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PhPh: School of Muaaahahahaah ... ahem. Rock.
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Phreaky Phriday - Manoj: Telemarketer Elite
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PhPh: Slinky Dance Guy Just Served You!
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Tom Cruise, Scientologist
michael
If you haven’t seen it yet, you have to go watch these clips. They are from a recent Scientology awards ceremony at which Tom Cruise was the honoree. They are … wow. Just watch, and then comment.
This is going to be an interesting case if it evolves. Scientologists have always used legal pressure to keep embarrassing materials out of the public eye. These videos were uploaded to youtube and google video first, and then removed after threat of lawsuit. Gawker Media, who owns both Gawker.com and Defamer.com, where the clips are now being hosted, has stated their intent to leave the clips up, claiming that they are newsworthy, and therefore their right to distribute them is protected speech.
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macheist '08
michael
Macheist is up!
If you’re a mac user, and you don’t know, then you SHOULD know! Macheist is a bundle of software from independent mac software developers (what does that mean, exactly? they haven’t signed with a major label? they do lo-fi development? their apps haven’t yet received radio airplay?). The more people who buy the bundle, the more apps get unlocked. This is some high-quality gear, and for $49 it’s tough to pass up.
Do me a favor, if you decide to do do it, use my referral link:
https://www.macheist.com/buy/invite/29317
Who’s in? What’s your favorite in the bunch? Which one looks most interesting?
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Phreaky Phriday: You can call him "Toast"
michael
His name is Kent French, but you can call him toast.
The eyes. You have to watch the eyes.
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spam-licious
michael
We’re under a massive spam attack right now. There have been about 600 spam comments lobbed at this blog since 4AM this morning. They come in floods, 30 or so in about a minute. They’re trying to overwhelm the spam filters, I think. It’s making it difficult to post or comment, because the database has to handle huge chunks of data moving in and out, and the spam filter slows that down quite a bit. It’s not a problem when one or two people are commenting at once, but it is a problem when a spam-bot tries to cram 30 at once down the pipe.
All that to say … I hate spam. I hate that it, apparently, works. I hate that a few nefarious cretins have destroyed email as a useful communications tool, and are now trying to destroy blogging as well.
What I like, however, is akismet. It was built by the same people who designed WordPress (the software that runs Addison Road), and it just plain works at preventing spammy comments. How well? Since I installed it, there have been 200,689 offers for home mortgages and penis pills that none of you got the chance to mock (or click through on, bobby).
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Addison Road Sign
michael
This was taken by Doug, my pastor, on his most recent vacation.
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discount shopping, web 2.0 style
michael
This is my new favorite site:
Need to buy something online? Pop over, search by the name of the company, pull up all of the existing promo codes. I just saved 30% on a hotel in San Diego for the weekend. Earlier this month we got free shipping on a gift order from Wine.com.
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Facebook
michael
Anybody else here on facebook? You can find my profile here, if you are. Let’s me friends! The fake internet kind!
