Archive for September, 2004

The Golem of the Gridiron (for Todd Marinovich)

Thursday, September 30th, 2004

Around 40 years ago, a guy around here had an idea. He wanted to create the perfect athlete. Specifically, he wanted to make the ultimate football player. He chose a wife appropriately. His first child was a daughter; unimportant. The second was a boy. Immediately a rigorous conditioning and training regimen was applied. For the [...]

MT-Blacklist Bug (sorry, Scott!)

Thursday, September 9th, 2004

The MT-Blacklist plugin that saves me from spam flagged two of Scott’s comments because they were on older entries. I clicked the “de-spam” link in the notification email, checked the box, and.. it.. deleted them. It thinks that “un-marking as spam” means “Deleting”. honk honk bug. Sorry!

Something to Annoy Everyone!

Thursday, September 9th, 2004

I just finished the playlist for my contribution to a monthly CD mix group.
I think I can safely say there’s something to annoy everyone on this one. The list includes:

Flyboys: Theme Song (surf punk at its simplest and most raw)

Chuck D./Herb Alpert: By the Time I Get to Arizona. Gunderphonic mashup of “Whipped Cream” [...]

Administrivia: MT 3.1 and MT-Blacklist

Friday, September 3rd, 2004

I’ve turned off required registration for comments and installed MT-Blacklist. Let’s see how that affects the spam traffic. It really sucks not being able to get comments, so it’s worth a try.
The Internet is in danger of turning into CB Radio at this point, all Vietnamese bandit cabs and truckers with 100 watt footwarmer [...]