April 2006 Archives

Just a quick note about a Random Name Generator that I've put on the site this afternoon. I had worked out the code earlier for a different project and decided to kick this portion out sperately. It will output five random first and last names on each visit. I do hope it will come in handy for you.

Thanks again for visiting,
-drmike

I have 474 messages to deal with in my deviantArt account.

Think I'll get to them today? :)

That's what I get for not logging in for over a week.

See that View Archives button to the upper right? That's where they went.

I found a tutorial over at Asymptomatic on how to create a shelf. Got the one working under the banner. Still working on the one in the sidebar to the right. It doesn't want to close.

Lots of fun.

While Owen includes sample code, his site uses a different version so it kind of threw me off for a bit. As he puts it, it's a case of "do as I say, not as I do." Oh well. It works now.

Now we get to slide it over to the webcomic.

• Add in the Category Image plug in to this blog.
• Add in the Adhesive plug in as well.
• Find and add in the "What plug ins do i have here" plug in.
• New Theme.
• Double check the sitemaps for all of our current sites.
• Start work on the FAQ blog.
• Answer pending questions over at the WordPress Support Forums.
• Verify all bound links to the blogs.
• Update all links to all blogs.
• email
• This post. :)
• Create Links Page
• Create Plug in list
• Add views back into posts and top reads

From here:

The US is close to losing its place as the top spam sending nation on Earth.

Statistics from security firm Sophos show that China is fast catching up the US as a source of junk e-mail.

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Graham Cluley, Sophos senior technology consultant, said that in 2004 more than half of all the spam in the world was coming from the US. This has dropped, he said, because the US was making efforts to find and fine prolific spammers in its orders.

From here:

The purpose of the bill is generally to prohibit the sending of commercial and promotional electronic messages to or from New Zealand where the recipient has not consented, or withdraws their consent, to receiving that message. ...

The perpetrator of an offence under the Act is liable to a penalty of up to $200,000.00 (if an individual) or $500,000.00 (if an organisation). In addition, the perpetrator can be ordered to pay a victim compensation for loss suffered, and/or damages equal to the financial benefit obtained by the perpetrator as a result of the offence.

[That's about US$120k and US$280k at current exchange rates]

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... The bill covers the sending of commercial and promotional electronic messages from or to New Zealand, whether or not an intended recipient's electronic address exists or the message reaches its intended destination.

The message can be in the form of text, writing, data, speech, music or other sounds, or visual images. Faxes and voice calls (including calls using a recorded or synthesized voice) made using the standard telephone system or voice-over internet protocol (VOIP) are not covered.

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The bill also prohibits the supply of address harvesting software or address lists produced by such software, unless the supplier had no reason to suspect that the software or list would be used in connection with sending unsolicited commercial or promotional electronic messages.

The supplier also has a defence if he or she did not know, or could not reasonably have known, that the recipient was physically present in New Zealand, or carried on business in New Zealand at the relevant time. This second defence is puzzling, given that the Act prohibits commercial or promotional emails being sent to, as well as from, New Zealand.

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It is somewhat ironic that the bill is unlikely to have little, if any, impact on the bulk of spam originating overseas. This is due to the difficulty of enforcement outside New Zealand. Indeed it is noted in Parliaments own commentary on the bill that the proposed legislation would not impact the US "SPAM top 10 hit list", a veritable smorgasbord of old favourites advertising adult sites, 'œperformnane' drugs and dubious financial schemes among others.

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Despite the additional burden of compliance on New Zealand business and the potential for unwitting scapegoats, it is imperative that anti-spam legislation is enacted in New Zealand. To fail to do so could allow New Zealand to become a haven to spammers.

If you haven't guessed, I'm a bit of a Kim Possible fan. The two Internet boards I visit each day are full of (what I think are) funny captions for pictures that I have come up with that I have also duped over here.

For the longest time, I've also been wanting to do an online webcomic.

One of my hosting clients suggested that I combine the two ideas.

Hmmm...

So, may i introduce the Kim Possible: Remixed WebComic.

Sure, it may be screencaps but that hasn't stopped many other webcomics from doing the same. I can't draw anyway.

It'll be updated twice a day. Once at midnight with what will probably be a caption I have already published and a newer caption around noon. That's US Eastern time by the way. (Currently -4 Universial Time)

Be sure to vote for it as well. :)

View it here

Thanks,
-drmike

Interesting take on the Titanic movie. Looks like this Derek Johnson has taken a number of other movies and put them together to make a promo for this one. The voice doing the voice over is pretty good as well. Give it a watch.

Ron: I'm sicker than you. Kim: No, I'm sicker than you. Ron: I'm sicker, KP! Kim: No, I'm sicker!

Kim and Ron later thought it was too bad about Rufus when Kim mistook him as a bug due to her sickness.