August 29, 2003
My Unhappy Pussy
This is not one of my typical hard-hitting, entertaining (not to mention fair and balanced) blog postings. Instead, it's an article about my sad kitty cat.... (read more)
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August 25, 2003
Texas AG Weighs in on Spam
Link: Can Texas Lasso Spam? The linked article, from the Foat Wurth Startlegram, discusses the pending Texas spam law and quotes me being skeptical. It says the Texas Attorney General... (read more)
August 22, 2003
Top Sobig Morons: Pace Enterprises
I previously ranted about moronware virus scanners. Now I shall rant about the morons who run them. I thought I'd look at some of the Sobig.F bounce messages I'm getting... (read more)
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August 20, 2003
Continuing Adventures in the Land of Software Morons
I'm not seeing so much of the Sobig.F worm. What I am seeing, however, is dozens and dozens of reports generated by virus scanners written by morons. Most every email... (read more)
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August 19, 2003
Surf's Up
I heart trashy instrumental guitar music. Now, I can get a weekly dose, at the Hot Rod Surfin' Party every Monday night (9-12) at Beerland, Texas. This surf showcase is... (read more)
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August 18, 2003
Bloggers Protest, Nobody Cares
Last week offered yet another reality check on how disconnected webloggers can be from the real world. Last Friday was Fair and Balanced Friday. I participated along with scores of... (read more)
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August 15, 2003
Emusic.com Hits a Sour Note
This was supposed to be a glowing review of a wonderful music download service. That was a great plan, until I actually tried to use it. I had high hopes... (read more)
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Fair and Balanced: A Note to my Readers
Thank you for visiting my humble weblog. I know there are something like 50 or 60 other blogs on the Interweb you could be reading instead of mine. I am... (read more)
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August 14, 2003
postping: A Utility for Trackback Aggregation
Link: Software Archive: postping In one of the earlier incarnations of the Austin Bloggers web site, we used a simple utility to aggregate trackback pings into a meta-blog. This system... (read more)
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August 12, 2003
Microsoft Issues Patch for Buggy Lawsuit
Link: Microsoft says sorry to 'spammer' This is a followup to an article I posted in June. Microsoft had just unleashed a torrent of lawsuits against spammers. It appeared, however,... (read more)
August 07, 2003
News on the Texas Spam Law
Link: Legislation signals round one in the battle of spam. (News 8 Austin) In the linked story, I talked to News 8 Austin about the impending Texas spam law. Regular... (read more)
Just Ignore the GWF
I was reading a mailing list yesterday, where ISP abuse desk personnel were complaining about the morons who run crummy firewall software on their home computers and call support with... (read more)
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August 06, 2003
Spam of the Month: Aug 2003
We are less than a week into the month, and I'm pretty sure I've got this month's winner already. This spam comes from Hong Kong, with a subject of: Subject:... (read more)
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August 03, 2003
Ain't no Apricot Seeds in the Pokey
Link: Bellerose Man Convicted Of Selling Apricot Pits As Remedy Jason Vale was never one of the most significant spammers, but he was one of the more persistent and... (read more)
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