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Warning to new Insurance and Ringtone spammer

90.156.169.223, you appear to be referral spamming me. you come in from an insurance site advertising ringtones on a generic search spamesque page that doesn't even link here. yet you knew the address ahead of time because initially you came here with no
Post.aspx?Title=Warning+to+new+Insurance+and+Ringtone+spammer - Post -    11/29/2007 1:42:10 PM

Review: S401 4U 19" Rackmount Server Case

you already know i bought a new server case. here's the review i promised. pros: - mountable on a 19" rack. win! - atx form factor; not always the case in rackmount chassis. - five removable hot-swap drive bays - comes with lots and lots
Post.aspx?Title=Review%3a+S401+4U+19%22+Rackmount+Server+Case - Post -    11/28/2007 8:39:23 PM

Moving to new Apartment in January

the time has come to get the hell outta here and into my own place. so i went looking around for a 1br apartment and found a lot of serious contenders. most of the nice ones are in the $800-1000/mo price range, but i was going to have none of that. so i k
Post.aspx?Title=Moving+to+new+Apartment+in+January - Post -    11/28/2007 10:16:49 AM

Friend of the Family has Died

today is a sad day. well, the sad day was a week ago, but the newspaper didn't mention it until really late. leroy smith, a retired friend of the family, died 11/21/07 at age 69. the burial is scheduled for today. that's a shame. if they had posted this t
Post.aspx?Title=Friend+of+the+Family+has+Died - Post -    11/28/2007 8:32:13 AM

New Server Build Complete

as you can plainly see, the server is back up and living in its new home. its new home is a 4u rackmount server chassis. i'll post a review and some pics on flickr and embed them when i get home from work. pay no attention to the falsified specificat
Post.aspx?Title=New+Server+Build+Complete - Post -    11/27/2007 1:53:25 PM

New Server Build in Progress

i just got my new rackmount 4u server case (i ordered one, didn't i mention it?). it's a hec ra448a00. i'll be dissecting and configuring it for now, then taking the server down to migrate existing hardware once the physical case itself is built. the
Post.aspx?Title=New+Server+Build+in+Progress - Post -    11/26/2007 4:43:28 PM

DreamScene Winter Snow for Christmas

okay, fine. you win. i've logged over 100 people who have googled for things like dreamscene snow or christmas dreamscene. fine, if it's a winter dreamscene scene you want, it's a winter dreamscene scene you'll get. i recorded two five minute cl
Post.aspx?Title=DreamScene+Winter+Snow+for+Christmas - Post -    11/25/2007 6:56:10 PM

Update on the Blog Downness

i'm sure my millions (well, okay, maybe dozens) of loyal readers and spiders noticed the blog being down for the past couple days. i cancelled the shared hosting i had with godaddy, since i host from home anyway. somehow, this caused my dns settings to ge
Post.aspx?Title=Update+on+the+Blog+Downness - Post -    11/25/2007 5:41:11 AM

Blog down?

okay, i dunno what happened, but i updated some parts of my godaddy account and somehow the dns settings got all messed up. all i did was cancel the shared hosting i wasn't using anyway since i host from home. fortunately, some of the mirrors still w
Post.aspx?Title=Blog+down%3f - Post -    11/24/2007 4:40:56 PM

Headset Smallened

today during my weekly food shopping, i did something i've been putting off for months now: i bought a $20 usb bluetooth adapter. i used to use my bluetooth headset with my phone, but since i'm not taking 100 calls a day now, it's not really neccessa
Post.aspx?Title=Headset+Smallened - Post -    11/23/2007 12:53:17 AM

The Fast and the Furious

well, i was rather expecting to be in a cranky mood today due to the hunger of the fast. it hasn't really been all that bad; possibly due to the three steaks i ate yesterday. alas, i still have the better part of a full day before the feast.
Post.aspx?Title=The+Fast+and+the+Furious - Post -    11/21/2007 6:43:17 PM

The Pre-Thanksgiving Royal Gorge

this year, i have resumed a tradition i had observed only twice before. i suppose the "pre-thanksgiving royal gorge" is a fitting title; allow me to explain it in further detail. the tuesday before thanksgiving, i feast upon the carcasses of dead liv
Post.aspx?Title=The+Pre-Thanksgiving+Royal+Gorge - Post -    11/20/2007 11:05:05 PM

The Tides of Microsoft

i don't know where microsoft gets its workstation names from, but "tide" doesn't really seem very informative. is bill checking up on me? who for art thou, tide533.microsoft.com? i've seen people on the interwebs with similarly curious access s
Post.aspx?Title=The+Tides+of+Microsoft - Post -    11/18/2007 3:12:40 AM

Aggressive Drivers, Road Rage, and Why You Should Care

disclaimer: i was angry when i wrote this. as such, this entry contains real human language. if you aren't comfortable with this, you're on the wrong internet. let me begin by saying there are alot of misconceptions out there being propagated and fed
Post.aspx?Title=Aggressive+Drivers%2c+Road+Rage%2c+and+Why+You+Should+Care - Post -    11/17/2007 9:27:06 PM

You want multimon wallpapers? You got 'em!

trying to get good wallpapers for a multiple-monitor configuration is difficult. the people who make wallpapers for fun and profit usually have one screen so they never realize alot of us have more than 1680x1050 pixels to fill. i, however, am an aff
Post.aspx?Title=You+want+multimon+wallpapers%3f++You+got+'em! - Post -    11/16/2007 11:55:50 PM

Yet Another Referral Spammer Flagged

i can't tell whether this is one guy or three - but my new policy is "strike one: referral spammers get their ip broadcast across the internet. strike two: referral spammers get banned by ip." the following ips have struck one: spam for home equ
Post.aspx?Title=Yet+Another+Referral+Spammer+Flagged - Post -    11/16/2007 12:01:03 PM

Quick Site Changes

i decided the recent referrers area wasn't too horribly informative when there were 15 links that all said "en.wikipedia.org"; so i removed the safeguard that blocks the path within the url and went with a pure length-truncation string instead. this way,
Post.aspx?Title=Quick+Site+Changes - Post -    11/14/2007 10:20:55 PM

Review: Stranglehold

i just finished playing stranglehold, and was fairly impressed. here is my overly-simplified review of the game. you may have heard of a couple names from this work: john woo directed the storyline, and chow yun fat plays the game's star, inspector t
Post.aspx?Title=Review%3a+Stranglehold - Post -    11/14/2007 9:55:54 PM

Today's Insanely Random Google Results

very widescreen: #1 of 5,260,000 sp1 glass: #3 of 713,000 they set us up the bomb: #4 of 3,590,000 -- a reference to all your base are belong to us. download file programatically: #4 of 822,000
Post.aspx?Title=Today's+Insanely+Random+Google+Results - Post -    11/13/2007 8:06:11 AM

Visual Studio Errors: "is ambiguous in the namespace ASP"

ever been working along in your project and get hit in the face with this error? technically, it means you have the same object declared twice. why, then, do you get this error when you only have one instance of an object? it's probably because you m
Post.aspx?Title=Visual+Studio+Errors%3a+%22is+ambiguous+in+the+namespace+ASP%22 - Post -    11/12/2007 11:39:21 AM

What am I, a Shit magnet?

82.146.62.66 has been banned for referral spam. this one's attacks took place last night for several adult-oriented, nsfw sites. interestingly, this was the first referral spammer with a .ru site. i shall now begin the asenine stereotyping of hippies
Post.aspx?Title=What+am+I%2c+a+Shit+magnet%3f - Post -    11/12/2007 9:25:55 AM

Music Video - Episode Guide to Star Trek TNG


Post.aspx?Title=Music+Video+-+Episode+Guide+to+Star+Trek+TNG - Post -    11/11/2007 11:55:20 PM

An Undisclosed Advantage to Windows Vista

so, i was just moving a running video window from one screen to another, when i noticed a new feature in windows vista that nobody told me about. have you ever had a video stream running in a window and moved it from one monitor to another? have you
Post.aspx?Title=An+Undisclosed+Advantage+to+Windows+Vista - Post -    11/11/2007 9:06:26 PM

Slon Banned

216.195.58.20, you have been warned. your repeated attacks have not gone unnoticed. your repeated referral spam will not be tolerated. your banlevel has been increased to 3 and an ip ban is now in place as if swatting the proverbial mosquito. you no longe
Post.aspx?Title=Slon+Banned - Post -    11/10/2007 4:36:27 PM

New Spammer: Slon

216.195.58.20, you are guilty of referral spam regarding your generic linkbait website at 216.195.58.40. "slon" has been added to the list of banned words and will never be shown as a referrer again. furthermore, your banlevel has been increased to 1 and
Post.aspx?Title=New+Spammer%3a+Slon - Post -    11/9/2007 1:23:31 PM

Review of the Palmsize Havoc Helicopter from ThinkGeek

among the toys i bought recently from thinkgeek was a palmsize havoc helicopter - channel c (blue). i don't know why they put all that in the product name (at least on my order form), so i'll just call it the "palmsize havoc helicopter". here is my 61-sec
Post.aspx?Title=Review+of+the+Palmsize+Havoc+Helicopter+from+ThinkGeek - Post -    11/8/2007 8:20:48 PM

Review of the USB Missile Launcher from ThinkGeek

i just bought a usb missile launcher from thinkgeek. think of it as a combination of poor construction and poor software. so, in my typically over-simplified manner, here's my one-minute overview review: pros: 1. shoots missiles 2. laser guidan
Post.aspx?Title=Review+of+the+USB+Missile+Launcher+from+ThinkGeek - Post -    11/8/2007 7:59:16 PM

Review of the Nerf Maverick from ThinkGeek

i just bought a load of stuff from thinkgeek. among them was the nerf maverick, which was really the only toy worth mentioning. the maverick is a six-shooter style nerf gun. so here, in brief-overview fashion, is my review after 30 minutes of partial
Post.aspx?Title=Review+of+the+Nerf+Maverick+from+ThinkGeek - Post -    11/8/2007 7:23:30 PM

Honda Car Quotes from CarsBlvd.com

carsblvd.com allows you to get honda car quotes and compare them against wholesale prices. you can get two fast, free quotes for just about any make and model (not limited to hondas). having looked at the site, it looks like they only provide quotes
Post.aspx?Title=Honda+Car+Quotes+from+CarsBlvd.com - Post -    11/7/2007 5:23:27 PM

Tesla Coils Play Super Mario Theme Song


Post.aspx?Title=Tesla+Coils+Play+Super+Mario+Theme+Song - Post -    11/7/2007 6:47:21 AM

Brute Force has no Home Here

i've recently become aware that i have been the target of some attempted attacks from one or more user(s) of theplanet.com. i have thus instantiated two bans by ip and my good buddy j (always looking out for me (and for his files)) contacted the fbi compu
Post.aspx?Title=Brute+Force+has+no+Home+Here - Post -    11/6/2007 4:43:57 PM

Referral Spam has no Home Here

lately i've been seeing alot of what i call "referral spam"; that is, specific incoming referrers and search terms which form a pattern and come from the same ip range. i don't like it. this referral spam started at the same time i launched the "recent qu
Post.aspx?Title=Referral+Spam+has+no+Home+Here - Post -    11/5/2007 6:00:10 PM

Reciprocal Errors, Funny but Costing Money

funny thing, i've been trying to do payperpost entries, but i've been having problems on their website. the last one i posted for anglian home improvements, for example, game me some issues. when i tried to submit the post to payperpost, i got an err
Post.aspx?Title=Reciprocal+Errors%2c+Funny+but+Costing+Money - Post -    11/4/2007 4:37:05 PM

Panoramic Wallpapers - The Royal Gorge

i took a trip to the royal gorge bridge today and did the cheezy tourist thing. purely as a service to you, and not at all to make new wallpapers for myself, i took a few hundred pictures and created some panoramic photos. be warned, these files range fro
Post.aspx?Title=Panoramic+Wallpapers+-+The+Royal+Gorge - Post -    11/3/2007 11:54:23 PM

Anglian Home Improvements - Improving Your Home since 1966

in our increasingly technical society, telecommuting is becoming more and more popular. as a result, people find themselves needing more space to work. others need to make room for a new baby, would like a den, living room extension, etc. enter garag
Post.aspx?Title=Anglian+Home+Improvements+-+Improving+Your+Home+since+1966 - Post -    11/1/2007 11:07:20 PM

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