So the spam problem finally got to be a little overwhelming on our BendCable email account, and we opted in to use BendCable’s anti-spam software/service, Spam Pounder. But here’s the catch: you don’t actually get this anti-spam service on your regular bendcable.com email, no—instead they change your email to a bendbroadband.com address because that’s where… Continue reading Spam Pounder
Author: Jon
Flipping Switches
I’m flipping switches on my blog tonight, and going live with my new CMS I’m working on. Hopefully, all will work as planned; consider this entry a test message.
Back with links
Okay, yes, so I didn’t write anything here last night, the first time since the beginning of the year that I missed a night. I actually felt a little guilty about that. Keeps me honest, I guess. Anyway, I’m back tonight with some links. The first is Topix.net, courtesy of ongoing. On the front page,… Continue reading Back with links
CMS Ranting
Gadgetopia has a good rant on content management that I’m just getting around to posting about. (CMS’s Should Manage Content, Not Display It) My solution was to write a function library to make raw database calls to get everything out in a nice, big, nested PHP array. I essentially built an API for the CMS… Continue reading CMS Ranting
Cheese
I was looking at a cookbook over at my parents’ house this evening and came across a general primer on making cheese. I was under the impression that making cheese was a rather complicated procedure, but it turns out it’s not, really; only time-consuming. Basically you separate milk into whey and curds, and then drain… Continue reading Cheese
Timely Wired Issue
After all the hubbub over Google the last few days, I thought it was pretty interesting when my issue of Wired came today, with “Googlemania!” on the cover. Timely.
Writing tips
Here’s a good link for anyone who’s trying to be a writer: Learn Writing with Uncle Jim. It’s a series of posts on a message board on the topic of writing commercial novels, from a professional writer. It’s also an insane 27 pages long, with 21 (is that right? I counted twice…) posts per page.… Continue reading Writing tips
Casting Call
From katu.com, Big-time movie director holding open casting call in Portland: Gus Van Sant is looking for people for his next movie: …show up on Sunday, Feb. 29, for an open casting call for Portland writer-director Gus Van Sant’s latest movie, a story about rock ‘n’ roll in the Northwest grunge heyday. The casting call… Continue reading Casting Call
Is Google Broken?
Elsewhere on this site I’ve stated that I love Google. That still mostly holds true, but there’s been some things about Google lately that are making me pause a bit. The first concerns Google’s apparent abandonment of RSS for (exclusively) the still-incubating Atom syndication format/API. I won’t bother rehashing the situation here; if you want… Continue reading Is Google Broken?
Big Bangs… and Bangs… and Bangs…
There’s an interesting article in the February issue of Discover Magazine on the Big Bang theory—or rather, an alternative to the Big Bang theory. (No good link to the article itself, sorry; Discover only allows registered Discover subscribers to read the full article online.) The gist of the alternative theory is that rather than having… Continue reading Big Bangs… and Bangs… and Bangs…