Surfing The Web So You Don't Have To
This guy’s blog has a theme song, and really, every blog should have a theme song. If I had to pick one song to represent me and/or my blog, it would have to be Stevie Ray Vaugn’s Rude Mood which is and entirely instrumental ripping guitar shuffle that will make anybody smile and want to dance. Find the song online somewhere, if you don’t believe me.
What would you consider your theme song? Comment here. Original link via Waxy.
In an attempt to deal with her credit card debt, this woman is going to be hand-copying her credit card statements and posting them online every month until they’re paid off.
I don’t know about you, but I hate getting a crapload of comment spam and referral spam. I’ve been able to block much of the former with MT-Blacklist, but the referral log spam is getting out of control and clogging up my AWStats results with a pile of useless links. So when I saw this post that linked to a script that used the blacklist to eliminate referral spam, I was intrigued. After reading some of the comments on the entry, I found this AWStats patch that will also remove them from the AWStats calculations.
Then looking through my flagged entries in my RSS reader, I noticed this mod_security post on Movalog which reminded me about some discussions that were happening on the MT Pronet mailing list regarding using mod_security to block even more at the server level (more info on mod_security here). So after looking through a ProNet entry about mod_security, I came across this introduction to mod_security. Once I found out how to get mod_security installed in cPanel/WHM (and where the configuration files were), I set upon implementing this mod_security hack that will import the information from the master blacklist file and create rules for use with mod_security.
I’m just about through all the hacks and tweaks above, and so far I haven’t blown anything up (learning a lot on this type of stuff in the process). Hopefully this will keep some of the other sites on this server from getting a pile of referral spam as well. If you do notice the site being down at all today, just try again in a few minutes, as I’m probably restarting Apache.
Worse: Falling asleep at the wheel with a full meth lab in the back seat.
This guy manages to make a 99-foot basket at the buzzer to win a college game (with video). And then does it again on command for a local TV crew (with video). It takes him a few attempts the 2nd time around, but it’s still amazing he was able to do it again.
Man loses millions gambling, decides to sue the casino.
Deprived of their flat-screen TVs, mobile phones, pizza deliveries and long visits from lovers, inmates at Mexico’s top security prison complained on Monday they are being treated “like dogs.” Full Story. Thanks Cheryl for the link.
I’m really disappointed that this two-year-old that accidently discharged a .357 magnum didn’t shoot the homeowners for letting the gun be that accessible in the first place. Sadly, no charges are going to be filed against the idiot homeowner.
This time not to India, but to North Dakota. And it’s not call centers, but drive-thru windows.
The McDonald’s restaurant in Hermiston, Oregon appears to be “outsaucing” customers drive-thru meals.
The restaurant on Highway 395 has outsourced one of the most important jobs at the drive-through window — order taking.
I think I remember reading about this happening before, and thought I linked to it, but I couldn’t find it in my archives. Oh well…At least the jobs are staying in the U.S.