U.S. Embasador to Canada says that promoting free trade will help fight terrorism around the world.Capitalism will bring about world prosperity, who knew?
Today is the Internets 35th anniversary. So lets keep the internet in our thoughts as we... use the internet... better yet, lets go reboot some Ciscos in a celebratory manner.
Carving started at 8:48pm, it is now 10:52pm. It was one hell of a long and tricky carving session, but the results were well worth it.
As a sidenote to any punk kids that are thinking about kicking my pumpkin over. Be warned, that I will hose your asses down with my paintball gun till you question gods existence.
As a sidenote to any punk kids that are thinking about kicking my pumpkin over. Be warned, that I will hose your asses down with my paintball gun till you question gods existence.
Thus far, no one that I've ever discused this show with seems to be a fan, or for that fact even mildly like or tolerate the show. Sad really... sad for those poor suckers!!
Because they are going to be missing out on this awsome Home Movies - Season One DVD coming out November 16th.
w00t!
Because they are going to be missing out on this awsome Home Movies - Season One DVD coming out November 16th.
w00t!
Who's got Kevin Smith tickets? This guy has Kevin Smith tickets. BOOYA!
Wow, the new Gwen Stefani What You Waiting For video is great. She looks super hot and the whole thing is Alice in Wonderland themed. She plays all the characters from the story, Alice, The Queen, The Twins, the sumtin or other... you get the point.
The 3 minute lead into the video is a little annoying, but once the video starts, all is forgiven.
The 3 minute lead into the video is a little annoying, but once the video starts, all is forgiven.
- Aleks Svaensson - Syvelleve
- da.nu.lo - I'm not right (It's what's left)
- Gooding - Licorice and Grape Kool Aid
- Jetsetmusic - Las Laugh Foundation Part C
- Obadia - Lounge
- Obadia - Slowride
- Omniverse - Hipshot
- The Fur Ones - Semicolon
- Robert Phoenix - Speedy Astronaut
- Canton - Birmingham, 43
- Electrostatic - Electron Gun
- Ikarus - Praying to different gods
- Nolens Volens - Por sea T
- Out of Body - Beyond Mind
- Paul Cooper - CEM2 New Stuff
- Proactive Noize Transmission - One foot freek
- Project 3 - Go get it
- VOID - Chemical 2000
- Audiable Ink - Sand Turtle
- O.R.G. - Sofa Surfer
- Simulacra - Spy vs Spy
- Wade R - Squarely in the groove
- Audible Ink - Beetle Instrumental
- Beat T Tribe - Beat T Tribe (slight return)
- Fingertwister - 7a.m. Disaster
- Hardknox - Coz I can
- Aleks Svaensson - Art of Recycling
- Canton - Blue Groove
- Fingertwister - Casino Royale
- Aleks Svaensson - Sunny
- Fingertwister - In Memory if...
- Less Skill - Technical Difficulties
- Simulacra - Panacea
- Fingertwister - The Reverend Will Return
- O.R.G. - Traveling Man
- Project 3 - The Search
- Triptonic - Tripnofunk
- The Fur Ones - Transit
- The Fur Ones - Product
- The Fur Ones - The End
- The Fur Ones - Reduction
Nifty thread going on over at Asterisk* site:
I shall get my camera out and participate when I get home.
- Take a picture of one shelf from a bookcase. It can be any old book case, but it needs to be yours.
- Create a 430px wide and no more than 200px tall picture of it at 100%. Lower the quality as much as is acceptable, we want to see what you’ve got, not wait forever for the photo to load.
- Post as a comment using a <img> tag with the photo hosted on your own server and any comments you like.
Sunoco - Regular
26.915L
$21.10
In preparation for the Firefox 1.0 release, an Advocacy Campaing is being kicked off. The first order of business on the campaing is a full page ad in the New York Times, wherein contributors to the advocacy fund will have their names placed in said ad. So get over there and start donating money, stat!
Also in the works from the advocacy group, are plans for big world wide Firefox release parties. Here is the Toronto party I plan to attend, go over to the main party page to find one near you.
Sunoco - Regular
26.915L
$21.10
Thanks to random($foo) for the book passage.I'm sure that overwhelmingly people who are supportive of atrocious acts of power and privilege do believe and convince themselves that it was the right thing to do, which is extremely easy.
In fact, a standard technique of belief formation is to do something in your own interest and then to construct a framework in which that's the right thing to do. We all know this from our own experience. Nobobdy's saintly enough that they haven't illegiitimately done that any number of times, from when you stole a toy from your younger brother when you were seven years old until the present.
We always manage to construct our own framework that says, Yes, that was the right thing to do and it's going to be good. Sometimes the conclusions are accurate. It's not always self-deception. But it's very easy to fall into self-deception when it's advantageous. It's not surprising. (167-168)
Can-West Global is the bigest piece of crap since Fox News
mood: Bitchy
music playing: Monstrum Sepsis - B-spline interface
How sensationalistic, is the completely useless "News" source that is Conrad Black owned Can-West Global? Here is the "news" flash they quipped in with today during LAX:
So in conclusion fuck the right winged Conrad Black owned Can-West Global channel. Fuck them right in the ear.
A Global News exclusive - Could smoking soon be banned in homes? We have the story tonight at elevenNow I hear you ask, what is the actual news story behind that news "exclusive"? Well the story is that health care workers want to have a ban put on smoking in the house while they are with their patients. Kind of a BIG difference in that version of the story versus what those pricks tried to trick people into thinking, so they could get a few more viewers tuned into the "news", where I'm sure they plan to delay showing that story till the end of the broadcast.
So in conclusion fuck the right winged Conrad Black owned Can-West Global channel. Fuck them right in the ear.
Sunoco - Regular
10.714L
$10.00
Shell - Bronze
27.451L
$21.82
Most of this post has been edited to contain no specifics about the specificness of the events, due to security concerns from the individual who hosted the BBQ.
So on with the vagueness I go.
I think it's safe to say that Jcloth and I went over to an un-named individuals pad for a good old fashioned BBQ.
We had some tasty steaks made from free range hormone free cows. Along with KD (Kraft Dinner Mac n' Cheese, not Kruder & Dorfmeister [althought that could have been an interesting meal]), provided by the Jman and I... well he provided the Mac & Cheese, I provided the homo-milk which everyone complained about because they are some sort of 2% skim (water) milk loving hippies. But once that homo milk was mixed into the cheese-like powder, I didn't hear anyone complaining about the delicious cheese sauce that was produced.
After Mr X BBQ'ed the steaks, and Mr Y cooked up the KD, we sat down to watch a little Americas Next Top Model and some American Presidential Debate - Kerry vs Bush round 2, they both afforded us the chance to make some high quality zingers, but the Models show had better looking women(for the most part), so I'd have to say it was the better of the two shows.
So on with the vagueness I go.
I think it's safe to say that Jcloth and I went over to an un-named individuals pad for a good old fashioned BBQ.
We had some tasty steaks made from free range hormone free cows. Along with KD (Kraft Dinner Mac n' Cheese, not Kruder & Dorfmeister [althought that could have been an interesting meal]), provided by the Jman and I... well he provided the Mac & Cheese, I provided the homo-milk which everyone complained about because they are some sort of 2% skim (water) milk loving hippies. But once that homo milk was mixed into the cheese-like powder, I didn't hear anyone complaining about the delicious cheese sauce that was produced.
After Mr X BBQ'ed the steaks, and Mr Y cooked up the KD, we sat down to watch a little Americas Next Top Model and some American Presidential Debate - Kerry vs Bush round 2, they both afforded us the chance to make some high quality zingers, but the Models show had better looking women(for the most part), so I'd have to say it was the better of the two shows.
Has Been might be the best album ever made. I can totally get behind it. William Shatners declining mental state is nothing but good news for us if it continues to deliver gems such as this album.
Petro Canada - Low
27.443L
$24.74
All night I toiled away on a bit of code that needed to take some simple data, properly process it, and output back relevant information extracted from it. A task that should have been quite simple had it not been for a rather stupid logic fault on my part, which caused the whole thing to keep crapping out on me.
So beeing frustrated and tired, I decided to forget about it for tonight and go get ready for bed. While geting ready I hopped in the shower as I'm prone to do in my getting ready for bed ritual, and while double shampooing the Ice™ out of my hair, I had that most awsome of eureka moments. I clearly saw in my head, that line of code that was causing me all the grief, and saw how to solve it. Lo and behold, I get back to the computer, fix the line, and everything works beautifully.
Archimedes would be proud of me, and I think a little impressed... not from my moose like proportions mind you. No, I meant more from the running hot water/indoor plumbing thing. Afterall it is an acient Greek we're talking about here.
So beeing frustrated and tired, I decided to forget about it for tonight and go get ready for bed. While geting ready I hopped in the shower as I'm prone to do in my getting ready for bed ritual, and while double shampooing the Ice™ out of my hair, I had that most awsome of eureka moments. I clearly saw in my head, that line of code that was causing me all the grief, and saw how to solve it. Lo and behold, I get back to the computer, fix the line, and everything works beautifully.
Archimedes would be proud of me, and I think a little impressed... not from my moose like proportions mind you. No, I meant more from the running hot water/indoor plumbing thing. Afterall it is an acient Greek we're talking about here.
Bashtard's latest blog is a complete lie.
Yesterday, he agreed to partake in the plans Monika and I made, and then went and bailed on them.
And today he has the nerve to WHINE about not being invited out. Even though I JUST told his lame ass that Chris and I were workign on plans, and he turned them down.
Shenanigans has a new name and thy name is Bashtard.
Yesterday, he agreed to partake in the plans Monika and I made, and then went and bailed on them.
And today he has the nerve to WHINE about not being invited out. Even though I JUST told his lame ass that Chris and I were workign on plans, and he turned them down.
Shenanigans has a new name and thy name is Bashtard.
HTML inline embeded binary data
mood: meh
music playing: Fatboy Slim - The Joker (feat Bootsy Collins)
Thanks to a posting on Slashdot by one jonasj, I've just rediscovered a nifty little HTML feature known as the "Data" URL Scheme (RFC 2397).
What this Data URI does is allow you to embed encoded binary data inline within an HTML document. Think of it like an email with a base64 encoded mime attachment, embeded within the body of the textual email.
Now I hear some of you asking how could this be useful in the real world? Well here is a simple example. Think about the last time you hit the SAVE button while browsing the web. You ended up with how many files? 1 html, maybe 1 or 2 css, and dozens of jpg/gif/png files. Now with this one saved web page you have to manage 20+ files. Certainly a bit of a cluttered mess n'est pas?
With the data: URI scheme that same mess of files can be saved as one file with all of the external images and css files saved inside the document in a neat and tidy bundle.
Unfortunately no one had really supported this HTML feature until recently. These days Opera 7, and Firefox/Gecko fully support it, so we can finally play around with it.
Here is a simple example provided by jonasj in that Slashdot posting:
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhMAAwAPAAAAAAAP///ywA
AAAAMAAwAAAC8IyPqcvt3wCcDkiLc7C0qwyGHhSWpjQu5yqmCY
sapyuvUUlvONmOZtfzgFzByTB10QgxOR0TqBQejhRNzOfkVJ+5
YiUqrXF5Y5lKh/DeuNcP5yLWGsEbtLiOSpa/TPg7JpJHxyendz
WTBfX0cxOnKPjgBzi4diinWGdkF8kjdfnycQZXZeYGejmJlZeG
l9i2icVqaNVailT6F5iJ90m6mvuTS4OK05M0vDk0Q4XUtwvKOz
rcd3iq9uisF81M1OIcR7lEewwcLp7tuNNkM3uNna3F2JQFo97V
riy/Xl4/f1cf5VWzXyym7PHhhx4dbgYKAAA7
If you are in a cool browser, then you should see an image up there, loaded from that chunk of base64 encoded data. If you are not in a cool browser, well then I'm sorry : P
The syntax is as follows:
dataurl := "data:" [ mediatype ] [ ";base64" ] "," data
mediatype := [ type "/" subtype ] *( ";" parameter )
data := *urlchar
parameter := attribute "=" value
Read through the RFC for a full breakdown of how it works.
What this Data URI does is allow you to embed encoded binary data inline within an HTML document. Think of it like an email with a base64 encoded mime attachment, embeded within the body of the textual email.
Now I hear some of you asking how could this be useful in the real world? Well here is a simple example. Think about the last time you hit the SAVE button while browsing the web. You ended up with how many files? 1 html, maybe 1 or 2 css, and dozens of jpg/gif/png files. Now with this one saved web page you have to manage 20+ files. Certainly a bit of a cluttered mess n'est pas?
With the data: URI scheme that same mess of files can be saved as one file with all of the external images and css files saved inside the document in a neat and tidy bundle.
Unfortunately no one had really supported this HTML feature until recently. These days Opera 7, and Firefox/Gecko fully support it, so we can finally play around with it.
Here is a simple example provided by jonasj in that Slashdot posting:
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhMAAwAPAAAAAAAP///ywA
AAAAMAAwAAAC8IyPqcvt3wCcDkiLc7C0qwyGHhSWpjQu5yqmCY
sapyuvUUlvONmOZtfzgFzByTB10QgxOR0TqBQejhRNzOfkVJ+5
YiUqrXF5Y5lKh/DeuNcP5yLWGsEbtLiOSpa/TPg7JpJHxyendz
WTBfX0cxOnKPjgBzi4diinWGdkF8kjdfnycQZXZeYGejmJlZeG
l9i2icVqaNVailT6F5iJ90m6mvuTS4OK05M0vDk0Q4XUtwvKOz
rcd3iq9uisF81M1OIcR7lEewwcLp7tuNNkM3uNna3F2JQFo97V
riy/Xl4/f1cf5VWzXyym7PHhhx4dbgYKAAA7
If you are in a cool browser, then you should see an image up there, loaded from that chunk of base64 encoded data. If you are not in a cool browser, well then I'm sorry : P
The syntax is as follows:
dataurl := "data:" [ mediatype ] [ ";base64" ] "," data
mediatype := [ type "/" subtype ] *( ";" parameter )
data := *urlchar
parameter := attribute "=" value
Read through the RFC for a full breakdown of how it works.
Petro Canada - Low
23.753L
$22.47
What a crap speech, other than a vague mention of increased military spending theres no word on the completely retarded ballistic-missle defense plan. You know the one that top phycisists and MIT PHD's are arguing is a complete waste of time due to the fact that it's impossible to shot a missle at another god damn missle in mid air. But I'm sure the U.S. and Boeing have some brilliant idea to get past the hurdles of physical impossibilities. And hey, if it doesn't work out then at least everyone will make an assload of money on a stupid experiment, and in the end isn't that what it's all about.
Shell - Bronze
28.377L
$22.56
This morning I logged into my gmail account, and noticed some changes to the system. For starters the "Invites" message has been turned red and moved to the sidebar. There's also a "New Features" heading at the top. And most curious of all there's a new button on the sidebar labeled ATOM which points to a rather sparse atom feed, which I reckon is meant to be used for finding out if you have new mail in your inbox. Although it seems kind of broken right now, seeing as how it's telling me there's new mail in my inbox, yet I have nothing new in said inbox.
Another curious thing about this feed is that it appears to specify the mailbox to check using your browsers login cookie, rather than some sort of REST based mechanism which would make more sense for a data feed, since I for one don't feel like submitting cookie authentication data with each of my feed requests.
Since the status of an inbox, aka NEW MAIL/NO NEW MAIL, is not really a security concern why not ease up on the cookie thing and just make it available through a simple URI such as: https://gmail.google.com/gmail/grimmx/feed/atom
And why is this feed served from a secure server, while the regular gmail interface is not? Now that seems totally backwards and coo-coo to me.
[update: 10/05/2004 11:37am] It looks like the Atom feed button has vanished from the gmail interface. Perhaps they took my critisism too harshly? On second look it appears that the feed is still there, there's just no direct link to it anymore. Once logged into your gmail the following URI should work for you: http://gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom
Another curious thing about this feed is that it appears to specify the mailbox to check using your browsers login cookie, rather than some sort of REST based mechanism which would make more sense for a data feed, since I for one don't feel like submitting cookie authentication data with each of my feed requests.
Since the status of an inbox, aka NEW MAIL/NO NEW MAIL, is not really a security concern why not ease up on the cookie thing and just make it available through a simple URI such as: https://gmail.google.com/gmail/grimmx/feed/atom
And why is this feed served from a secure server, while the regular gmail interface is not? Now that seems totally backwards and coo-coo to me.
[update: 10/05/2004 11:37am] It looks like the Atom feed button has vanished from the gmail interface. Perhaps they took my critisism too harshly? On second look it appears that the feed is still there, there's just no direct link to it anymore. Once logged into your gmail the following URI should work for you: http://gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom
Shell - Bronze
11.802L
$10.02
Googles new Local feature for Canada has already proved it's self useful plenty of times, this past week of being in service. Keep up the good job Google boys.