I have been having an intermittent signal since May. After about a dozen calls to tech support, they finally sent a technician out who suggested I switch from a regular modem (which I've been using for three years now) with a router to a wireless one. The very next day, the troubles started again.
This time, they said they changed the port that services my home. They also suggested I had "a stack of tickets dating back to January." I was taken aback, since I've only noticed this issue since May. I called the customer support and they informed me that there were two tickets before May, and about 10 or so since May. They were giving me the "problem customer" speech and I wasn't having it.
So far, things really have been better; I haven't noticed the signal dropping since the change, so maybe this really will solve my problem (he said hopefully). This should also mean more posts. It was really hard to post when the signal was on again, off again. I should have posted about this before now, but it was so touch and go that I didn't really know what to say. Honestly, no one seems to know what the problem is to this day, so there's no way of knowing whether or not it has been rectified until it starts again... or (hopefully) doesn't.
© C Harris Lynn, 2012
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Actress Sues Amazon, IMdB
An unnamed actress "of Asian descent," who is from Texas, is suing Amazon for revealing her real age on IMdB. According to the suit, the actress "cannot physically portray" a 40-year-old woman, yet she is missing roles because IMdB lists her real age and she has such a "youthful appearance." I'm quoting a lot because the source and suit are so specious (and stupid).
The suit claims the actress, who is listed as Jane Doe, joined IMdB Pro in 2008, and the company listed her real age on her IMdB profile. The company refused to remove it when asked, so the actress is suing for a cool $75,000 plus $1 million punitive.
Amazon refused to comment on the suit.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
The suit claims the actress, who is listed as Jane Doe, joined IMdB Pro in 2008, and the company listed her real age on her IMdB profile. The company refused to remove it when asked, so the actress is suing for a cool $75,000 plus $1 million punitive.
Amazon refused to comment on the suit.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Police Searching for Serial Killer in LI
Authorities stumbled over the bodies of four prostitutes in Long Island while searching for another missing girl. All of the women had posted ads on Craigslist. Their corpses, in various stages of decay, were all found within a quarter-mile range. Police are offering a reward for information leading to a suspect.
On May 1st, a resident in the area called 911 after a girl 'who looked like she'd been partying all night' banged on his door, screaming someone was after her. She ran away into the woods and has not been seen since.
On May 1st, a resident in the area called 911 after a girl 'who looked like she'd been partying all night' banged on his door, screaming someone was after her. She ran away into the woods and has not been seen since.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Mystics Combat Wi-Fi with Orgone
Glastonbury, long a pilgrimage destination and center for alternative medicine practitioners, is also home to a pioneering, city-wide wi-fi system. But many of the town's residents blame the resulting EMF (electromagnetic fields) for all manner of illnesses, saying it disrupts their chakras and even the ley lines. According to them, the EMF (and radiation) generated by the wi-fi masts are causing headaches, nausea, even pneumonia!
While many are petitioning to have the masts removed, one Matt Todd has resorted to fighting back using orgone-based technology -- small, pure-energy generators made of quartz crystals, selenite, lapis lazuli stones, and gold leaf and copper coiling -- which is said to absorb and recycle the "negative energy" produced by the wi-fi masts. Orgone science was developed by William Reich in the 1930s, who posited that all living matter generates biological energy. It is actually based on the teachings of Sigmund Freud, and closely related to sexuality and Freud's libido theory: Orgone energy and orgasm share the same etymology.
Though only a single yellow journalist (repetitious) decried Reich's research, it was enough for the US government to set in motion their conspiracy to silence him (in fact, it was part of this conspiracy), and his research destroyed. A joint task force involving the corrupt FDA and FBI (repetitious) worked to discredit his work, then tried him in absentia (likely without his knowledge), and incarcerated him for Contempt of Court.
While proponents of Glastonbury's free wi-fi insist there is no link between the wi-fi and the alleged illnesses, even some who embraced the wireless technology have since turned their backs on the idea, claiming they develop symptoms when using Glastonbury's free wi-fi that clear-up when they switch back to a traditional broadband system.
Opponents of Orgone science insist there is no evidence to support its existence. The effects of EMF, however, are well-documented, and have long ago been weaponized by military units. While "traditional" health "officials" confess electromagnetic fields negatively impact people's health, they claim that there is not enough data to conclude how dangerous EMF is.
Glastonbury's city-wide wi-fi system is a pioneering effort: It is the first city in the UK to have free, area-wide Internet access -- something which displeases both the telecom industry and Britain's deadbeat government, alike.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
While many are petitioning to have the masts removed, one Matt Todd has resorted to fighting back using orgone-based technology -- small, pure-energy generators made of quartz crystals, selenite, lapis lazuli stones, and gold leaf and copper coiling -- which is said to absorb and recycle the "negative energy" produced by the wi-fi masts. Orgone science was developed by William Reich in the 1930s, who posited that all living matter generates biological energy. It is actually based on the teachings of Sigmund Freud, and closely related to sexuality and Freud's libido theory: Orgone energy and orgasm share the same etymology.
Though only a single yellow journalist (repetitious) decried Reich's research, it was enough for the US government to set in motion their conspiracy to silence him (in fact, it was part of this conspiracy), and his research destroyed. A joint task force involving the corrupt FDA and FBI (repetitious) worked to discredit his work, then tried him in absentia (likely without his knowledge), and incarcerated him for Contempt of Court.
While proponents of Glastonbury's free wi-fi insist there is no link between the wi-fi and the alleged illnesses, even some who embraced the wireless technology have since turned their backs on the idea, claiming they develop symptoms when using Glastonbury's free wi-fi that clear-up when they switch back to a traditional broadband system.
Opponents of Orgone science insist there is no evidence to support its existence. The effects of EMF, however, are well-documented, and have long ago been weaponized by military units. While "traditional" health "officials" confess electromagnetic fields negatively impact people's health, they claim that there is not enough data to conclude how dangerous EMF is.
Glastonbury's city-wide wi-fi system is a pioneering effort: It is the first city in the UK to have free, area-wide Internet access -- something which displeases both the telecom industry and Britain's deadbeat government, alike.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Is There Anybody Out There?
Social networking site, Bebo, held their A Message from Earth competition, from which 501 photos, drawings, and text messages were chosen to be transmitted to a planet some 20 light years from Earth.
A radio-telescope in the Ukraine, normally used to track asteroids, was used to transmit the content to the planet, though possibly capable of sustaining life. Organizers hope the binary "package" will reach Gliese 581C by 2029.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
A radio-telescope in the Ukraine, normally used to track asteroids, was used to transmit the content to the planet, though possibly capable of sustaining life. Organizers hope the binary "package" will reach Gliese 581C by 2029.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Oldest Bible Comes Online
The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament known so far, also called The Codex Sinaiticus, is coming online by July, 2009.
First discovered in the 19th-Century, the Codex was written in the 4th-Century and organized into quires, which were numbered in sequence. Portions of it exist in various parts of the world, including Germany and Russia, though scholars will not explain how this happened. The digital effort combines all of these disparate sections into the whole text which will be available for download.
"Lingering sensitivity" over how portions found their way to Russia were cited to explain why further explanation is not forthcoming. The Codex was first discovered in Germany by a Biblical scholar and monks later discovered 12 more pages and 40 fragments hidden in a monastery in 1975. It is handwritten in Greek, though no one knows where.
Some interesting differences in the Codex and modern Biblical text includes the absence of the Resurrection, and the inclusion of books unknown to the Catholic and Protestant canon. It also contains some elements of the Old Testament, though scholars note this may be because it was simply cheaper to bind the elements together.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
First discovered in the 19th-Century, the Codex was written in the 4th-Century and organized into quires, which were numbered in sequence. Portions of it exist in various parts of the world, including Germany and Russia, though scholars will not explain how this happened. The digital effort combines all of these disparate sections into the whole text which will be available for download.
"Lingering sensitivity" over how portions found their way to Russia were cited to explain why further explanation is not forthcoming. The Codex was first discovered in Germany by a Biblical scholar and monks later discovered 12 more pages and 40 fragments hidden in a monastery in 1975. It is handwritten in Greek, though no one knows where.
Some interesting differences in the Codex and modern Biblical text includes the absence of the Resurrection, and the inclusion of books unknown to the Catholic and Protestant canon. It also contains some elements of the Old Testament, though scholars note this may be because it was simply cheaper to bind the elements together.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Don't Leave Your Non-Christian Loved Ones Behind!
The You Have Been Left Behind website allows Christians who have been called home by the Rapture to send e-mails and documents to their loved ones after they are gone.
Seriously.
The system is set to trigger several days after three out of five members fail to logon. The members are scattered throughout the US so a natural disaster or outage cannot trigger the system.
For $40.00 annually, you get two boxes: One encrypted and one unencrypted. You can send encrypted mail to up to 12 "lost souls," and unencrypted documents to up to 50 "damned and doomed" fools Left Behind.
In case you are a member, please: You were right, so don't rub it in! Just go the hell away!
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
UPDATE: The site has apparently been changed, so the link has been removed. - 2018
Seriously.
The system is set to trigger several days after three out of five members fail to logon. The members are scattered throughout the US so a natural disaster or outage cannot trigger the system.
For $40.00 annually, you get two boxes: One encrypted and one unencrypted. You can send encrypted mail to up to 12 "lost souls," and unencrypted documents to up to 50 "damned and doomed" fools Left Behind.
In case you are a member, please: You were right, so don't rub it in! Just go the hell away!
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
UPDATE: The site has apparently been changed, so the link has been removed. - 2018
Friday, June 6, 2008
Up and Running!
Today will be a good one (barring any unforeseen events), as we finally got our DSL up and going. I know I already have a full-plate when it comes to topics I'm working on, but I got one of the sources I've used before back out of the library, so I'm going to try and get a few more stories and accounts out of it.
Of course, there's no way of knowing what will be useful and what isn't until it's needed, but so long as I have it, I'm going to go through and share whatever tickles my fancy. Having that book and reading the Bogey entry at the time that Ghost Hunters EVP was made was serendipitous to the point of fantastic. I guess it depends on how you feel about "coincidence." No matter how it came to pass, I am certain I correctly identified that EVP -- even though it's only one more clue as to what sort of entity they were dealing with.
Like I said in the post, given the nature of the Hell-Fire Caves, it is very possible the entity was malevolent -- whether or not you want to keep the Bogey as an entity or classification (which I would not suggest), as whatever communicated may have been Elemental or may have been some sort of once-human remnant -- but it is definitely controlled by some sort of intelligence.
Anyway, we'll get into all of it in just a few.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
Of course, there's no way of knowing what will be useful and what isn't until it's needed, but so long as I have it, I'm going to go through and share whatever tickles my fancy. Having that book and reading the Bogey entry at the time that Ghost Hunters EVP was made was serendipitous to the point of fantastic. I guess it depends on how you feel about "coincidence." No matter how it came to pass, I am certain I correctly identified that EVP -- even though it's only one more clue as to what sort of entity they were dealing with.
Like I said in the post, given the nature of the Hell-Fire Caves, it is very possible the entity was malevolent -- whether or not you want to keep the Bogey as an entity or classification (which I would not suggest), as whatever communicated may have been Elemental or may have been some sort of once-human remnant -- but it is definitely controlled by some sort of intelligence.
Anyway, we'll get into all of it in just a few.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
RSF Virtual Protests - March 12
Reporters Without Borders (RSF -- not the BLACK OPS investment firm) set up virtual versions of nine real places where protesting is usually outlawed, and invited people from all over the world to join in protesting Web censorship this past Thursday.
Virtual areas included China's Tiananmen Square, and Kim Il-Sung Square in North Korea. The RSF noted that at least 62 cyber-dissidents are in jail around the world, and over 2500 sites, blogs, and forums were closed or blocked last year alone.
[We can prove that, and much more. And, lest we omit, Obama was acting President at this time. - ed., 2018]
The demonstrations lasted 24 hours and attracted thousands. Users were encouraged to create avatars and banners, and participate in one of the virtual demonstrations in nine countries.
The event is set to take place annually on the 12th of March.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
Virtual areas included China's Tiananmen Square, and Kim Il-Sung Square in North Korea. The RSF noted that at least 62 cyber-dissidents are in jail around the world, and over 2500 sites, blogs, and forums were closed or blocked last year alone.
[We can prove that, and much more. And, lest we omit, Obama was acting President at this time. - ed., 2018]
The demonstrations lasted 24 hours and attracted thousands. Users were encouraged to create avatars and banners, and participate in one of the virtual demonstrations in nine countries.
The event is set to take place annually on the 12th of March.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
Sunday, December 16, 2007
OpenID Compliant
As you may know, The OddBlog and several of the other blogs from The Weirding run through Blogger FTP. While we allow comments from anonymous users, all comments are held for moderation to reduce spam and pointless flames (we publish good flames, just not the ones that are nothing more than strings of curse words and "your a looser"-type vitriol).
Many commentators actually would post with their screen names, but they don't have a Blogger account and don't want to create one just to post a single comment, or even a handful now and again on several blogs - and I understand that. I know from personal experience how many accounts I have strewn across the Web and how few of them I log into on anything close to a regular basis.
But Blogger now supports OpenID, and so does The Weirding. This means that you can leave comments with your OpenID on any of The Weirding blogs. Since we are new to this, we have not signed up to become an OpenID affiliate, meaning that if you sign up, you'll probably have to surf back here manually, so here's a great excuse to bookmark us! Or better yet, add us to your RSS feed reader (just click the little orange icon in the address bar).
We'll keep you posted as to any further developments, should it be necessary. But for now, just know that you don't have to remain anonymous if you don't have a Blogger account.
Many commentators actually would post with their screen names, but they don't have a Blogger account and don't want to create one just to post a single comment, or even a handful now and again on several blogs - and I understand that. I know from personal experience how many accounts I have strewn across the Web and how few of them I log into on anything close to a regular basis.
But Blogger now supports OpenID, and so does The Weirding. This means that you can leave comments with your OpenID on any of The Weirding blogs. Since we are new to this, we have not signed up to become an OpenID affiliate, meaning that if you sign up, you'll probably have to surf back here manually, so here's a great excuse to bookmark us! Or better yet, add us to your RSS feed reader (just click the little orange icon in the address bar).
We'll keep you posted as to any further developments, should it be necessary. But for now, just know that you don't have to remain anonymous if you don't have a Blogger account.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Hatred, By God
You know, with everything going on in the Middle East and really everywhere else, I have to wonder - and this is a totally, completely... I mean, this has been discussed to death at different times throughout the ages, so this is certainly nothing new - but I have to wonder whether organized religion has any place in a modern society?
One can argue that many religions impart good values and morals, but at the end of the day, nothing else has caused more death, wanton destruction, and warfare than religion. Whether on a mass scale or individually, religion is the usual excuse for nearly all Evil.
Like I said, this is not a new concept and I'm not trying to make it sound anymore important this go-round than anyone else who has pondered the issue before me, but the world has entered yet another phase of unchecked religious fervor and we're all suffering because of it.
The thing that is different this time is that I actually do have a few suggestions to rectify the situation -- well, one; I have one suggestion:
Stop it.
Seriously.
Just stop it. I'm not being flippant.
In almost every religion, the basic teaching is that the followers are "The Chosen Ones" who will go on to greater things, whether in life or afterward. So why not just accept that you are The Chosen Ones and leave everyone else the hell alone? What is it about humanity that makes every person want to sit in judgment over his fellow man? I find it prosaic to think that it all boils down to displacement -- trying to feel better about themselves by castigating others; I think it goes deeper, in that the people who act like that do so partially because they think it is going to grant them some kind of redemption. The whole concept of "saving" someone, not from him- or her- self, but from Eternal Hellfires or the Corruption of the Western World, or whatever other demonic influence a religion can preach to beware of, somehow endears one to their chosen god.
And I think the recent resurgence in this zealotry is directly related to the rise of the Web. With access to such a wealth of information -- and, yes, disinformation -- a lot of people vie for simpler times. I don't necessarily think they see the Web as Evil so much as they are cowed by the rampant ignorance, greed, and basic ugliness of humanity -- something that was once easier to overlook, now almost impossible to ignore thanks to the Web. A lot of people are pushing for more traditional values and ideals in the face of millions of porn sites, Girls Gone Wild videos, YouTube catfights, et. al. The ugliness has always been here, it just hasn't always been this accessible.
Which brings us to the matter of Freedom of Speech and the Web, and I have to remind everyone of this: Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater is not a Freedom of Speech issue. Pornographers aren't making any "message," they're just making money (and too often victimizing others); I guess performers and public speakers do have a right to use racial epithets, but that doesn't make it right; and on and on in that vein. The Web has taken things you once has to go out of your way to find -- vice, greed, hatred, violence, blatant sex of all kind -- and made them easily, and widely accessible, in anyone's home. And that is scary.
But turning to extremities to suppress these things is just as bad in the opposite direction, and I think people know that intrinsically; it's just more of an emotional response that is going to take some time to even-out. And don't get me wrong, I think a lot of the people who have fallen prey to this type of thinking really believe what they are pushing -- or at least they really want to -- and I don't see anything wrong with that. I believe religion for some people -- to whatever extent -- feeds a spiritual hunger we all have, the way reading and learning feeds an intellectual need (which too few people have). The problem is that most of the really religious people are the other side of the same coin to those who are so vehemently anti-religious: They feed one of those hungers to excess while starving the other -- a gluttony of its own kind.
The problem with religion is that it is far too easily abused by despots and other would-be criminal masterminds. It is a very convenient, very powerful, tool Evil entities use to subject entire peoples to their whims.
There is no way to turn back time; the Web isn't going anywhere. There is always the chance of a major, earth-shattering event which will cripple it, but smaller networks will replace it the way they preceded it. Computers are not the enemy; the enemy is the same as it has ever been: Man. No matter your god, no god has yet changed Man for the better, so we all might as well accept that and try to move on from it.
In the meantime, just stop it.
One can argue that many religions impart good values and morals, but at the end of the day, nothing else has caused more death, wanton destruction, and warfare than religion. Whether on a mass scale or individually, religion is the usual excuse for nearly all Evil.
Like I said, this is not a new concept and I'm not trying to make it sound anymore important this go-round than anyone else who has pondered the issue before me, but the world has entered yet another phase of unchecked religious fervor and we're all suffering because of it.
The thing that is different this time is that I actually do have a few suggestions to rectify the situation -- well, one; I have one suggestion:
Stop it.
Seriously.
Just stop it. I'm not being flippant.
In almost every religion, the basic teaching is that the followers are "The Chosen Ones" who will go on to greater things, whether in life or afterward. So why not just accept that you are The Chosen Ones and leave everyone else the hell alone? What is it about humanity that makes every person want to sit in judgment over his fellow man? I find it prosaic to think that it all boils down to displacement -- trying to feel better about themselves by castigating others; I think it goes deeper, in that the people who act like that do so partially because they think it is going to grant them some kind of redemption. The whole concept of "saving" someone, not from him- or her- self, but from Eternal Hellfires or the Corruption of the Western World, or whatever other demonic influence a religion can preach to beware of, somehow endears one to their chosen god.
And I think the recent resurgence in this zealotry is directly related to the rise of the Web. With access to such a wealth of information -- and, yes, disinformation -- a lot of people vie for simpler times. I don't necessarily think they see the Web as Evil so much as they are cowed by the rampant ignorance, greed, and basic ugliness of humanity -- something that was once easier to overlook, now almost impossible to ignore thanks to the Web. A lot of people are pushing for more traditional values and ideals in the face of millions of porn sites, Girls Gone Wild videos, YouTube catfights, et. al. The ugliness has always been here, it just hasn't always been this accessible.
Which brings us to the matter of Freedom of Speech and the Web, and I have to remind everyone of this: Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater is not a Freedom of Speech issue. Pornographers aren't making any "message," they're just making money (and too often victimizing others); I guess performers and public speakers do have a right to use racial epithets, but that doesn't make it right; and on and on in that vein. The Web has taken things you once has to go out of your way to find -- vice, greed, hatred, violence, blatant sex of all kind -- and made them easily, and widely accessible, in anyone's home. And that is scary.
But turning to extremities to suppress these things is just as bad in the opposite direction, and I think people know that intrinsically; it's just more of an emotional response that is going to take some time to even-out. And don't get me wrong, I think a lot of the people who have fallen prey to this type of thinking really believe what they are pushing -- or at least they really want to -- and I don't see anything wrong with that. I believe religion for some people -- to whatever extent -- feeds a spiritual hunger we all have, the way reading and learning feeds an intellectual need (which too few people have). The problem is that most of the really religious people are the other side of the same coin to those who are so vehemently anti-religious: They feed one of those hungers to excess while starving the other -- a gluttony of its own kind.
The problem with religion is that it is far too easily abused by despots and other would-be criminal masterminds. It is a very convenient, very powerful, tool Evil entities use to subject entire peoples to their whims.
There is no way to turn back time; the Web isn't going anywhere. There is always the chance of a major, earth-shattering event which will cripple it, but smaller networks will replace it the way they preceded it. Computers are not the enemy; the enemy is the same as it has ever been: Man. No matter your god, no god has yet changed Man for the better, so we all might as well accept that and try to move on from it.
In the meantime, just stop it.
Monday, September 24, 2007
2020
This post originally appeared on another blogsite which is no longer around. I really liked it and have been waiting to repost it here for a long time now.
The Pew Center recently did a study in which it asked a lot of industry leaders what shape and direction they thought the Internet would have and take by the year 2020. And I don't think much has changed in these peoples' thinking since the question was asked before...
The most interesting thing is that 58% think there will be some sort of Luddite insurgency, possibly with violence. They're not sure if it will be focused at the technology itself or the effects of it, but the majority agrees, "...there will be more Unabombers."
The majority also agreed that the Internet would be low-cost and widespread, with more people being more effective online than off-. They seem to be basically split as to whether or not this is a good thing; some say more people will be living in virtual worlds, which will greatly affect the economy and real-world society. They also argued the difference between privacy and "transparency," noting that the powerful will remain less transparent and that privacy can be secured. And I believe this to be true; as one of the people involved said, we have laws against people using a telescope to look into our windows and eventually, this same sort of legality will apply to people poking through our online activities and files.
The article on the report is intriguing and eye-opening and I hope it sparks more discussion amongst online users.
I personally think that the Internet will be widely-used by the year 2020, primarily accessed by mobile/portable devices, have stringent copyright and privacy laws in place, and largely work invisibly. It will be impossible to tell your TV from your radio from your Internet; they will all be the same.
It's happening even now: cellphone-users refer to IMing as "texting," without even knowing that it's just IM technology over a cellphone. TiVo allows you to program your TV to not only switch to the channel when your program is on, but to record it if you want to watch something else. Pretty soon, your universal remote will not only control all of your electronic appliances, but hook up to your computer through USB and download software updates, synch with your online calendar, and more. Every cable and satellite subscriber will receive a free e-mail address accessible via remote. It's happening right now and people either don't realize it or are simply not accepting it.
The Pew Center recently did a study in which it asked a lot of industry leaders what shape and direction they thought the Internet would have and take by the year 2020. And I don't think much has changed in these peoples' thinking since the question was asked before...
The most interesting thing is that 58% think there will be some sort of Luddite insurgency, possibly with violence. They're not sure if it will be focused at the technology itself or the effects of it, but the majority agrees, "...there will be more Unabombers."
The majority also agreed that the Internet would be low-cost and widespread, with more people being more effective online than off-. They seem to be basically split as to whether or not this is a good thing; some say more people will be living in virtual worlds, which will greatly affect the economy and real-world society. They also argued the difference between privacy and "transparency," noting that the powerful will remain less transparent and that privacy can be secured. And I believe this to be true; as one of the people involved said, we have laws against people using a telescope to look into our windows and eventually, this same sort of legality will apply to people poking through our online activities and files.
The article on the report is intriguing and eye-opening and I hope it sparks more discussion amongst online users.
I personally think that the Internet will be widely-used by the year 2020, primarily accessed by mobile/portable devices, have stringent copyright and privacy laws in place, and largely work invisibly. It will be impossible to tell your TV from your radio from your Internet; they will all be the same.
It's happening even now: cellphone-users refer to IMing as "texting," without even knowing that it's just IM technology over a cellphone. TiVo allows you to program your TV to not only switch to the channel when your program is on, but to record it if you want to watch something else. Pretty soon, your universal remote will not only control all of your electronic appliances, but hook up to your computer through USB and download software updates, synch with your online calendar, and more. Every cable and satellite subscriber will receive a free e-mail address accessible via remote. It's happening right now and people either don't realize it or are simply not accepting it.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Still Moving...
Okay, as I mentioned over to The Rundown, we are moving The Weirding to a new host. I have absolutely no idea how this is going to affect The OddBlog, as it is hosted on The Weirding. As I've mentioned at least a half-million times, The OddBlog often gives me error messages when publishing and it takes so damn long to go through that I don't spend as much time posting here as I'd like to. I do not have these problems posting to Weird Ink (which is also hosted on The Weirding), and I have tried playing with settings here until I am blue in the face, so once the move is over - which should hopefully be tomorrow or the next day - I may just change the settings to point directly to the IP address and see if that helps anything.
At any rate, if you start getting error messages about Page Not Found (404) and so forth, just give it to the end of the week. I don't think you'll need to update your bookmarks or anything, but I can't promise; I've never done this before so I'm not sure what to expect, but of course we'll keep you informed as best we can.
P.S.: I just came back to edit this and add this little note because I updated the settings and it said it all published fine but this post isn't showing up. Let's see if this does the trick. Sorry for this, guys and again, thanks for your patience and support!
At any rate, if you start getting error messages about Page Not Found (404) and so forth, just give it to the end of the week. I don't think you'll need to update your bookmarks or anything, but I can't promise; I've never done this before so I'm not sure what to expect, but of course we'll keep you informed as best we can.
P.S.: I just came back to edit this and add this little note because I updated the settings and it said it all published fine but this post isn't showing up. Let's see if this does the trick. Sorry for this, guys and again, thanks for your patience and support!
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