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Okay, so this won’t fix the Internet, but I think it’s high time that what I’m about to suggest is implemented. It’s not exactly a revolutionary idea that I just came up with. It’s what people have been talking about for a decade. ISPs need to start blocking crap from originating on their network. The [...]
The Powerball is getting to levels where I play. So I was looking at real estate. I started looking at Portsmouth, which has some nice places. But then I turned my gaze to Hampton Beach, where I noticed something interesting. There are a ton of hotels for sale. Like, at least half a dozen. Several [...]
In: Uncategorized
6 Aug 2007I was cleaning my car, and figured that, as long as I’m doing the outside, I might as well do the inside. I found a bottle of ArmorAll, so I used that on the interior. And then I noticed that the label suggests it can be used on tires. So I tried that. They look [...]
I don’t have any special image-handling code, but here are some photos I wanted to share: That’s a lemon tree! More accurately, it’s about four lemon plants, a few weeks old. Half as a joke, I took the seeds out of a lemon and put them in some soil. About two weeks went by, and [...]
Okay, this post is just for those who say that driver support in Linux sucks. Windows detected that I’d put in a new wireless adapter, but couldn’t find drivers for it. I probably could have found them online, but that’s kind of a catch 22. I booted the Ubuntu Live CD, and am now posting [...]
In: Photography
3 Aug 2007I went out to dinner with my dad, and we stopped by Staples for a few minutes. While he looked at real stuff, I wandered down the camera aisle and was pleasantly surprised to find, for the first time ever, a Canon digital SLR that didn’t have dead batteries. It had no storage medium, but [...]
Today’s hero of the day: Apple, for their high-tech iPhone service tool. (God only knows if this is real.)
In: Living|Rants & Raves
3 Aug 2007I realize I’m probably not the typical e-mail user, but I’m constantly amused at how pathetic phishing e-mails are. So this is a public service announcement… Don’t trust e-mails: That claim to be from a big, legitimate organization, such as a greeting card company or the Nigerian government, yet are mailed from something like a [...]
In: Cool Links|Insanity
3 Aug 2007Am I the only one amused by the ongoing stories about people breaking into buildings to steal the pipes, because scrap metal prices have skyrocketed? The whole thing is just bizarre: I’d expect thieves to be stealing TVs or cash, not copper pipes. Like this guy in Chester. Will someone let me know if the [...]
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