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12 October 2008 Comments Off

Seth Godin is a Genius

When it was announced, I pre-ordered Godin’s new book Tribes.. I think Godin is brilliant, is writing is superb, and his blog is something I constantly Star or send to friends. A few months ago when he launched his network Triiibes and sent out invites to people who had pre-ordered the book. I registered, but [...]

9 October 2008 1 Comment

Market, Economy, Crisis Etc

I sat down to write a post about the economic situation. And then I realized I have nothing worthwhile to add to the discourse. Everything going on in the global economy is so far out of spec no one has any frame to discuss this. I’m not going to try. Go read Big Picture or [...]

15 September 2008 Comments Off

We’ve always been at war with Eastasia

Anyone else notice the frighteningly Orwellian “news” that comes out of our government lately. Example

5 September 2008 Comments Off

Razor2 still sucks

Several years ago when I was developing an anti-SPAM appliance I banged my head against the wall because of Vipul’s Razor2. For those of you who aren’t familiar, the short version is that it’s an anti-spam tool that checksums messages that people mark as spam and then allows you to check your messages against a [...]

20 August 2008 1 Comment

Amazon SimpleDB Invite

Can anyone get me an invite/approval to Amazon SimpleDB?

13 August 2008 3 Comments

Want to ask me a question at SES?

Then you’ll need to attend the Internet Marketer’s charity party. It’s a great cause, and to do my part for charity, I will only answer technical questions at the party. See you there.

23 July 2008 1 Comment

Vroom

Finally got my big block 468 fired up today running Megasquirt. Can’t wait to drive this monster. The video just doesn’t do the sound justice.

23 July 2008 1 Comment

Semi-Comprehensive TLD Whois Response List

For one of the coolest features of our Tools project I needed to be able to accurately determine domain availability. Here’s what I came up with: $domain_ext = array( ‘.com’ => array(‘whois.crsnic.net’,’No match for’), ‘.net’ => array(‘whois.crsnic.net’,’No match for’), ‘.biz’ => array(‘whois.biz’,’Not found’), ‘.mobi’ => array(‘whois.dotmobiregistry.net’, ‘NOT FOUND’), ‘.tv’ => array(‘whois.nic.tv’, ‘No match for’), ‘.in’ [...]

21 July 2008 Comments Off

How to Get Designer Eyeglasses, CHEAP

Prescription eyeglasses are one of the last great rip offs, IF you are foolish enough to buy at a store. Step 1: Shop around at local stores to find frame styles you like, there is usually a 4-digit code on the inside of designer frames. Step 2: Go to eBay and find the frames. Don’t [...]

21 July 2008 4 Comments

Kidding Right?

You’ve got to be kidding me. DopesUploaded by 1938media You people are idiots.