I’ve been looking through my referral logs a bit more (been doing it a bit already today), and found a few sites that were directly hot linking to my images. Not a big deal, really, as they’re small graphics (I’ll resetup my image blocking at some point, it was just making things a bit weird with in my .htaccess file), but I did find a couple of sites linking to my images that were probably two of the hardest-on-the-eyes sites I’ve ever seen (both hosted by myspace.com). See for yourself: Exhibit A and Exhibit B (be sure to have your speakers cranked up nice and loud for that second one … yikes).
Month: May 2005
Random Google Results
Apparently I’m the number one result (just ahead of The Bulletin) for “software companies bend oregon.” I’m sure there are more if I actually look through my log files, but I just found that interesting that a post that’s over a year old and actually linking to something on Jon’s site is the number one result.
My Life Is Now Complete
This site has been linked as a citation in a Wikipedia article (the article linked to this page). Woohoo, I’m famous (or intelligent, one or the other).
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OK, now that my 5 seconds of fame are over, carry on.
We’re A Nielsen Family
I forgot to post this when I got this last week (my stomach bug took me out), but we’re a Nielsen Family (at least for the week). If you’re not aware of what Nielsen does, they’re the company that determines the fate of radio and TV shows around the country by determining the ratings for those shows. They do this by a variety of methods, but one of them is picking random folks to send TV diaries to log their TV viewing habits for the week. In return for the survey, they get a few bucks (we got $10).
The thing is, we don’t watch TV much at all. Our kids don’t watch much TV, and when they do, it’s for something specific that we have on video (we have to write “Pre-recorded DVD” in the spot instead of the show we’re watching). So, for the most part, the survey is blank.
I got a phone call tonight from the Nielsen folks, asking if we had any questions about the diary, comments, concerns, etc… . The lady I talked to was very nice, and sympathized that she was wasting my time by asking me these questions, but one thing she did point out that I didn’t realize is that I can post comments on here to say, for example, list why we’re not watching TV (as I mentioned it was fairly blank). If we’re not watching because everything on is crap, we can note it. If there are something on TV that we’re offended by, we can note it. If I’m pissed about something, we can note it, because, she said, people really pay attention to this stuff (but should couldn’t go into any details).
After that conversation, I thought about fudging with my results to keep some shows on the air, but Barney convinced me otherwise (now that he’s directly affected by the Nielsen’s). But man, think about how much you could screw things up. I just know these stupid ratings have gotten rid of some wonderful shows back in the day. Wonderfalls and Sports Night are two shows that come to mind that were ditched.
Anybody else have any great shows that got screwed by ratings?
Best (and Worst) Use Of Batch Files
I would never even remotely consider myself a programmer, but I know you should never create a “software distribution, configuration management, and auditing” system with over sixty *.CMD batch files.
Better Not Speed Through London
The city of London is installing new intelligent traffic cameras that communicate with each other to see if you show up on another camera too quickly. Full Story.
Guess The Google Search
Everybody’s linking to this, so I might as well. This is a brilliant Flash game that’s as fun as it is difficult. I got a 295 on my first attempt (out of 400 points, I assume). How’d you do?
mod_rewrite Tips And Tricks
Mod_rewrite is an incridibly powerful tool for Web site admins, but is (at least for me) really complicated. So I’m mostly bookmarking these great tips (and a great thread) for my future use (because I’m sure it’ll come in handy).
MS Word’s Grammar Check Doesn’t Work
Of course, anybody who has ever done any editing work could tell you that. Thanks Will (who had this posted long ago, but I’m just now getting around to my flagged feeds) for the link.
Don’t Spit On Jane Fonda
Otherwise, she’ll get your sorry butt arrested.