The Call of the Wild

The anti-dote for logorrhea.

The Call of the Wild

Black Cherry Blues

Back to the beginning. A pretty good read.

Black Cherry Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

404 for Put/Delete verbs in RESTful service in IIS 7

Need to add Put/Post to Verbs section in ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0 under Handler Mapping

See this link for screenshots.

Swan Peak

James Lee keeps the DR franchise moving and interesting.

Swam Peak

Free Fire

Some interesting stuff. Yellowstone back story provides a good setting.

Free Fire

The Secrets of the FBI

Re-worked newspaper columns slapped together to get some royalties. Not much meat on the bone.

Secrets of the FBI

The Accident

Suburban angst not delivered well.

The Accident

The Ranger

Nothing that interesting here.

The Ranger

Life

get yer ya-yas out and more – surprisingly fun read except for the cold turkey descriptions

Life

Death in the City of Light

A bizarre and gruesome story. Trial section drags a bit.

Death in the City of Light

The Fifth Witness

This series seems to be getting a bit long in the tooth. ok if you are into the lawyer genre.

The Fifth Witness

Rain Gods: A Novel

A slight detour on the Burke highway with some interesting scenery.

Rain Gods: A Novel

The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

A weird tale that ends with a punch in the face.

The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

Kind of story that makes fiction seem pointless.

Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

Dexter Is Delicious

The mental equivalent of oreos and ice cream.

Dexter Is Delicious (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

The Return of the King

The gang is all here – time to watch the movies again.

The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

The Two Towers

The muddle in the middle – some fun stuff but drags at times.

The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings

How To Get X11 Working On An EC2 AMI

I had installed Xming and PuTTy, but couldn’t get an x window to load in EC2. This fixed it:

$ sudo yum install xauth xeyes
$ xeyes

echo $DISPLAY should return localhost:10.0 on the AMI

Should be set to localhost:0 in PuTTy Connection/SSH/X11/X Display location

root SSH access on Amazon Linux AMI instance

sudo su

Enable ping through Win 2008 firewall

netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 disable

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