September 2007 Thirty-two posts

• 30-Sep-2007
  Dead PHP3 Code People don’t write PHP like this anymore, or, if they do, they get hurt badly. This is old code of mine. Timestamp is January 29, 2002. Yeesh. <? $where_they_are = 'http://' . $SERVER_NAME . $REQUEST_URI; if ($HTTP_REFERER!='') { $recipientlist='joe@artlung.com'; $emailsubject="visit to $SERVER_NAME via " . $HTTP_REFERER; $emailbody="someone came to $where_they_are via $HTTP_REFERER ip address: $REMOTE_ADDR...

  PHPprogrammingwebdev
• 30-Sep-2007

  
  Soyrizo & Eggs Mexican. Vegan. Kosher. Soy. Awesome.

  foodphotos
• 30-Sep-2007
  Jon Lech Johansen on iPhone Bricking Thoughtful thinking from DVD Jon who knows about this stuff. Think Closed Has Nokia or Sony Ericsson ever bricked or refused service on an unlocked phone? Not that I’ve heard of, and if they did, they would have been quickly sued in several countries where consumer rights are more strongly protected. Did Sony ever brick...

  freedomprogramming
• 30-Sep-2007

  
  Zappa Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FUAgIBysj4 via Kill Ugly Radio And also, Adrian Belew recently made two posts about adventures in Frank Zappa’s world: How To End Up Wearing A Dress On Stage In A Concert Film With Frank Zappa How To End Up Imitating Bob Dylan In Concert With Frank Zappa Every good morning should begin with a little...

  musiczappa
• 29-Sep-2007

  
  Site Maintenance; Leah 2002 You may have noticed I’ve reverted the theme of this blog back to my prior black with zig-zag sidebars and away from the excellent free theme I had been using. In the end using someone else’s theme on my blog feels wrong to me. It’s not really showing my crufty personality and peculiar oddness in...

  leahpeahphotoswebdev
• 28-Sep-2007
  communication usually fails, except by accident Wiio’s laws are humoristically formulated serious observations about how human communication usually fails except by accident. This document comments on the applicability and consequences of the laws, especially as regards to communication on the Internet. Communication usually fails, except by accident. If communication can fail, it will If communication cannot fail, it still most usually...

  communicationfunny
• 27-Sep-2007
  ATTN Web Designers: Ashley Qualls Beats You At Internet MySpace millionaire says “whatever” to high school Go Ashley Go! Ashley’s business is whateverlife.com. At first I found the 17 year old’s story a bit depressing, but after thinking about it a bit I find it really inspiring.

  businessteenswebdev
• 27-Sep-2007
  American Innovation: Sushi I have mentioned before how much I esteem Thomas P.M. Barnett. In a recent blog post he points out a USA Today story about a new term in American Islam: Sushi The quote from the USA Today story: He calls himself “Sushi,” the popular term for a combination of Sunni and Shiite. Once the glib...

  politicsreligionthomasbarnett
• 26-Sep-2007
  Time Warner, Cabletards So this morning I spent THIRTY-FIVE minutes at the local office of Time Warner Cable because apparently we had not paid our bill. But of course, we had, several times, since we have moved. But somehow, twice this week, they shut us off for nonpayment. My time at TW taught me that the payments they...

  complaintstime-warner
• 25-Sep-2007
  my resume sucks, what to do about it I really like that Steve Yegge fellow. He’s funny and smart and he builds stuff with computers. That’s my kind of people. Stevey’s Blog Rants: Ten Tips for a (Slightly) Less Awful Resume Face it: all the traditional advice about trying to convince the hiring manager that you’re a plucky, scrappy young individual from a...

  funnyprogrammingSteve Yegge