Microsoft Internet Developer magazine, hosted offsite.
You can see Murkworks North from here.
Really, you can.
You can see Murkworks South from here.
Really, you can.
A few thoughts on snow.
Written after the 1996 Seattle snowstorm.