A comment with a title like “Are you there?” is NOT going to get approved

By , September 8, 2006 6:07 pm

The comment spammers are now using stuff like:

Are you there?…

All the darkness in the world cannot put out the smallest candle. The darker it is, more brightly shines the candle. instead of complaining about the dark search for your candle. Believe me; It exists…

To try to get comments by the spam cops but all of the comments that are made here are either caught by Akismet (which is a WordPress plugin that uses a central database to track and catch spam, cool idea and well apprecated here for sure) or by me as I have to approve all of the comments whether made by friend or foe before they see the light of the cpu on your end.  Wish they would all quit with this crap but somehow someone is making money off of this.

This is a test

By , September 8, 2006 5:12 pm

And only a test.  Please ignore.

July 18 was day Technorati quit indexing Technoprimitive.org

By , September 8, 2006 12:36 pm

Obligitory Technorati is still not taking pings from Technoprimitive.org post of the day…

Got to looking at the dates that Technorati is STILL showing as my last post on here and after doing a bit of math:

31 days in august
+
8 days so far in sept
=
39 total august and sept

52 Number of days since Technorati says blog updated

39 total of aug and sept
= leaving
13 in july

31 total number of days in july

13 number of days in july not updated
=
18 july is day Technorati quit accepting update pings from TechnoPrimitive

So I went to the July archive and found that the last thing posted before it quit updating was Russell Shaw: in fight against terrorists, popcorn factories more dangerous than uninspected container ships which was on July 15. The next thing I posted was on the 19 and was wiat-tv-42 so…

No site updates at that time unless it was something done by my host. And still no response or fix by Technorati.

So now back to my regularly unscheduled posting…

Update: Received the expected…
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Inside Your Notebook’s Battery: Ordinary AA NiMH Cells

By , September 8, 2006 11:31 am

Inside Your Notebook’s Battery: Ordinary AA NiMH Cells

Interesting idea, but the money hungry boys and girls in accounting won’t like it.  Takes the propritary bit out of the power situation.  Can’t have that now… 🙁

BOFH: Retirement plan | The Register

By , September 8, 2006 11:27 am

BOFH: Retirement plan | The Register

Nothing but 1’s and 0’s… 😉

Ivory Liquid Porn

By , September 7, 2006 11:40 pm

I am, as of before this post, in the number 9 position on Google.com for Ivory Liquid Porn. This is due to a post about the fragrance problem I have with the new improved Ivory Liquid and then the next post about the nude alphabet where I state that it isn’t porn but not safe for work. Weird. Wonder if now with this post I get to # 1? 😉 I found this looking at the search terms that led folks to this site. Neat huh?

Update 2006-09-10: the actual term is “Ivory Liquid” porn and I am now in the number 6 spot.  So Steve is right – kinda.  96 or 69 or somewhere along those lines. 😉

xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – COMPLY

By , September 7, 2006 11:32 pm

xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – COMPLY

A bit of a situation… 😉

DenverPost.com – Veggie thieves’ penalty tossed

By , September 7, 2006 9:36 pm

DenverPost.com – Veggie thieves’ penalty tossed

Looks like the internet strikes again.  Seems that the folks that prosucated the kids for stealing vegies meant for a pig farm have had a change of heart.  Course they are not available for comment… 😉

One of those days

By , September 7, 2006 4:39 pm

After spending 4 hours getting ready to being able to move a chair, the hole I was looking for (to run ethernet cable in) wasn’t under it after all. So I went to the next isle and started to kneel down to look closer as the light right at the wall isn’t too good. As I went down I kicked back with my left foot as my right knee went to the floor, which would have been fine if the bottom corner of the subwoofer (30 inch cube, made of a sheet and a half or so of 5/8 particle board, and HEAVY (this equates to very non moving)) hadn’t been in the way of my ankle as it went by. Tore a bit of skin off and made me say many bad words but seemed to be ok so while I was down there anyway I looked for the hole for the ethernet cable to feed through. Getting up it was a bit painful but not too bad. The swelling started about half way down the hall. By the time I was in the center room by the display cases I was limping and holding on to the nearest case. Looked at the ankle and wondered where the egg (medium) attached to it had come from. I limped back here (Repair shop) as it has an air conditioner and the computers, since the ethernet isn’t run yet. 🙁 Got a chair and some pillows and ice (thanks Cat!) and am sitting with the foot in the chair wanting to be out finishing up the cable run. Waiting is… A real pain at times like these…

Adam Kumpf @ MIT

By , September 7, 2006 1:03 pm

Adam Kumpf @ MIT

Instructions for making the pickup from the piezo buzzer.  Simple enough.  Love repurposing stuff like this.

a cardboard box upright bass | BlogCadre

By , September 7, 2006 12:58 pm

a cardboard box upright bass | BlogCadre

This is truly a homemade upright bass. Neck is a board, strings are weed whacker cord, tuning knobs are faucit handles, body is a cardboard box, and pickup is a RadioShack piezo buzzer with the body removed. And it sounds pretty good judging from the audio from the video. Good stuff!

Travelogue UK (1) – Bobulate

By , September 7, 2006 12:41 pm

Travelogue UK (1) – Bobulate

This is  Adriaan de Groot’s experience riding in the cab of a Dutch train.  No hitech, no computer link at all.  Comunication with the train and between workers is by radio.  Weird situation and interesting read.

Another day without an update on Technorati

By , September 6, 2006 10:57 am

5 Days now since I finally got a response from them (automated at that) and haven’t heard from them so I sent another email. Keep hopeing that these posts about them will trigger something if nothing else…

My profile/feed page
http://www.technorati.com/blogs/http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress

monkeybrains.net – Rudy’s (and Alex, and Rafael) ISP

By , September 5, 2006 11:32 pm

monkeybrains.net – Rudy’s (and Alex, and Rafael) ISP

Rudy Rucker Jr.’s ISP.  Different.  On several levels.

UNEASYsilence » Hand Grenade Lamp

By , September 5, 2006 11:29 pm

UNEASYsilence » Hand Grenade Lamp

This is cool.  Will have to try to make one.  Got a friend that has some of the casings.

Treehugger: Is it Art Or an Environmental Statement?

By , September 5, 2006 9:48 pm

Treehugger: Is it Art Or an Environmental Statement?

It’s called shelter. The most basic of human needs. While I admire the art in the work/building he is doing, I think admire folks that live that way more.

My Way News – Aspiring ‘Biotown’ Gets Visit From CSNY

By , September 5, 2006 9:40 pm

My Way News – Aspiring ‘Biotown’ Gets Visit From CSNY

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Still breaking new ground and putting their $ where their ideals are! Way to go guys!

The Blog | Dan Worth: How I Lost 10 Pounds in 10 Days on the Climate Neutral Diet | The Huffington Post

By , September 5, 2006 9:37 pm

The Blog | Dan Worth: How I Lost 10 Pounds in 10 Days on the Climate Neutral Diet | The Huffington Post

Burn more than you eat and you do this every time.  Amazing how that works.

USB Aroma Joule: Whole Lotta Stinkin’ Goin’ On – Gizmodo

By , September 5, 2006 9:32 pm

USB Aroma Joule: Whole Lotta Stinkin’ Goin’ On – Gizmodo

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Get thee away, thou foul stinking instrument of satan! This is so much worse than the plugin odor maskers. I hope they come with warnings for folk that are hyper sensitive to odors.

2 thumbs down!

SCIFI.COM | Battlestar Galactica

By , September 5, 2006 9:20 pm

SCIFI.COM | Battlestar Galactica

Coming soon!  Clips available Tues and Thurs online till the season starts.

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