Archive for July, 2008
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Because of some confusion caused by the previous name of this blog and the name of one that was originally to be it’s successor, I’ve decided to change the name of this one to avoid the [...]
July 28th, 2008 | Posted in blogs | 2 Comments
I was StumbleUpon-ing around and ran into a collection of photos of some of the weirdest bicycles I’ve ever seen.
July 30th, 2008 | Posted in Misc, Opinion, Websites | Comments Off
A new record has just been established by HP and while this particular record has only been around long enough to soil it’s crib bedding a bit, I’m already wondering if perhaps it’s going to be broken soon.
July 30th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Fun Stuph, Misc, Opinion | Comments Off
Not too long ago I got the “Psychic Search” plugin from MaxBlogPress and I’ve found it to be a most useful tool. By using it to see what visitors to this blog are searching for I can more readily come up with content that suits those searches. Then not too long ago I looked and it showed that somebody had used “samira” as their search key.
July 27th, 2008 | Posted in Misc, Opinion, blogs | Comments Off
A mere two days since announcing the new comment policy and I’m now thinking seriously about announcing similar policies on my other blogs because the abuse seems to be climbing on all fronts. I’m thankful at least that these things don’t come on paper because between ten blogs I’d have moving boxes full of the things to deal with.
July 27th, 2008 | Posted in Blogging, Opinion, blogs | Comments Off
Up until yesterday I’ve pretty much left comments alone except for deleting obvious spam comments that Akismet manages to miss. Then last night I saw a recent comment from somebody who left a reasonable comment and entered “London Cosmetic Dentist” in the name field of the comment form.
July 25th, 2008 | Posted in Blogging, Misc, Opinion, blogs, news | 2 Comments
doPDF is a freeware app that installs itself as a virtual printer. This printer doesn’t use paper, instead it’s output is in PDF form. This lets you turn any printable document into a pdf file just by selecting the doPDF printer.
July 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Business, Financial, Freeware, software | 3 Comments
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Here’s a scary thought… AOL, the onetime evil monster of the old dialup world is reportedly talking with Microsoft about the two giants merging their online divisions. I have to say that I’ve got more than a few doubts about whether or not the Internet needs this particular piece of [...]
July 21st, 2008 | Posted in Business, Internet, Opinion, news | 1 Comment
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Y’know, it really sounds just like the telecommunications companies, you know, the one’s that managed to wrangle retroactive immunity for taking part in an illegal domestic spying operation? Well, these souls of altruism have a new old tactic that they’re using. They’re busily suing municipalities that dare to decide [...]
July 20th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Computers, Internet, Opinion | Comments Off
The Congress finally manage to pass the recent FISA Amendments Act in spite of serious opposition from the EFF and a lot of other concerned citizens and organizations all across the country. Fortunately, even though it’s been passed, the fight to get the telecoms held accountable for participating in illegal, warrantless domestic spying is continuing.
July 18th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Computers, Internet, Misc, Opinion, Privacy, blogs, news, surveillance | Comments Off