Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Are (or Eire) you sure he's not here?
The first two Irish blogs I read both mention Dave.
Speaking of which, how about a get-together here? Anybody up for that? (I am, like, not organized, as you can tell.)
KOAF!
Say happy birthday to Bilal Hasan Marti. And congrats to his Dad and mom.
Bonus link: Don's combination case-for-FOAF and all-purpose reply to social network site invitations.
We can ass-check your facts, too
Mike Rodriguez takes issue with the choice of photos on the cover of the new U.S. News & World Report. In it a left-facing red-hued young John Kerry looks like Che Guevara in a tie (his hair is its own beret), while true-blue uniformed George W. Bush looks about as pre-presidential as can be. Sez Mike:
Compare that to the photo of John Kerry, clad in a suit, on the left (oh! I just noticed that one!). I told myself that, yes, it's biased, but, and this is where I give them credit, it's true. In 1971, Kerry was already out of the service, and Bush was nominally serving his country.
Here's the cover story that goes with the picture.
Black chopper notification
Worker be
Frank has an important question for all contributors to journals like IT Garage:
Here's the challenge: what can I write about without giving away the store from my customers' points of view? I have two ideas..
By the way, Frank is the first IT mechanic (trust me, I don't qualify... I just run the place), to start plying his craft at IT Garage.
Assisting an assassin
I have a friend whose mail always gets flagged as spam because... well, I'll let SpamAssassin tell you:
This mail is probably spam....Content preview:
Content analysis details: (7.70 points, 5 required)HTML_FONT_FACE_ODD (0.3 points) BODY: HTML font face is not a commonly used faceHTML_FONT_BIG_B (0.5 points) BODY: HTML has a big "font" and "B" tag comboHTML_50_60 (0.5 points) BODY: Message is 50% to 60% HTMLHTML_MESSAGE (0.1 points) BODY: HTML included in messageHTML_FONT_BIG (0.3 points) BODY: FONT Size +2 and up or 3 and upHTML_FONT_COLOR_BLUE (0.1 points) BODY: HTML font color is blueHTML_IMAGE_ONLY_08 (0.7 points) BODY: HTML has images with 600-800 bytes of wordsSUBJ_ALL_CAPS (1.1 points) Subject is all capitalsFORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK (3.5 points) Forged mail pretending to be from MS OutlookMISSING_OUTLOOK_NAME (0.6 points) Message looks like Outlook, but isn't
The original message did not contain plain text, and may be unsafe to open with some email clients; in particular, it may contain a virus, or confirm that your address can receive spam. If you wish to view it, it may be safer to save it to a file and open it with an editor.