And I already have aperture envy to “go bigger”. » Read more: My New Toy
No MX No Comment
9/14/2009 No comments »While moderating comments on my most active site today I became annoyed at the number of people who leave comments with obviously fake email addresses. I haven’t gone to the extent of requiring people to validate their comment by sending them an email like other sites have– however it is something I’ve considered. This gave me the idea to write a very simple WordPress Plugin… No MX Records, no comment. » Read more: No MX No Comment
Thanks in Advance
8/14/2009 No comments »The phrase “thanks in advance” is starting to bug me. It just seems condescending. Typically, the person saying it is asking for a favor, and the conversation goes like this:
Hello,
Would you do me a favor? It would really help me out. Thanks in advance.
Older than 6000
8/12/2009 No comments »I’ve often thought about building/writing a website which only talked about the gazillions of things we have proven are more than 6,000 years old. I can’t believe we have elected officials this ignorant. » Read more: Older than 6000
Online Security
7/31/2009 No comments »Too often I hear website owners discussing the security of their CMS and associated themes and plugins. The suggestions are often “do you know and trust the author of the code?”. This same analogy can be extended to online banking where people say “Do you trust that site with your info?” » Read more: Online Security
Connie Sonne Paranormal Challenge
7/13/2009 No comments »Connie Sonne was at TAM-7 yesterday to take a preliminary test for the $1,000,000 challenge put forth by the James Randi Educational Foundation. Connie had a 1 in 1,000 chance of passing the test, by sheer luck. I watched the test live as it was streamed. Connie didn’t pass the test matching zero out of three cards she was dowsing for. » Read more: Connie Sonne Paranormal Challenge
“Psychics” Talking to MJ
7/10/2009 No comments »So it appears that “psychics” are already “talking” to MJ. Ummm… yeah… whatever. But I guess if you want to be a “real” psychic– and of course those don’t exist anyway, then you won’t try to contact Michael Jackson for at least six months, according to one idiot self proclaimed psychic. Straight out of CNN we hear this: » Read more: “Psychics” Talking to MJ
WP Super Cache Date Display Issue
No comments »The WP Super Cache plugin is finally playing well enough in my environment that I’ve been able to update from the ancient, abandoned WP-Cache plugin. I did notice however an issue with displaying dates in WordPress 2.8 and 2.8.1. The “Last” and “Next” Garbage Collection times are incorrect. Yet when I go to the WordPress Setting –> General page, the URC time and the Local Time are correct. It seems like the WP Super Cache plugin might be applying the UTC offset to the local time. » Read more: WP Super Cache Date Display Issue
Puzzles and Theories
7/9/2009 No comments »Everything in our natural world is a puzzle. From the gravity binding our feet to earth to the outer reaches of the universe, observations are the pieces of a huge jigsaw puzzle. As we start to fit more of the pieces together we can start to see the big picture, and better understand the world around us. » Read more: Puzzles and Theories
We should embrace “biased” media
7/8/2009 No comments »TV Stations like Fox used to get me all wound up with their interpretation of the news. I, like many others, detected a bias and disagreed with the direction they are leaning in. But why do we put such standards on journalism? Sure, we want to receive accurate news, but why do we insist upon unbiased news so long as the information we are getting is factually correct? » Read more: We should embrace “biased” media
