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

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.

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.

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’ => array(‘whois.inregistry.net’, ‘NOT FOUND’),
‘.info’ => array(‘whois.afilias.net’,'NOT FOUND’),
‘.co.uk’ => array(‘whois.nic.uk’,'No match’),
‘.co.ug’ => array(‘wawa.eahd.or.ug’,'No entries found’),
‘.or.ug’ => array(‘wawa.eahd.or.ug’,'No entries found’),
‘.nl’ => array(‘whois.domain-registry.nl’,'is free’),
‘.ro’ => array(‘whois.rotld.ro’,'No entries found for the selected’),
‘.com.au’ => array(‘whois.ausregistry.net.au’,'No Data Found’),
‘.ca’ => array(‘whois.cira.ca’, ‘AVAIL’),
‘.org.uk’ => array(‘whois.nic.uk’,'No match’),
‘.name’ => array(‘whois.nic.name’,'No match’),
‘.us’ => array(‘whois.nic.us’,'Not found’),
‘.ac.ug’ => array(‘wawa.eahd.or.ug’,'No entries found’),
‘.ne.ug’ => array(‘wawa.eahd.or.ug’,'No entries found’),
‘.sc.ug’ => array(‘wawa.eahd.or.ug’,'No entries found’),
‘.ws’ => array(‘whois.website.ws’,'No Match’),
‘.be’ => array(‘whois.ripe.net’,'FREE’),
‘.com.cn’ => array(‘whois.cnnic.cn’,'no matching record’),
‘.net.cn’ => array(‘whois.cnnic.cn’,'no matching record’),
‘.org.cn’ => array(‘whois.cnnic.cn’,'no matching record’),
‘.no’ => array(‘whois.norid.no’,'no matches’),
‘.se’ => array(‘whois.nic-se.se’,'not found’),
‘.nu’ => array(‘whois.nic.nu’,'NO MATCH for’),
‘.com.tw’ => array(‘whois.twnic.net’,'No Found’),
‘.net.tw’ => array(‘whois.twnic.net’,'No Found’),
‘.org.tw’ => array(‘whois.twnic.net’,'No Found’),
‘.cc’ => array(‘whois.nic.cc’,'No match’),
‘.nl’ => array(‘whois.domain-registry.nl’,'is free’),
‘.pl’ => array(‘whois.dns.pl’,'No information about’),
‘.pt’ => array(‘whois.dns.pt’,'no match’),
‘.org’ => array(‘whois.pir.org’,'NOT FOUND’)
);

If I had time, I’d add a 3rd field which would be the response when the domain IS available.

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 buy the cheapest, or the sketchiest. You can usually buy the frames at 1/2 to 1/3 of retail prices. YES they are authentic. I’m sure some are fakes, but they are easy to spot.

Step 3: Ship your new frames with the demo lenses to Wohl Optics. For $27 (with no special coatings) you will get your frames and perfect lenses shipped back to you in less than a week.

Total cost: ~$150

Enjoy.

No, I have nothing to gain from this, but I am impressed and satisfied with Wohl’s quality and quick turnaround. Even if they have a retarded link policy.

You’ve got to be kidding me.

You people are idiots.

Say hi to the newest member of our family, Franklin. This little monster is an 8.5 week old teddy bear puppy, which is a Shih-Tzu and Bichon mix. He’s pretty furry. My girlfriend and I picked him up yesterday and he’s already totally comfortable in our house.

I finally got glasses. I can see so much better now. I don’t need to wear them all the time, but when I do it’s like seeing in HD. If you are questioning your eyes like I did for over a year GO get them checked. Go somewhere good though. I went to a local optical shop and they said I was 20/20. I went to Mayo Clinic and their expensive machine noted that I definitely needed a minor correction. I was having a really hard time with blues and greens at distances.

Anyway, I see in HD.

PS. Check out this site for cheap glasses. (not affil)

I wish I could collect data on everything around me. I just moved into the new house and I’ve experienced the joys of having a lawn to take care of. Problem is, it wasn’t watered enough during early June and there are some brown areas. I’ve been trying to hit it hard with the sprinkler system, but I’m never really sure if I’m watering too much or too little.

I’ve been looking at getting one of these a Davis Vantage Pro weather station. The cool thing is you can add a soil moisture sensor and pin down exactly what the moisture situation is. The other cool thing is you can add the station to Weather Underground.

I’m pretty blown away by what they run $$$ though. I need to spend $1k to monitor my lawn like I need a hole in the head.

A few weeks ago Jeremy Zawodny made a post about the death of the $100 hamburger. With gas crossing $4/gal, and demand actually decreasing, it seems to be that the new $100 hamburger is going to be any time you take a drive in a car to grab lunch somewhere else. Say you drive 50 miles there, 50 miles back..your sports car gets 10 miles to the gallon…with lunch…that’s awfully close to a $100 trip.

My $100 hamburger is already any day I take the boat out and get a burger at Maynards. Oh well. You gotta pay to play.