Proving yet again that this site, especially the X-Files bit, attracts freaks is the search engine report for the week. Someone really wanted to know who killed the red headed man
by searching for the phrase 156 times. There’s been a recent wave of people search for Home, the episode about the incestuous family of genetic mutants. I think that search has some connection to the trial of the German cannibal guy because they all seem to think the episode involves cannibals, it doesn’t, the cannibal episode is Our Home. Then there’s the clueless hoping to find reference to Law and Order
and Babylon 5
hidden amongst the X-Files information. The blog searchers show more intelligence, although I still wondering what Daimler Chrysler
guy was looking for
MoveOn.org organised the BushIn30Seconds campaign to raise the money to air a 30-second spot during the SuperBowl detailing the problems with the Bush administration. CBS baulked at airing the winning ad, claiming that it would be too topical for them and is getting criticised for its blatant censorship of political discourse
Australia has established a new sugar research body, Co-operative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology, that will study using sugar for biodegradable plastics, medical drugs and biofuels
Protesters remain locked on to bulldozers in Mission State Forest, near Moree, after contractors broke a moratorium on logging in important forest areas of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion in western NSW. The Premier’s silence on this issue is deafening. Update: The state government backed down
British and American intelligence services look set to share the blame for the spectacular failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The retarded monkey boy is set to order a whitewash campaign aimed at passing the buck to the CIA, while Blair is blaming MI6
A computer virus that targeted the noxious SCO Group, performed as its perpetrators promised yesterday, bringing down company’s web site. The massive denial-of-service attack is expected to continue until 12 February
Coca-Cola has stated that it is to end the practice of product advertising [BugMeNot] on vending machines in schools in the UK. The move follows a similar statement covering Scotland, and is seen as a response to the growing mood against product promotions aimed at children during a period of growing childhood obesity
The arsehole from IP 68.15.51.63 tried to spam the site again yesterday arvo to pimp his used cars. MT-Blacklist hummed away quietly in the background denying his efforts. He’s in my blacklist if anyone would care to add him to theirs
Recreated in Flash for your retrospective pleasure, these classic arcade games — including Pac-Man, Tetris and Space Invaders — should stir up a few memories of twiddling with joysticks as a kid
The BBC made a unique deal with Real Networks which disposes of their spyware tactics. If a user clicks on a link to download Real Player from a BBC web site, the referrer script sends them to a page where they can download an expiry-free, spyware-free and nuisance-free version of the player. It’s because the BBC have such a stringent public service remit, that it was offensive to charge people a licence fee for BBC content, then make them pay all over again for the facility to view/listen to it
The decomposing remains of a 60-tonne sperm whale exploded on a busy street in Taiwan, showering cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours
While not exactly the Comprehensive guide to .htaccess it claims itself to be, it is nevertheless a very good beginner’s guide for basic .htaccess tricks like setting up custom error documents, redirects, preventing specific file types from being listed, denying access by domain (not just IP), and a wealth of other goodies. Its easy to understand for those who are .htaccess challenged and offers some really good tips
In Cambodia, motorbikes act as routers [BugMeNot] for a store-and-forward email system. They have a system that allow remote villages in Cambodia to send and receive email via Wi-Fi-equipped motorbikes. The Motoman system converges in the provincial capital where a satellite-enabled school uploads and downloads email for the remote recipients. The system is funded in part through US benefactors who aren’t just sending money; they’re spending time there as well, and helping to improve the quality of medicine and people’s livelihoods
Pixar has announced that it will end its distribution agreement with Disney. This comes after much bitterness at Pixar over the terms of their current deal with Disney, where Disney took a sizable (and some would say unfair) portion of the $2.5 billion in revenue generated by Pixar’s films
NSW Commerce Minister John Della Bosca says the state wanted to dismantle its reliance on a near monopoly
software by pursuing an open source strategy. Mr Della Bosca conceded the decision was controversial, but said an open source strategy would ultimately provide greater business opportunities to local SMEs
The last MovableType update added comment throttling to stop spammers and it was nice to see it at work. Last night some wanker on IP address 68.15.51.63 hit the site in two sustained bursts of ten spam messages each. All successfully throttled
BugMeNot circumvents those annoying registration requirements that haunt sites such as the New York Times, via the simple strategy of allowing people to post the login and password for accounts they’ve created so that anyone can use those logins. Contributors of fake logins get banned from the site
If you’ve been wondering what Ray Martin’s hair has been up to recently, it appears to have pushed for a career in politics by attaching itself to John Kerry’s head.
Warren Ellis describes it as; It’s my hair. I killed it, I cut its little arms and legs off, I nailed it to my head. Mine
.
Professor Shaviro explains why electing Ray’s hair would not be a good idea.
David Hart was cleaning out the garage when he discovered what looks like a dragon in a jar.
Speculation is that the dragon is a 19th century hoax by German scientists aimed at their English counterparts. Documents suggest that the Natural History Museum turned the dragon away, possibly because they suspected it was a trick, and sent it to be destroyed. But it appears a porter, Hart’s grandfather, intercepted the jar and took it home
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said that people concerned about losing freedom to government anti-terrorism efforts should speak out. The Supreme Court is taking up several terror-related cases this spring, including challenges to the government detention of terror suspects without legal rights
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