Alex Shiels has announced that Textpattern 4.1 will use a BSD-style license instead of the GPL when it is released. Several reasons were provided which can be summarized as the GPL not being well-suited for scripting environments such as PHP, especially for programs which allow for plug-ins.
On one of my Firefox tabs there is a […]
Archive for March, 2006
Comment Spam Storm
22Mar06I just got hit with a boatload of comment spam linking to http://www.etaloninc.com/pacific-poker.html. Looks like a distributed attack by Post ID. Fucktards.
I’ve temporarily set comments to require registration. And registration has always been disabled. So no comments until further notice. Which may be never because the signal-to-noise ratio was pretty darned low without the spammers.
Protest Van
16Mar06Spotted on the way to work this morning. Click-thru to Flickr for pop-up notes of the text…
When I was shopping for car insurance I requested online quotes from pretty much every insurance company that I could name. One of them was AIG. I don’t remember exactly what happened that day, but I think their online process barfed on me right at the end. The quote never arrived in my e-mail and […]
My 14-day return period with the T-Mobile MDA is just about up. I’m grudgingly going to keep it… I’d rather use the MDA as a data-only device but T-Mobile recently jacked their unlimited data-only plan from $30 to $50, and for my usage patterns I’m better off spending $10 more to bundle their cheapest voice […]
Fraud Detection is Dumb
06Mar06My credit union’s VISA fraud department left a message for me on Friday evening. “Call us ASAP regarding some suspicious activity on your card, 800-BLA-BLAH.” Not the 800 number listed on the back of my card. Not any of the numbers listed on my credit union’s web site. Google and the various reverse directories on […]
Speaking of MSFP, i-mate has dropped AKU2 for the K-JAM in “World Wide English” and a few other languages. Check the xda-developers forum for details on how to get it. Early word is the MSFP works great, A2DP is disabled (possibly due to the Wizard’s weak CPU), and downgrades may not be possible so be […]
Free SIM Unlock for HTC Devices
02Mar06The HTC Wizard Unlocker removes the SIM lock from any HTC Wizard variant (T-Mobile USA MDA, Cingular 81xx, i-mate K-JAM, etc). You must sign in to the forum to see the download. Worked like a charm on my MDA. The tool can also perform a “CID unlock” to allow another vendor’s firmware to be used, […]
