He crashes 10K from the finish (a spectator caused it), but still wins today’s stage, putting a bit more distance on the folks in 2nd and 3rd place. Full Story.
Month: July 2003
Meet Lurch, the world’s horniest bull
Check out the horns on this thing. That’s the scariest damn thing I’ve seen all day.
Sinkhole swallows couple’s 1983 Buick Regal, damages home
I can just imagine this conversation:
A neighbor knocked on Kenneth and Dorothy Van Gundy’s door and briefed them. “I said, “Ken, you’ve got a hole in your front yard and your car is in it.”‘
Full Story. Link via Obscure Store.
How to block the RIAA and MPAA from accessing your site – UPDATE: And SpamBots, too!
Quoted from the site:
“Effective immediately, the RIAA and MPAA will need to find another way to get to Techfocus. In response to their legal targeting of individual file-swappers, access from their known networks to this site has now been blocked. While it may still be possible for them to access Techfocus via address ranges which we’re not aware of, they’ll otherwise have to use non-RIAA and non-MPAA networks to view the site.”
They state their reasons for doing it, and they’re all very valid reasons — which is why I downloaded the .htaccess file from the site and uploaded it on my server as well. While I have nothing to hide from either of those organizations (in fact, I’ve been very critical of the tactics they use), I’m not very fond of them, either, hence the block.
UPDATE: Neil has posted his .htaccess file, and it’s much more extensive, blocking spam bots and other lunatics as well. I’ve updated my .htaccess file as well.
UPDATE AGAIN: For some reason, I get an internal server error when I have all those items in there. Why, I don’t know, but I’ll look in to it. Meanwhile, I’ll just have to let the spambots and evil Hollywood folks in.
Any logo designers out there?
While I can design fairly well, coming up with a logo design idea is one of the hardest things for me to do. I managed to come up with the one for UtterlyBoring.com, but most of the other sites I’ve done were pre-existing logos or logos designed by somebody else.
Are there any folks out there who would like to design a quick little logo for a non-profit in the area? E-mail me at jake at orty dot com for details. It’s for a non-profit in the area that I’m a part of, and I know they have no money at all. It needs to be something that will work online and in print. E-mail me for more details if you’re truly interested. There will probably be no compensation, other than a possible link on the Web site for the non-profit.
Why does Iraq have to look so hard to find Uranium?
Iraq has to rely on outside (read: other countries) help to get their uranium. I just buy mine online.
Woman Changes Her Name To GoVeg.com
A Norfolk, Virginia, woman has taken her love of vegetarianism to the extreme by changing her name to GoVeg.com. Full Story, and link to the lady’s Web site.
OK, now I’m scared
Warning: This is one of my more personal blog entries, so be prepared.
My leg pain, despite my stretching, exercising, etc…isn’t getting better, but worse, if anything. Yes, I know, “Give it some time,” you’ll say, but, really, I need to be at least functional before my baby’s born in two weeks.
I got home today from work, and I could barely walk. I sit in an uncomfortable office chair all day, getting up when I can to stretch and walk (usually at least once an hour). I’ve tried rotating chairs, but still can’t get comfortable. Right now, I’m doped up on Soma (which is really cheap if you buy it just across the border — my grandparents buy it, and send it up from Yuma), and that’s helping, but the stuff makes me sick if I take it too often.
But then I started doing research. As I mentioned before, I had prostate trouble about six weeks ago. It was prostatitis. The only reason I went in and spent nearly $300 on the urologist was because I had pretty bloody semen (and let me tell you, that scared the living bejesus out of me). I still can’t believe I paid somebody that much to stick their finger up where the sun doesn’t shine. To use the doctor’s analogy, I felt like I’d gotten really drunk and had too much fun in San Francisco. I took some really strong antibiotics, blood was gone in about 3 weeks.
I never really had pain down there at all, and I still don’t, but about the same time I noticed the blood was gone, I started getting this leg and lower back pain (primarily upper leg). I thought “OK, pinched nerve.” And looking at my x-rays at the Chiro, that was pretty much confirmed. However, I’m not so sure if a screwed up disc or messed up back is causing the pinch. After doing a bit of research on Google, a swolen prostate could be pinching the nerve as well, causing the pain.
It get worse — a swolen prostate that pinches the nerves could indicate (in some cases) that cancer is developing on the prostate.
I need to quit browsing the Web when I’m in pain and doped up on pain meds. I get more depressed when I find stuff like this. Anybody want to send me a few hundred bucks to go back to a doctor, as I sure as hell can’t afford it…
OK, I’m done with the pity-party crap. Back to your regular blogging….
Update: I think I’m going to have to start wacking off more, as apparently that helps lower the risk of prostate cancer Link via Fark.
Donkey Kong player breaks world record with 947,200 points
This guy has WAY too much time on his hands, besting the 20-year old record, originally set by Billy Mitchell. He may be good at Donkey Kong, but can he fling a frog around in traffic and beat George Costanza’s Frogger record? Link from Obscure Store.