• Dear LAX Airport, Have you ever considered posting a map of your airport on the wall? #
• Pooh Bear at MSP – wonder where he is going to go toda @ Minneapolis International Airport President's Club t.co/8tVsFrb5 #
• This is good news to get right before I head out for a 20 day sprint across 5 countries and a sa @ zen asia t.co/8VDMHtlf #

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• Dear LAX Airport, Have you ever considered posting a map of your airport on the wall? #
• Pooh Bear at MSP – wonder where he is going to go toda @ Minneapolis International Airport President's Club t.co/8tVsFrb5 #
• This is good news to get right before I head out for a 20 day sprint across 5 countries and a sa @ zen asia t.co/8VDMHtlf #

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For almost a year I have struggled with VPN on my macbook pro. The problem is that when my laptop goes to sleep while VPN is on (like when I shut the lid) I can no longer connect to VPN again when I open the lid. The error is the less than helpful, “Configuration error. Check settings and try to reconnect.” See the thread on discussions.apple.com for more angst on that topic.

The normal work-a-round are these two commands which restart the racoon subsystem.

> launchctl stop com.apple.racoon

> launchctl start com.apple.racoon

I have now found a better way.

There is a program called sleepwatcher written by Bernhard Baehr. While it’s install is very manual, it works very well. I now have a file in my home dir called .sleep and it runs a few commands when my laptop goes to sleep. One of them shuts off VPN and the other unmounts and external disks.

The script to disconnect VPN is a variation on the one published at Drinking the Apple Juice. The unmount command was from Mac OS X Hints.

It would all be simpler if I had init levels, but at least I have a solution.

To the moon!, originally uploaded by timbu.

This amuses me. Apparently I’m a third of the way to the moon according to Google Latitude.

• What! C.W. McCall wasn't really a trucker? He was an ad campaign for bread that took off? #fallenhero bit.ly/9VhlFy #

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• All the states recount laws in one handy place – how many have auto- recount? j.mp/cyitWm #

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• I love home science j.mp/ctFHPP #
• Just like normal, Minnesotan's are much better than the national average with a 58% voter turnout for the mid-term election. #
• 42 percent of registered voters cast ballots – that means that the actual election story is "Majority of Americans still don't care" #
• The polls are open – don't forget to vote, if you are eligible to vote in the US . #
• Today is the first day to give up on your nanowrimo commitment. #
• I appreciate the moms and dads who put on costumes to give out candy. #
• Time to start looking for the Great Pumpkin. #
• Go Pack Go! #

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• I'll definitely have the toro — I don't care if it makes me mercurial! #

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• Wishing I lived in a regime that values individual privacy over. State and corp interests. #

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• What is your nightmare Jeopardy category? Mine would be Contemporary Celebrity Opera. #
• It is on thing to not win a game, but another altogether to not win against the Chicago Bears. #
• Is it still a win if you beat a team that hasn't won on the road in three years? #
• Paper on Contrastive Reduplication bit.ly/91yqLu – why did people make fun of me for suggesting the work unredundification at work? #

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