What do you do when your buddy leaves for a few days? Get busy and flip his room upside down.
cPanel Tutorial
If you have a Web host that gives you cPanel as part of your Web hosting package (many hosts do — go to yourdomain.com/cpanel and see if it loads something), you’ve got a great site control panel at your disposal. I use cPanel on all my servers, and while I’m fairly good at it, I know there are many folks out there who are a bit afraid of it. There’s help out there….
Is There A Zombie In The Vatican?
Apparently the Vatican has emerged as a source of spam traffic. Not intentionally, I’m sure, but there is probably a zombied computer somewhere in the Vatican that is sending out spam (and according to one study, 80% of all spam comes from zombie computers). So if people would just run their computers effectively — patch often, run a firewall, run antivirus software, use Firefox instead of MSIE, scan for spyware regularly — I’m sure the world would have far less of a spam problem (wishful thinking, I know).
And before I hear it, yes, they could buy a Mac or use a Linux machine and not have these problem. But realistically, that’s not going to happen for most people, and I think we all know that.
I could also see this being a new Mac commercial: “Devine intervention is still not going to help your PC stay clean.”
What a Crybaby
So this lunatic is charged with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for backing rebels who raped and mutilated civilians, and we’re supposed to feel sorry for him when he doesn’t like his jail food?
Looking to Meet Women?
While there are lots of ways to impress the opposite sex, setting fire to your dorm is not one of them. Thanks Cheryl for the link.
AMD to Buy ATI For A Buttload of Money
I didn’t see this one coming. Subsequently, there are rumors that Intel is going to take away ATI’s license to make chipsets for Intel processors. There are some good thoughts here on what this means for the computer enthusiast.
The processor wars are really heating up as AMD slashes prices as Intels new chips are coming in faster and cheaper than AMD’s.
Still, folks aren’t sure how AMD is going to pay for this deal.
And if you didn’t understand a word of any of this, this really probably doesn’t affect you.
Don’t Mess With Sasquatch
Don’t ever play a prank on BigFoot, as we know it’s going to backfire…
Grammar Resources
One of the most difficult classes I took at the UO J-School was J-101: Grammar For Journalists. It wasn’t that the content of the class was difficult, it was the sheer amount of stuff you had to learn and memorize in preparation for the LSDT, which you must pass to become a full Journalism major at the UO. So while that class totally kicked my butt (the test was far easier), I do still have a place in my heart for oddball grammar and how screwed up the English language is.
But my biggest pet peeve is when people think they are holier-than-thou, and insist on correcting your grammar when, in reality, their corrections are incorrect. There’s a list of great examples here, along with a huge list of common errors in English (be sure to read the introduction here). There’s even a page for folks who seem to always mis-pronounce our beloved state.
(Note: Yes, I know the grammar on this site is sometimes atrocious. I never once said I was a good grammarian.)
Having Trouble Getting To Sleep?
There are some oddball products here that might help.
When Applesauce Is Outlawed…
…only outlaws will have applesauce.
PHILADELPHIA — A customer at a city grocery tackled an armed robber and beat him with a can of applesauce when he refused to drop his gun, police said.
The suspect shot himself in the head during the struggle, and passed out after the 66-year-old customer administered four blows to the head with the Mott’s applesauce.
Thanks Cheryl for the link.