bopuc/weblog

6 if-8-1.core1.montreal.teleglobe.net (66.198.81.1) 23.254 ms 14.18 ms 10.804 ms 7 if-2-0.core2.newyork.teleglobe.net (64.86.83.226) 99.625 ms 138.619 ms 261.615 ms 8 if-9-0.core3.newyork.teleglobe.net (64.86.83.158) 117.682 ms 126.477 ms 102.5 ms 9 if-8-0.core2.losangeles.teleglobe.net (64.86.83.174) 86.923 ms 84.187 ms 85.992 ms 10 if-8-0.core2.paloalto.teleglobe.net (207.45.222.26) 98.09 ms 102.803 ms 101.986 ms 11 ix-9-2.core2.paloalto.teleglobe.net (207.45.196.70) 98.785 ms 99.088 ms 97.628 ms 12 ten8-1.paix-osr-a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.37.21) 98.298 ms 98.072 ms 98.468 ms 13 unused.ntwk.msn.net (64.4.63.74) 97.871 ms 99.846 ms 103.086 ms 14 gig3-47.bay-6nf-srch-2b.ntwk.msn.net (64.4.62.9) 105.528 ms 105.453 ms 107.239 ms Just ran the ablove Traceroute on the IP of what I knew to be a search spider, picked up from my access logs.... Well, this tells me Teleglobe, a (what I believe was originally) Montreal based company has provides the bandwidth for at least one of Microsoft's MSN data-centers.

Jim Moore's Journal: Addiction to the Center Friend Jim makes a dower observation: Here is the same line from the DLC:  "The Democratic Party has lost the Senate, the House, and the Presidency.  People see us as unprincipled and without vision.  Of course we need to run like Republicans!  What the hell would you do?"

Over the last few weeks, a realization has been slowly rising to the surface from the depths of my subconscious. (This is actually an apt portrayal of how generally my mind works, but I am going to share with you this specific one.)

ecto now has (what he is calling) WYSIAWYG (What You See Is Almost What You Get) weblog entry composing "without having to bother with HTML tags".... A little rough, like the dutchman himself, but nice (as well).

/me kicks himself for above gratuitous use of pop cultural reference. So I finally got fed up and hacked up a PHP script that generates a single RSS 1.0 feed containing the 20 most recent entries to my weblog, photolog and links.

This makes me so incredibly, furiously ill. Why, oh why oh why oh why oh why does man so single-mindedly seek to destroy his own humanity? (To be clear, this is not, in my view, an islamic issue: it is human.

Tonight, i am recoding the UI on an ecomm storefront I did originally did over 3 years ago. Tables upon tables, font tags, et al; no sign of semantic markup anywhere. I even had tables for 1 pixel high dotted divider lines.

bjork.com : medúlla special : interview “You know, its ironic that just at the point the lawyers and the businessmen had calculated how to control music, the internet comes along and fucks everything up.” Björk gives the finger again, this time waving it into the air.

Or: "Helping folks with their webpages since 1995!" The Papa Page I would also like to thank Boris Anthony for his ongoing support and advice on technical and layout matters. -Marcel Mitran, 24th of September,1995 Yeah yeah yeah, I am...

- STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Inflammable material is planted in my head It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead Their solutions are our problems They put up the wall On each side time and prime us And make sure we get fuck all They play their games of power They mark and cut the pack They deal us to the bottom But what do they put back?

Sleep, work, eat, jog, work, sleep. Thought I'd share quickly a few of the sites I've touched recently (the one's I can and want to show ya, that is...)

Olympian struggle - Fans face boot for eating or drinking wrong brands at games Strict regulations published by Athens 2004 last week dictate that spectators may be refused admission to events if they are carrying food or drinks made by...

The weapon against boring and weary surroundings With seamless vision diminishers, adjustable safetybelt, 40 Watt stereo speaker installation and standard compliant 3.5 mmm jack-plug for fully compatible audio-experience, you can totally shut yourself off from the surrounding world and...

Ed Bilodeau: How things have changed Some features of codes of professional ethics are common to all professions. A universal rule is that against advertising. Advertising among professional men has been defined as an ‘attempt to get practice by other...

On shuffle, first this (Daft Punk - Face to Face), and then this (Ben Harper - Walk Away). I am on the floor. Ah, phew! Flaming Lips - Do You Realize Do You Realize - that you have the most...

Has cell phone blogging found its place? | CNET News.com This article makes no sense to me. It seems to be a jumble of keywords like "weblogs", "moblogs", and "Social Networks"... LoMoSo, "Location-based mobile social networks". Then they go on...

Armed with poetry poets lurk streets and shoes skirts and sun poets lurk armed with poetry with lyre and rhythem poets yell into a sea of heads bobing across concrete below the shadow of the all seeing buildings armed...

Bloomberg: Bobby Fischer wants to give up his US citizenship Onetime world chess champion Bobby Fischer has submitted to the U.S. embassy in Tokyo a letter of intent to renounce his U.S. citizenship, said John Bosnitch, the head of the...

"Funny" is a point in space-time where any number of seemingly unrelated elements come together in a surprising and/or unexpected way. "Comedy" is a point in space-time where any number of seemingly unrelated elements are brought together in a surprising...

Just logged into one of my online banking accounts whereupon I was greeted with a quick questionaire. I wonder what response this would get me......

Some context: I do freelance web specialist work: web design, architecture, etc... I'll often take on small jobs for extra disposable income (or paying off the debts incurred from thinking I have disposable income... heh.) You know, those little brochure-type...

Microbe blamed for 100 deaths at Quebec hospital A bacterial agent commonly found in health-care settings has been blamed for the deaths of 100 patients in the last 18 months in a single Quebec hospital, says an infectious disease expert...

I don't usually mention technical details about this site here but, um, comments are back up. (I was being spam flooded the other day and quickly renamed the comment script... and promptly forgot to name it back...)...

Wirefarm : ∀ chat with Boris Jim and Ado got me, but good. I am SO gullible sometimes....

Le soleil, un rève, est là, a l'Est, juste après l'horizon. Le tempérament accabré du désir, ma monture, s'éforce contre l'unique corde, robuste et solide, qui me retient. Longtemps ai-j'essayé de défaire ce noeud damné. À défaut de volonté suffisamant...

Sudan: The Passion of the Present: A failure of will Forces from across the world are poised to help the people of Darfur, but no nation has the will to move forward. We are in a tragic and signal moment,...