Chad
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A Sense of Entitlement
Earlier today, I read a disturbing post at Mezzoblue. For those who don't know, Dave Shea is the creator and caretaker of the CSS Zen Garden. If you haven't visited the garden to see the designs that people come up with using pure CSS (no mucking about with…
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Just Another Bowl?
In the beginning (not that beginning), there was the Bud Bowl. Then the Butt Bowl. Now we have the Lingerie Bowl. I know, I know, I missed the announcement earlier this summer. Better late than never, right? So they say that these women will be playing 7-on-7 full…
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AS400 SQL
I had to use more SQL than usual the other day. It had been a while since I had much call to use SQL in my job for something more than a simple query, however. I needed to use it to update some records in a file as…
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Political Affiliation
I probably most closely align myself with the Libertarian point of view. I'm not always sure if I agree with the Libertarian Party point of view, but I would definitely consider myself a Libertarian at heart. I recently read a book about this very topic. It gets a…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…