Another Way To Find WiFi Networks
War Kayaking…yes, War Kayaking…someone has done it. …and they made a video.
The guys at Engadget have a nice little peice up for their “How To Tuesdays” about their latest War Kayaking adventure.
As the summer approaches, we crawl out of our protective wired covered lairs to sometimes partake in outdoor activity. Last weekend, we went kayaking around Lake Union in Seattle, WA and of course, we couldn’t help but bring along a lot of equipment and decided we’d hunt for open wireless spots, this friends- was “War Kayaking” we found a ton, charted it with GPS, Wifi finders and we’ll show you how we did it for this week’s HOW-TO Tuesday.
Its worth a read, and if you are too lazy to read, check their video.
The Fight Against Blog Spam
The guys a Gadgetopia have been fighting with spam on their comment system for some time now, and I think they finally have found a good way that should work…at least for a little while. Of course, the answer to this problem is beautifully simple.
I renamed the Movable Type comments script. I have had exactly one spam in the last three weeks.
Spam bots, it seems, are designed to go after the default script name. You can rename the script (view the source sometime to see what I called it) and change the value in the mt.cfg file. I’m sure my log file is full of 404 requests to mt-comments.cgi.
It doesn’t seem that spam bots are parsing the comment forms to find the name of the target script. It’s probably just a matter of time.
We here at Hell Yeah Bitch! .com, however, do not have this problem…we aren’t that popular yet.
Another “G4TechTV Sucks” Article
Looking for a recipe for dissension? Comcast has it.
Take two cable networks designed for technology enthusiasts with very different bents — newbie G4 for young gamers and veteran TechTV for computer geeks of all ages — and merge them. Fire the staff of TechTV, the network you bought, and be sure to drop the show that has some of the most fervent fans and a host with a cult following. For good measure, take the network’s widely linked archives offline for weeks.
Yes, another article that brings together all the other “I Hate G4TechTV” articles. Don’t get me wrong though, they are all right. I never really watch that channel anymore, which is really a shame becuase it really was a great up-and-comming channel. Its just sad…I miss Leo.
How Does Spyware Relate To Internet Darwinism?
A little blurb on BoingBoing is about a New York company, WhereU, that has asked a judge to block enforcement of Utah’s new Spyware Control Act pending resolution of the firm’s challenge to the law’s constitutionality. I initially, was for blocking these spyware makers, but then, on the BoingBoing, there was this statement:
“WhereU is asking the court to change its mind on an authoritarian spyware law, albeit via a jurisdiction argument. Spyware sucks, sure, but if I can avoid it with Firefox and the occasional AdAware scan, I’d rather not pay taxes to protect luddites from it. Spyware is a disease in the Darwinian ecosystem of the Internet, and it keeps power users ahead of brain-deaders who click moving banner monkeys.”
If you think about it, that makes some sense. I like the way this guy thinks.
Make Your XP Machine Into OS X The Easy Way!
Back in the day, a few years back, when I really into making my Windows machine into a OS X clone. I used to go to Aqua-Soft all the time and had it looking pretty good. I just wish a nice little article like this one was out when I was trying to get into the scene.
So, you wanna make your ugly Windows XP interface look like Mac OS X, huh? It’s really not all that difficult to do, and with a little luck, you’ll be able to convince all but the most die-hard Mac users that you run an Apple computer.
Check it out: Turn your PC into a Mac
Screw your relatives…what about my data!?
I was on SlashDot today and saw an interesting post:
dacarr writes “Your data – that is, the personal web pages and projects you have worked on to make the ‘net a better place – are presumably password protected. But sooner or later the time will come when you take that last breath, and with you goes your passwords, but not your data. It’s still there for your benefactors to deal with. And while many famous people who are no longer with us (e.g., Douglas Adams or Chuck Jones) have a staff for this, well, many of us don’t. As such, have you planned for the hereafter, and if so, how?”
Its an interesting thought. I mean what would happen if I died tomorrow? How would Hell Yeah Bitch! .com fair…it would just rot and die off, when I didn’t make the next hosting payment I guess. This just makes me want to renew my efforts to try and get some sort of “staff” to help with the posting and content. Oh well, I guess, since I have so such “staff” I just can’t die until I have a son or daughter to carry on the Hell Yeah Bitch! .com traditions.
Will RSS Kill the Net?
Almost every site you go to has an RSS feed that one could use with a news aggregator, like Hell Yeah Bitch! .com by the way. One could then take our RSS feed, at the bottom of this page, add it with other sites they frequent and have all their favorite news brought to them daily so that they don’t have to go out and hunt that down themselves. Sounds nice right? Well like all good things in this world, they are actually hurting us.
But some are wondering: What happens when everyone discovers the power of aggregators? Will the Web be able to handle it? In Internet boom-speak, will it scale?
Already, aggregators have swamped some sites, slowing Web servers and eating up expensive bandwidth, according to bloggers and other Web publishers. The end may be near, unless something changes soon, said Gary Lawrence Murphy, whose Linux blog, TeledyN, has been overloaded.
“Once all the covered wagons show up and an RSS reader is folded into Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or Outlook, we’re doomed,” Murphy said.
Sounds scary huh. Well of course some people have already found a “solution”…
Some think a solution to the problem might be found by integrating desktop applications into a peer-to-peer network, which would distribute the load among hundreds of clients. A central server would coordinate various readers, allowing some to check the original source of the information and passing on new information. Instead of 100,000 aggregators tapping CNN’s website hourly, only a handful would, passing headlines to other aggregators.
Well, I’m doing my part. I don’t use them. I like going to all my favorites sites every day and checking it out that way. I just prefer to do it one at a time. Might sound weird…but I’m helping to save the internet…which makes up for me putting this site up. There is nothing wrong with breaking even.
Dear Mr. Gates, can you buy me a brain?
I saw this on one of my favorite sites on the web, Gadgetopia. There was a story that Deane put on his site on November 23, 2003. Its a short one, so here it is in it’s entirety:
Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates and his wife Melinda are the most generous charitable donors in America, Business Week magazine said on Thursday, as the couple gave away or pledged a staggering $23 billion.
Now, reading that, would you get the impression that Bill Gates actually posted that, and if you posted a comment he might acutally give you his money? No? Well these people did:
I WONDERING IF BILL WILL INVEST IN MY PATENT/APPLYED,PENDING INVENTION.IT WILL BE THE HOTEST THING SINCE THE HOULA HOOP! AND ALL 287,000,000 PEOPLE CAN USE IT! TEGU160@AOL.COM
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Due to medical conditions, and dishonest people, my wife, my mother-in-law, and I have been put into a position that we will lose our home. We are now on a fixed income and we need to lower our mortgage rate. Our credit got ruined because we leased another house and the people quit paying. The house was forclosed. I also became disabled at the same time. We haven’t been able to get a lower mortgage payment. We are headed for a homeless situation. Please help us get our life secured. We are all senior citizens. We will be glade to repay the monitary help at a rate that will fit our income. We need help within the next two months. I am tring to start a business that I can work at home. This will take time. PLEASE HELP.
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Looking for donations to establish a church in our local area and a community center for families. This Ministry known as Believe In Christ Ministries is a valid nonprofit 501-3(c) organization. We are a family built and run ministry which work full time jobs to fund ministry. We help people in need and now we are in need of any donations that others would like to donate to buy a church and area for a community center for our community families. Any donations can be sent to: Believe In Christ Ministries, P.O. Box 580, 15503 S. Maple, Kellyville, OK 74039. You can contact me personally at [phone number deleted]. Thank You, and God Bless you.
Posted by: Reverend Carmela C. Cook | December 28, 2003 10:43 PM
Can you believe that? What a bunch of sad people. It is interesting to give them a read though, but sad when you think about how these people actually think they might get help this way.
Well finally BoingBoing, another great tech blog, caught this story too and posted it, so the letters to Bill picked back up again. Finally, Deane at Gadgetopia, tried to take some action today with this edit after the story:
Do not post requests for money or loans here. Bill Gates has nothing to do with this site, and there’s no way he’s ever going to read your story here.
(I would shut off the comments, but I took those tags out of my template and I don’t have the energy to go find them again. Maybe next week.)
Wow, I’m just a little stunned by all of this. I was thinking about getting a comment from the guys at Gadgetopia about all of this, but not sure if it will be worth anything. This is really interesting though, don’t you think?
So I took this quiz…
I took a quiz on grammar, and here are my results (those that know me should not be surprised):
You are a GRAMMAR GOD!
If your mission in life is not already to
preserve the English tongue, it should be.
Congratulations and thank you!
How grammatically sound are you?
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All bow to your grammar god! Well actually I know there are at least two of us “gods” out there…Leo Laporte is a “Grammar God” as well.
Dance Dance Revolution…for your fingers.
Are you one of those people that have always admired those Dance Dance Revolution people but aren’t quite ready to take the big plunge and get up there and dance yourself? Have you ever wanted to make little costumes for your fingers, draw little faces on them and let them do the dancing for you? Well then Flash Flash Revolution is just for you! Here’s a little something from their FAQ:
Oh yeah, and I guess you don’t have to dress up your fingers if you don’t want too.