Recently some spammers have started to use random @boulter.com addresses as the return addresses for their spam. This means I’m getting tons of bounces from emails I never sent. I’m able to filter and toss most of them, but a few custom replies make it through. This is one of the most entertaining I’ve recieved, …
You end up solving a lot of anagrams when Geocaching. Any strange-looking title is probably an anagram (and a hint). Often the hint is an anagram or parts of the description. Some caches are even entirely anagrams. There are a number of tools out there to solve anagrams, but they all seem to try to …
Well, the past weekend was Halloween, which meant one thing – we needed to hide from trick or treaters. We had planned to head to Mono Lake, but snow hit the Sierras early this year, and the pass was closed. So we cancelled that trip and booked a hotel in Carmel, or Carmel-by-the-Sea. We headed …
I’ve heard a few people say they would go to extremes if Bush wins the election. Just in case he does, here’s a link those people might want to keep handy. You were serious, right?
I never thought I’d see those words together. I tend to be pretty conversative in my views and that means that I usually vote Republican. But this election is different. I did what I usually do before voting absentee – I take some of the online quizzes about my views and then see how they …
No hot beverages will be served due to a temporary reverse osmosis problem. — Yahoo email explaning the tragic unavailability of coffee during later hours. Reverse osmosis problem? Sounds scary!
“Personally, I’m playing the worst baseball of my life.” — Johnny Damon of the Boston Red Sox regarding his poor post-season performance, batting .083
MSNBC added RSS feeds today, following the long lead of Yahoo! News. Far from innovating, they actually copied much of the text from Yahoo’s RSS page. Here’s one example from each page, but look at each page yourself to see ALL the similarities: Yahoo MSNBC What are the terms of use? The feeds are provided …
The Governerator gave me a ringy-dingy today, just as he’s in a habit to do every one in a while. It’s nice to hear from him – really. I know he’s busy, but really appreciate it when he takes the time to stay in touch with me. Unfortunately I wasn’t home, so we didn’t get …
Well, this page looks a bit different now and that’s a good thing. I switched from Movable Type to WordPress. I switched mostly because I was losing the war on comment spam and WordPress looked cool. I liked the ability to hack on PHP to make it do what I want. I’ve been impressed with …