September 2003

  • Too Much Regulation

    If you live in the US, do you realize just how many regulations govern day-to-day tasks in our country? Sure, you've heard about the Patriot Act. You've read the complaints about how it infringes upon the right of legitimate citizens to receive a certain amount of protection from…

  • Moron IP Banning

    Okay, so I'm a moron. While it was an entertaining exercise, yesterday's bit about using PHP to block IP addresses probably wasn't completely necessary. Yes, that's right – Movable Type has IP banning built right in. So I just add the IP address to the list, and the…

  • Combating Comment Spam

    Three times in the last week I received comment spam. If you happened across it while reading one of my entries, I apologize for not getting to it quickly enough. All traces of those comments should be gone, but if you notice more, please let me know about…

  • Spare Change

    An excerpt from a letter published in the September 3 issue of Creative Loafing: One program which would at least help to reduce the spread of HIV would be a clean-needle program — the distribution of unused, sterile syringes to anyone, no questions asked. As a former public…

  • Dilbert Finance

    The other day I talked about the amount of wedding bills piled up by your typical couple on their special day. About a week ago, I went into the lifestyles that seem so prevalent these days. When was it, exactly, that our lives changed so much that they…

  • Watch Out for Beavers

    I generally listen to Bob & Tom on my way to work. Like most radio shows, they are often (but not always) entertaining. Some days they just float by in the background and I’d be hard-pressed to remember what is said. Quit giving me those looks. Listening to…

  • Serving Content

    I came across a post by someone who found something I wrote to be useful. That's cool. I'm glad someone is reading. One thing that this post reminded me of, that I didn't mention previously, is the MIME type of the document being served. In the case of…