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February 18, 2003
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Funny stuff: A satirical flash animation on the Dept. of Homeland Security's color coded warning system. There are many other great flash animations and some comics as well on Mark's site which are all very well done.
Salon.com update: It's sad to see Salon.com still struggling unable to pull things off but Scott Rosenberg feels some of the criticism is unwarranted. Someone responded to his post saying they believed Salon has been in the red for some time now and has done this to itself (high rent, other high expenses) which I agree with. I think that it would be a shame if Salon goes down the tubes but instead of going month to month, why not reduce overhead in other areas (i.e. rent). I don't work there so I don't know about what has and hasn't been done but it obviously hasn't been enough.
Tinkering: I beat Postfix + Cryus IMAP into submission this weekend so now I have a much nicer email setup where I can use a pop client to retrieve it from my machine at home. I need to write up some documentation on it.
Security: Seems like someone has been cracking away at a creditcard payment processing service. Initially 2.2 million cards were exposed but that number has ballooned to 5.5 million and now 8 million. Just goes to show how a web of trust can be a huge liability.
TV: Of all the people who vowed to boycott Fox's "Joe Millionaire", it got a great turn out. It seems that people who were angry about getting duped into watching a recap episode were pissed but didn't truly boycott the show. The human curiosity and addiction to reality TV triumphs again!!!!
Music: Tomorrow I will probably get Dar William's new cd. I've been listening to Mortal City and still think it's one of the best she has done. Ani Difranco is also coming out with another disc soon called Evolve which will be released March 11th.
Posted by beamz at February 18, 2003 5:27 PM