Razza-Frazza VizaWeb
Well, if you hadn't noticed, the site was down for most of the day today. The short answer is that my hosting company dropped the ball. The long, technical answer is that the mysql daemon on the box that hosts my site got overloaded and ceased accepting new connections, thus denying visitors access [...]
Beware The Mighty Dumples!
As previously mentioned, my fantasy football draft was last night. I think I came out of the deal in fairly good shape, particularly since I did zero preparation.
It's a 12 team league and we had 16 rounds of selections, with a minimum active roster of:
1 Quarter Back
2 Wide Receivers
2 Running Backs
1 Tight End
1 WR/TE
1 [...]
Apparently The 419 Scammers Have Stumbled Across Monty Python
419 scammers, in an effort to be taken seriously, have taken to sending messages that, while still stilted in their composition, actually tend to spell things correctly. However, their choices of nomenclature can result in some unintentional hilarity. To wit:
Subject: Dr Stephen Anderson
From: Dr. Stephen Anderson
Reply-To: dr_stephen@walla.com
Date: 08/25/2005 08:53 AM
To: [Yours truly]
Sir,
I [...]
Stupid Google Tricks
Looks like Google included an Easter Egg in its release of Google Talk: Hunt the Wumpus. Now that's an Easter Egg done right.
(Legitimate) Free Stuff On The Internet[s]
That's it. It's time for a "Browser Brain Dump," folks. I've had a huge number of tabs sitting open in my browser as of late, with all sorts of information ephemera taking up valuable virtual memory. Thus, in the interest of personal sanity, I am setting forth here a collection of links [...]
"I'm Wearing Boots Of Escaping!"
Heh. This one's right up there with Summoner Geeks: Reno 911 takes down a LARPer.
"I'm wearing Boots of Escaping!" has now officially become the catchphrase around the office for those wishing to extricate themselves from unending conversations.
*chuckle*
