nmap xml output has built-in style sheet...

... so when you open it with a browser it is formatted nicely. The stylesheet resides in the directory where nmap lives.

The actual xml looks like this when opened in Safari

If you run nmap with the --webxml option it will format the xml file for someone who may not have nmap on their box, so instead it references a stylesheet on the net.

Now my challenge is to export to a document, automatically link to a database, and format for publication with zero user intervention.

Don't Clip My Wings

Well, our backyard chicken Moonbeam has recently become a front yard chicken. She has decided that flying to the roof and flying back down to the front yard would be fun. She also decided that crossing the road would cause us (and our neighbors) to ask, "Why?"

So... I clipped her wings. I found instructions on Backyard Chickens.com and clipped her left wing. She was still able to make it to the roof so I clipped the other wing. She hasn't left the backyard since.

Backyard Chicken Finally Lays Egg(s)

Well, she did it, and we're mighty proud:

After several months of wondering what was going on with our chicken, we found four eggs in the yard in various semi-hidden areas. One was broken. As you can see they are a light green due to the fact that she is an Ameraucana mix, sometimes known as Easter Eggers.

We don't keep her in a cage anymore, not even at night. She just free-ranges all day and night and stays put in the yard (except the one time where the neighbor found her in his lawn chair, which they found amusing). I don't even really feed her much, just let her munch on the bugs and the grass in the yard.

I'll let everyone know when we hit the break-even point with this investment.

My Blog Stats

I like to look at the stats for my blog. I am surprised at some of the numbers:

OS X is represented at a 34% rate. Now, before you blame me for jacking up my own numbers, I have both my work and home IP addresses filtered out. That is better than the supposed 7.31% market share. Interesting.

Browser stats were equally interesting:

Lots of Safari and Firefox users. Where's my Lynx users? :P

I'll look at some other stats later this week...

New Roadbike, Part II

Well, here she is:

I have ridden 85 miles in the past two weeks that I have owned the bike:

I am bringing it in to Performance Bike to have some adjustments made. Free adjustments for the life of the bike. Great, huh? I really dig the computer. I also was able to capture my average speed and max speed:

New Roadbike

Well, it has been a long time since I posted on here. Several reasons for this. One, I'm lazy. The second reason is that I spent 14 days in Qatar, 10 of them offshore on an oil platform.

Good news: I purchased a 2008 Fuji Newest 3.0 roadbike (Photos coming soon). It was $450 and no tax at Performance Bike. I joined their club for $20 and got $55 off my next purchase, which was a set of SPD pedals. I chose SPD so I could use my existing mountain shoes. Remember, we're saving money here... plus the mountain shoes are convenient because you can actually walk in them from the bike rack to the locker room at work.

I finally got a trip computer for the bike as well. Last week was right at 64 miles, and an average speed of 15.6 MPH. I think I could get it higher if it wasn't for all of the stop-and-go on Gold Coast Drive (many 4-way stops).

Birthday Calculator

One of my hobbies is genealogy. I have seen several "birthday calculator" software packages that estimate a person's date of birth based on their age on several dated documents. Instead of paying for that software, I would like to figure out the formula and either use an Excel spreadsheet, or maybe even make a nifty front-end in Objective-C and have a standalone piece of software.

So, what would the multiple variable formula representing a probable month and year of birth look like?