Both refer to their clients as ‘users’, offer the first one for ‘free’ and have ‘Asian’ connections. Hmmm… is there some cross-over here?I found this by using StumbleUpon and thought I might Digg it as well. There are some similar entries on Digg but this one is a little bit longer.If you like it Digg…
Month: February 2007
Who is getting a free game?
Right after I converted my blog from Serendipity to WordPress I announced a top commentator contest. The time has now come to announce the winner!If you look over to the right you will see that the winner (with 16 comments posted at 12:01 PM EST on Feb 28, 2007) is Ms. Q!If Ms. Q would…
Million Dollar Avatar: a few days later
Several days ago I wrote a blog post about a new site called Million Dollar Avatar. Before writing that post I signed up for an account and added my avatar to their system.It has now been one week since they went live so I went back.After logging in I went to my ‘home’ page on…
A new twist on an old scam?
Anyone who has an email account has gotten at least one email from someone who is trying to get millions of dollars out of a troubled African country. Usually it is the daughter of an oil minister or a poor lawyer trying to funnel funds from a dead family.Today I got this in my email….
How To: Getting Alexa to like you
One problem many people are begining to face is that of Alexa. Alexa is not exactly the problem itself, the problem is that many advertisers will look at your Alexa rating and make a judgement based on it.The problem with Alexa is that it only tracks information gathered from people who use the Alexa toolbar…
You call that a drink?
Let me preface this post by saying, “Do not try this at home. Trained professionals took part in the making of this story.”Back when I was stationed in Germany my buddies and I used to frequent a club called the Green Goose. There were many locations in the country that sported a Green Goose club…
My Digg of the day 2-27-07: The 7 worst sexy toys for children
I could not believe this when I found it. It reminds me of the ten evil toys list you see every Christmas.Take a few minutes to look it over. If you like it Digg it, if not don’t! Feel free to leave comments as well.UPDATE: This made the Digg homepageThe Peekaboo Dance Pole at number…
TI-86 Art: The Eye [photo]
And you thought calculators were just for doing math!I put this up on Digg this morning. Yeah, I know I’m not much of a Digger anymore but this picture was interesting.The submission made it all the way to the home page so feel free to Digg it!This post was generated using Digg’s Blog This feature….
Is the WordPress Top Commentator plugin screwing up Technorati?
For a while now I have been slowly working my way up the Technorati ladder. When I first became aware of Technorati I had a ranking in the 90K range. Last week I broke into the 50K range. This morning I checked and found myself sitting at 15,955!I’m sitting at this rank because 341 links…
Review: Dungeon Twister: 3-4 Player Expansion
Dungeon Twister is one of my favorite games – a game that I wasn’t expecting much from when I first heard about it, but a game that has become one of the most strategic yet variety-filled games that I’ve ever played. The reason I don’t play it more often is simple – it is only…
My archives page is up
I’ve been scouring the Internet to find a good plugin to use for my archives page and I found one.This plugin was written by Shawn Grimes and is called the SRG Clean Archives.This plugin does require you to also run the Exec-PHP plugin by Sören Weber.Once both plugins are activated it is as easy as…
What a night
I just got home after pulling 16 hours of overtime at my job. This was after putting in a full eight hour day.You might be wondering why I worked 16 hours straight. Around 7:00PM last night I got a call from my boss. He was looking for someone to babysit one of our central offices…