September 26th, 2004
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Archive for September, 2004
September 25th, 2004
MT/WP anti-spam tricks
The following is a trick to prevent spamming by bots in Movable Type 2.x. While this blog doesnt run MT, several other blogs I manage still do, and I have found this to be a surprisingly effective method to disable automated spam bots.
Rename the post field in your MT templates from post to something [...]
September 25th, 2004
China and global trade in the 21st Century
In an overdue development, China and Russia are developing a strategic partnership of cooperation, particularly in the economic and trade sector. The partnership may be historically significant it leads to a lowering of trade barriers that encourages trade between China and Russia, which is currently around $20-$30 billion the highest in history, but [...]
September 25th, 2004
Gallery Update
I have updated my gallery, and added an RSS feed so you can keep up with future updates automatically.
September 24th, 2004
Note to self: sitting in front of the computer 18hrs a day may not be such a wise idea…
September 24th, 2004
Random tunes…
Do you remember the popular 1999 song Blue (Im blue da ba de..) by the Europop band Eiffel 65? Its the one with the video of the dancing blue guys. (Did you notice that that song is a rant against materialism?) Well, the first song on that CD is [...]
September 24th, 2004
$$$
Forbes: The U.S. has more billionaires than ever. Its interesting to note how much of the list consists of the newly minted fortunes of self-made men especially in the fields of technology and retail. These men made their fortunes by making a vast array of goods and services previously available only to [...]
September 22nd, 2004
Public school no place for teacher’s kids.
More than 25 percent of public school teachers in Washington and Baltimore send their children to private schools, a new study reports.
Nationwide, public school teachers are almost twice as likely as other parents to choose private schools for their own children, the study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found. More [...]September 20th, 2004
TBN
Many would say that I should pity, not ridicule the poor bastards who buy into such schemes. They might be right, but a fool and his money are easily parted anyway.
(Thanks, Tim.)
September 20th, 2004
Staged Hate Crime at Claremont College
Apparently, leftist professors are getting so desperate to find evidence of racism to justify their employment that they are creating their own. And it worked almost.
A college professor convicted of staging a hate crime by spray-painting her own car with racist slurs was ordered to undergo 90 days of psychological testing at a [...]
September 20th, 2004
Orkut
Googles online networking website Orkut is growing like wildfire, and it has some pretty cool features. Best of all, its written in .Net, so its outstandingly fast, unlike JSP and PHP based services. If youre already a member, look up GreedyCapitalist If you arent, you need an invitation just ping [...]
September 20th, 2004
CBS “misled” about Bush memo
CBS has admitted that they were deceived about the fake Bush memo. Its pretty obvious there was some dishonesty going on the part of CBS and Ill be pissed if some heads dont roll but not as much as all the disillusioned (with W) conservatives who are going to vote not for [...]
September 19th, 2004
How I get my music
It is interesting to consider how the music I listen to gets to my ears:
It starts on a computer several thousand miles away, where CDs are compressed into MP3 files, which are then encoded for streaming and sent over the Internet. The stream passes through about 18 different routing points, as it is sent [...]
September 8th, 2004
Auto Update
I drive a lean, mean, love-bug killing machine. That windshield is the aftermath of one day’s drive.
September 7th, 2004
John Kerry’s Hypocrisy
Matt Drudge is carrying a breaking story about Kerry posing with a shotgun he voted to outlaw. Is anyone really surprised by this?
For my take on the election, see this forum post.
September 3rd, 2004
Gmail
I have more Gmail invitations than I know what to do with. Let me know if you’d like one.
P.S: I need your full name and email address, please.