Monday, September 15, 2008
A collection of popular Google search terms, in poem form. why do dogs eat grass why do cats purr why do men cheat why do we yawn why do divers shower why do mosquito bites itch why is the sky blue why is russia attacking georgia why is my computer so slow why is a [...]
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
I have a mildly irritating little application called Pocket Express on my smartphone. Pocket Express delivers news, movie showtimes, and lots and lots of advertisements, and it’s apparently pretty ubiquitous in the world of PDA phones. One of the items offered by Pocket Express is a travel blog. I read through it the other day, [...]
I’ve spoken a few times about how I fell victim to a phishing scam as a direct result of my utter and complete stupidity and lack of forethought. I was not so much threatened by the internet as by my own sleep-deprived decision making skills. I was angry and I was also pretty embarrassed because… [...]
From the NYT about “Trolls“. I am sick of people saying this is shocking or frightening. You’re an idiot who shouldn’t be on the internet. The internet is this grand dance of anarchy and humanity. It’s extraordinary. People do awful things without fear of repercussion on the internet. Isn’t that amazing and educational? I say [...]
Warning: Geekery. Also, an update (7/25): I was concerned when I initally posted this that what I describe as the last portion of my hypothetical attack (taking over as the authoritative NS for an entire domain) would not be possible. The most recent exploit for this vulnerability, published today, appears to do exactly this. At [...]
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It’s time for my weekly trawl through the 4d2.org spam quarantine. This time I thought I would critically review spam messages, in the interest of improving the quality of future spam. So without further ado, here are my favorite spams of the week: Spam subject line: “SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: breaking japan finish woods spot blake federer xA1gzbq3ug8gNfgN9u63oQ” [...]
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Washington Post has a feature this week about obese children, or, pejoratively, “fat kids.” I think this feature has been remarkably well done thus far, and it’s pretty interesting. Check out your nutritional knowledge on their quiz. I got a 65%, which isn’t great, but I guess I can be glad I don’t have kids [...]
Someone sent me a message on Yahoo! Answers to start an argument the other day. I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I looked at the site they sent me, did some of my own research and sent back a reasonable reply, asking for the sources for some of their “facts” and questioning a [...]
I’ve been so amused and confused by gourmeton.com that I’ve continued to try to figure out what makes it tick, adding to my original post a couple of times. First I couldn’t figure out what translation system could possibly yield such terrible (yet strangely comprehensible) English, then I found a whole bunch of sister sites [...]
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When I first happened across this site (via a Google search) I assumed it was some strange fluke that would be gone in a week or two. Yet months later it’s still around, and I still have no idea what this site does. Let me try to explain. It appears to be a storefront where [...]
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