Monthly Archives: September 2005

Still Not Safe

Posted on September 29, 2005 by Ken

== Conan O’Brien: The federal government asked people not to return to New Orleans because it’s still not safe. Then the federal government said the same thing to the people of Detroit, Cleveland, and Newark.— New York Magazine George brought … Continue reading →

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Auto-Shutoff Comments

Posted on September 29, 2005 by Ken

??WordPress Codex??: “Auto-Shutoff Comments”:http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Auto_shutoff_comments. Not quite your “drop it in the folder and it just works” plugin, but gets the job done auto-closing comments on old entries for us. I’ve gotten pretty tired of moderating the spam comments.

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Make Interesting Mistakes

Posted on September 29, 2005 by Ken

??Scott Berkun??: “How to learn from your mistakes”:http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay44.htm. According to Scott, there are four kinds of mistakes: # Stupid # Simple # Involved # Complex That you will make mistakes is inevitable. The good news is that you get to … Continue reading →

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Don’t Look Now, Central Park…

Posted on September 29, 2005 by Ken

??New York Times??: …but you’re “being followed”:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/24/arts/design/24isla.html?ex=1285214400&en=6dfe4a7185bc612f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss. Too funny (“via Alissa”:http://www.alissaclark.com/archives/2005/09/ahh_art.html).

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Golden Ticket

Posted on September 22, 2005 by Ken

Psst. I’ve got an invite for “wordpress.com”:http://www.wordpress.com (featuring the current beta version of WordPress 1.6). Want it? Give me a really good reason. Points awarded for orginality, humor and good taste. Update: The invite is sent!

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A Ton of Stuff in the iTunes Podcast Directory

Posted on September 21, 2005 by Ken

Have you looked at the Podcast directory lately in “iTunes”:http://www.itunes.com? There’s some really interesting stuff in here that you can download to your iPod on demand: * The President’s Weekly Radio Address * NPR Coverage of the Robert’s hearings, Story … Continue reading →

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The Inevitable Decline of Microsoft

Posted on September 19, 2005 by Ken

??Business Week??: “Troubling Exits At Microsoft”:http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_39/b3952001.htm. Who would have thought during those anti-trust trials that Microsoft would eventually sink under its own weight, rather than be torn apart by the Federal Government? Update: and then “this happens”:http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+reorg+Allchin+to+retire/2100-1014_3-5874926.html?part=rss&tag=5874926&subj=news.

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You Got Something to Eat?

Posted on September 18, 2005 by Ken

??The Onion??: “Hey, You Got Something to Eat?”:http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40091. This had me on the floor. Say, I’d like to eat a little something. You got something? What you got? Any kind of food is good. I just want something to eat. … Continue reading →

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Secure Contact Forms

Posted on September 14, 2005 by Ken

??PHPNerds??: “Building a Secure Contact Form”:http://www.phpnerds.com/article/building-a-secure-contact-form. It appears that some jerk on the web has been blasting our “Contact form”:http://www.villagechurchnyc.com/contact at The Village Church in order to exploit a buffer overrun error and spam people from our website. How do … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Baby Eaters

Posted on September 13, 2005 by Sarah

To the Editor at ??The Village Voice??: I’m not quite sure what David Shaftel was hoping to accomplish in his front page article “”Jaws: The Making of a Vicious Pit Bull”:http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0534,shaftel,67093,5.html”, but it would have been more accurate to title … Continue reading →

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