German hate mail spam

In case you need further proof that spam is evil, now it contains neo-Nazi propaganda (see also here). Actually, not only are these hateful diatribes being sent as spam, but they’re using systems infected with one of the recent überworms to do it. So. What can we learn from this? Bunches. But instead of ranting, [...]

Ack. So far behind.

So I’m doing another bullet-point list. (Quit whining and read, dammit!) The Onion discusses a potential downside to Massachusetts marriage equality. As is standard for The Onion, it’s quite good. A recent post on a Wikipedia mailing list pointed me to “What Makes a Fuckhead?“; this should be required reading for anybody with any administrative [...]

Follow-up on chocolate-for-password trading

Local boy Scott Granneman writes in the Reg, following up on the study I commented on a month ago. Propellerheads should read the first little bit; EVERYBODY should read the letter portion. (Especially my users.) Also of note is this list of passwords to avoid, which comes to us courtesy of the big article above. [...]

Yet even more reason to get off yer duff and do something -

according to a recently-released study, regular moderate aerobic exercise (like a brisk daily walk) can improve brain function in adults. The last couple paragraphs of that article – the quote – contain excellent advice for anybody starting an exercise program, though she’s a bit wordy. I’d probably phrase that as “Go easy to start, and [...]

Attention Pacific Northwest: please claim your weather…

because it isn’t supposed to rain like this in the Midwest! We expect hail and tornadoes and just general wrath-of-God stuff with our rain, not this steady downpour for three days crap. What’s going on here? Where’s the ark? While I’m thinking about it – Midwesterners, it’s just water. You aren’t going to melt if [...]