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Posted on entry Remembrances and anniversaries ::: September 11, 2008, 10:40 AM:
This is the 12th anniversary of my beloved virtual nephew's birth.
Posted on entry If you use Gmail, read this ::: August 25, 2008, 09:36 AM:
Of course, to encrypt your Gmail sessions, all you have to do is preface Gmail’s URL with “https†rather than “httpâ€, or turn on “always use https†from the “Browser Connection†settings of your Gmail account.

I've heard that one should always do the second, as doing the first -- sure, it protects your own connection, but Gmail won't know that the friendly http:// request that looks like it's coming from you is in fact from that guy packet sniffing your connection in Starbucks and engaging in a little man-in-the-middle exploitation.

When specifying that Gmail must always use https://, Gmail will then reject attempted exploits of that nature.
Posted on entry The honor of your assistance is requested in a small matter of language ::: August 21, 2008, 10:55 PM:
As there's no blanket ban on strings containing "ass", I might suggest the modern "asshat", which is somewhat more wholesome than "asshole", but also more evocative.

I see "pr0n" has already been mentioned.

Some of Japan's more interesting exports include hentai, which may or may not be yaoi, although these may be too specific.

Posted on entry CNN Spam? ::: August 10, 2008, 11:42 PM:
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I cleared out a boatload of them this morning; I'm not sure if there were others with different text.

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