All you need is a spare set of kidneys.
That’d be a fun field trip
Wonder who signed the permission slips for this one (thanks to Shasta Bob for the pic)…
Remember to stop when the red lights flash.
Send Bruce Willis After It
Scientists are looking for ways to defend Earth from large asteroids. I know the solution: Let’s just send Ben Aflek and Bruce Willis after it. If they really have to sacrifice themselves, will they really be missed?
Open Casting Call for Gus Van Sant’s Next Movie
I just got an email from an old friend of mine, and I told her I’d help spread the word to budding actors and actresses out there (assuming some of them actually read this blog). Here’s the text of the announcement:
We are having an open casting call for Gus Van Sant’s next film, in Portland, Oregon. This is a film about a Rock & Roll musician that will shoot this April in Portland. We are looking for males and females, ages 16 – 25 years old. We want to meet all types of people with interesting personalities and style.
The casting call will be held:
Sunday, February 29, 2004
10:00 a.m. – 4 p.m.
at C.S.C. – Child Services Center (Formerly Washington High School)
531 S.E. 14th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97214
Info Hotline: (503) 248-6741
Prior acting experience is not necessary. We are interested in real people. Interested individuals just need to show up Sunday and be patient.
So there you go, Heather, you owe me a favor 😉
Shopping for a Web Host
Recently, my Web host of several years got bought/merged/whatever with Data393, who also owns HugeHosting as well as a couple other companies, from what I understand. Prior to the merge, my service was great, my tickets were answered and taken care of in less than an hour, the speed was fast, and my sites rarely went down, if at all.
And lately, the connectivity has sucked, the tickets have taken a while to get my direction, the family-like atmosphere is gone, and us clients were completely left in the dark about the details of the merger, how it affected us, features/benefits, or anything of the sort.
While I’d like to give my host the benefit of the doubt, I’m starting to get the feeling I’ve held out hope to long, and those thoughts were confirmed after talking to a couple other clients of theirs as well. They’re moving, and I’m thinking I should, too.
So if anybody out there has any suggestions, recommendations, I’d like to hear it. I’m looking for a reseller solution, 500 megs of space (at least), Cpanel-powered, 30 gigs of bandwidth, and DAMN good support. Ideally, I’d like a dedicated box or a VPS, but I know that’s not probably going to happen. I’m looking for a family-like feel with big time power and service — which is what I used to get when I first signed on with my host when they were based back here in Oregon. And I want somebody who knows how to setup a server properly so it’s not doomed for failure — in other words, if you leave the Exim and Apache settings at the default when you setup and install it, I will not be hosting with you.
E-mail me at jake [insert that funny looking symbol here] utterlyboring [period] com if you have any recommendations.
Beat up your PC
I have never played a stupid little Flash game that relieved the stress so well.
The Brits make the best cup of tea
And this guy’s willing to sell his expertise to us Yankees — assuming we fly him over here.
Windows source code comments analyzed
A very interesting article at K5 analyzing the comments in the leaked Windows source code.
Portfolio with MT and PHP
When I finally get around to getting a portfolio of my work on line, I might try doing it this way.
Sick of Registering to Read the News?
A pile of News sites out there require visitors to setup accounts or register to read the contents of an article. They have reasons for doing this, obviously, but it’s a pain in the ass to deal with. According to Amy, somebody has gone through the effort of going around to many of these sites, setting up phony accounts with a common username and password.
When you’re asked to log in to a news site, try the userID freethepresses. If an e-mail address is required as the userID, enter: [email protected]
Then enter the password: freethepresses
So far, it works at The New York Times, Wash. Post, LA Times, Chicago Trib, among others.
And if you come across a site where that user/pass doesn’t work, feel free to set it up.