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metaDotster is teh suck.Dotster may have cheap DNS registrations, but FYI: You can't change the A-Record on a Dotster registered domain without buying an extra service. Meaning that Dotster and Tumblr do not get along.
I suppose a refund is out of the question.
Fair Use Applies to us all, not just reportersThe AP really doesn't get it. I point you to Making Light:
At least the RIAA dirtbags pretend that they're protecting copyright on behalf of the artists. (They're not, but that's a discussion for another day.) How much of those "permission" payments will end up in the hands of the AP member who wrote the article in the first place? This is just another greedy money grab by the established fat-cats who see that their industry is dying and think that they can sue there way back to the 1950's when we had lots of trees to cut down so paper was cheap and people actually cared what the traditional press had to say. But let's talk about the hypocrisy at work here. The press is happy to cry "fair use" when they're stealing beer can logos and clippings from private speeches in order to cover the news-- (in the sense that you _honestly_ consider everything that's not in the two main news sections of any given paper news). This gets at the thing fundamentally wrong with the traditional press, and one of the main reasons I left it. The press seems to have forgotten that they aren't special. The tools of a good reporter are the same tools available to any member of the public. Reporters don't have any special rights or magic (beyond certain shield laws, which, believe me, have never been exercised on my behalf).
It's Coming!
Okauchee FilmakerJust posted a story about an Okauchee Kid who makes horror movies at Ocono.com.
Apart from breaking Publisher Pete's semantic markup and web standards compliance, with my posts, this is the thing I love about writing for Ocono.com. I still see all these amazingpeople doing these amazing creative things. The kid's movies are really good, considering the improvisational nature of them, and I actually enjoyed watching them today-- in spite of my natural desire to be cynical of them. Best. Ocono.com. Post. Ever.I just posted what may be my Magnum Opus of Ocono.com posts. Please enjoy Oconomowoc's Most Famous Former Drag Queen.
Hop over there, click a few ads, and enjoy!
Firefox's big security hole
Use Firefox's master password feature to slap a small bandaid on this problem. Ping times from Manitowish Waters.
Here are the pings to Google: And, just to be sure it wasn't trouble between the lappy and the gateway, here's a ping to the gateway:
I don't honestly expect any of you to find this interesting or even informational. I'm mostly posting this to keep track of for testing next time I'm up here. Sure, I could just put a text file on a thumbdrive, but I've got the internet to do my thinking for me, Darn it!
Internet StuffGot an email from my Uncle Jim on Last.FM, of all places. A more active way to make a "Radio station," but without having to go full-bore into hosting and running your own files are the Mixtape services. Anyway, keep on Rockin' Uncle Jim.
Conversation for the ages
Ego Alert Befuddles!If you don't have an Ego alert set up at Google Alerts, you're not serious about the Web. However, I got an alert today that was somewhat alarming. The text:
Can't figure out why it's setting of the alert, other than to concern me.
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