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All the studios are now Blu-ray…

Paramount was the last major studio to switch over, and now that they have, my inner-geek is looking to whatever’s up next. Naturally. I can’t help that. My brain just works like that. So what’s kicking around in my gourd, you ask? Well, digital downloads. And Drobo. And faster bandwidth. T_T Paramount officially Blu-ray (again) – Engadget HD: Posted Feb 21st 2008 3:17AM by Richard Lawler Michael Bay can breathe.. Read More

Perls of Wisdom – The Daily WTF

Wow. Great read. I recently experienced something similar. A new dev I know was learning a new language and got pretty confident in his skills. His home-brew site was getting some decent Adsense revenue. When a more experienced dev looked at his work, he realized that there were far more page-loads going on than were necessary, artificially driving the ad impression counts up. Looking deeper, there were several security holes,.. Read More

Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not still after me

I was on my way to Il Duce’s house to feed his wife’s cat and stopped at his corner gas station. This gas station is pretty brain-dead to start, so I’ll explain that day’s event before I relate them to the quoted story, below. I only buy the highest octane possible (which I realize is of questionable utility, but let’s skip that for now). When my pump wouldn’t work, I.. Read More