I installed MT-Blacklist. Comments are back on. We’ll see if I have it configured properly to stop comment spam.
The Shadow Internet
Wired 13.01: The Shadow Internet I really enjoyed this article by Jeff Howe for Wired Magazine. It takes a look at how the bootleg networks work. From insider to ripper to top seed networks down the food chain to the P2P networks.
I caught a glimpse of some of this long, long ago in the mid-80s on the dial up BBSs. Upload a game to the BBS for credits and download a new game. I was never much good at it, and, at 300 baud on your C-64, it was easier to just go over to a friend’s house and make a copy. I imagine a lot of the infrastructure can trace its roots back to the old BBS warez networks.
Job Growth Dimming in Lafayette area
According to thisstory in the Journal and Courier jobs in the service industry are expected to decline in the next quarter. Jobs in the durable manufacturing sector are a mixed bag, and the best prospects seem to be for nondurable manufacturing.
Blog Admin
I have temporarily turned off comments due to some spam issues – mostly from online casino interests. I am working on installing spam blocking software but have been taking my own sweet time. Send me an e-mail if you have some interest and want me to speed up the process.
Apparently the random shooting in Lafayette Indiana on I-65 near SR 43 was just a case of an individual with severe paranoia. An alert went out a little after the shooting asking for the shooter’s emergency detention based on her husband’s request citing her recent erratic behavior.
Motorist approaches & shoots other motorist
Stop & go traffic on I-65 just north of Lafayette Indiana. A woman gets out of her car with a pistol, approaches the minivan behind her. The driver of the minivan gets out and runs. The woman with the pistol shoots the driver of the minivan in the butt. The pistol wielding maniac had a toddler aged daughter in the vehicle with her.
Self-Promotion
I just sent out a self-promotional e-mail, hyping the arrival of Movable Type to my weblog. How disappointed you must be, gentle readers, to find that the content has not improved one bit. But, feel free to comment if you’d like.
Habari Xenu News Aggregator
I just installed the Habari Xenu in my Firefox web browser. It’s a news aggregator which just allows you to get a summary of what is at a particular website without having to actually go there. I find this particularly useful for blogs and news sites. My current list is:
Atrios
Testing
Just testing this out.