January 25, 2004
blogspammed
Well, I guess it was inevitable. Yesterday, my blog got filled with spam. So I'll be trying to take some action to prevent this from happening again.
This kind of thing just hacks me off. People just don't give a !#$% about misusing other people's efforts and resources to try and make a dime off of all of this online black-market crap.
Spam will eventually kill the internet as we know it. There's no doubt about it.
January 13, 2004
Mars lander shoots photos of my backyard
Looking at this Mars panorama, I'd swear that the lander had accidentally taken a photo of my backyard, which is usually grass-free, and almost entirely consists of Georgia's famous red clay.
This stuff is impenetrable. Once it's dried out, you're not digging a hole in it without gasoline-powered equipment.
Granted, my yard isn't nearly as large as, say, Mars, but it appears to have many of the same characteristics from a lawn-care perspective.
:)
January 12, 2004
Adobe admits adding code to prevent scanning of currency
This article tells that Adobe knowingly gave in to government pressure and added 3rd-party code to Photoshop CS in order to prevent people scanning currency.
JD had posted on this topic last week.
January 08, 2004
Mars Maestro
You can download the official Mars rover analysis software from Maestro Headquarters.
The first data update has all sorts of cool original images from the SPIRIT rover's cameras.
January 06, 2004
iPod MINI : $249
The rumors are apparently (mostly) true.
Style (fashion colors!) comes at a price, I guess. It holds 4GB, but is only $50 cheaper than the bigger 15GB iPod.