Grublist Blog - Technology

spam prevention more annoying than spam

nospam@example.com (Mike) — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:55:07 -0500

Yahoo! mail just prompted me for a CAPTCHA to send email. that's right, for me to SEND mail from my account, which i had logged into, it wanted me to type words and phrases into a box and click enter to verify i am human.

if they don't pull this service it will be the best argument yet to switch fully to gmail. now to figure out how to forward my yahoo mail there

omg ipod ownage

nospam@example.com (Mike) — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:17:49 -0500

http://mlipod.sf.net - this thing rocks. does everything iTunes does, cept in an interface that actually MAKES SENSE for us winamp users. it also lets me pull mp3's off my ipod and put em back on my local drive. aaawww yeah.

welder!!!

nospam@example.com (Mike) — Mon, 09 May 2005 07:39:53 -0500

Yet another fun packed weekend in SLC. I decided all of my hardware hacking had hit a glass ceiling... so i ran out and bought a welder. Now i can cut, grind, polish AND weld. with my new toy, i started building a rack for the daytona so we can fit all the gear for the sport touring trips we have coming up. So far, it's coming together great, but my 1.0 design is going to need some tweaking so that it will actually carry a load. Mainly i just need some down-tube support, which should tie into the passenger footpegs and exhaust mount bracket just about right. And while it may not be the prettiest piece of luggage you've ever seen, it sure is gonna be tough and comfortable to ride with.

Bonnie and Lissa threw a party @ crystal's on sat nite to celebrate graduation and bonnie's birthday. it was a good time. Crystal managed to run over my Canon a40 digicam on the way home tho, but the thing still works! granted the screen is half shredded, but it'll be perfect for the upcomming camera mod for the motorcycle. Now i don't need to worry so much bout breaking it.

Went on a good lil ride with matt this morning. Bounced up to Mirror Lake Highway till the road ended at bridge construction. I rode the CBR back and matt rode the triumph. I REALLY LOVED that CBR, i hope i can find myself one sometime soon. Maybe with my next bonus for all this hard work i've been doing.

Onward i go to Houston. Teaching a CMS class this week. Should be nice not to have somebody babysitting me on the whole thing. When i get back i gotta finish up on the rack and order some new tires. maybe even some saddle bags if i'm really feeling adventurous, tho i think the new rack will allow me to put the wheelie bag up there as well as the tent, sleeping bags, etc. Psh, may even have some room for some of the stuff i mock dave/kris/eric/dawn about, like an air matress.

fixed search

nospam@example.com (Mike) — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:29:30 -0600

so i just realized that the search bar over there doesn't work! --->

so i went ahead and fixed it, and the one on canyonchasers. damned open source tools.

Another roller coaster week

nospam@example.com (Mike) — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:09:02 -0600

So i'm sitting in cleveland. again. Grandma isn't doing well. again. So i'm sitting here waiting to find out what's going to unfold.

2 days ago i got a call from HR at Altiris. They were supposed to send me an offer letter for quite a good price, and they're talking about stock in addition to the offer. I'll have to call them on monday and have them fax a copy here for me to review/sign. Longest. Process. Ever. (see chang's interview process. seem familiar?)

domain goodness

nospam@example.com (Mike) — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:55:00 -0600

So i went to see Shaun of the Dead with crystal last nite, godamn great flick. Then i came home and registered a domain for all my little side projects... www.grublist.com

expect to see a bunch of useless shit coming your way via grublist, including prolly me migrating this blog there.

matt's new car stereo

nospam@example.com (Mike) — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 02:39:09 -0600

just finished putting matt's new stereo in his acura. jesus christ it took like 8 hours. but he's got some badass component speakers in his doors, 6x9's in his rear deck, a bitchin receiver and a pretty custom install. Worth the work for sure.

Dale's in tomorrow... should be a good weekend of drinking and maybe some skiing if i can afford it

mr gabel got me hooked up on some burton bindings, i'm stoked. tho chris took so long to decide on a fucking sweatshirt that i got the semi weak color instead of the pimp black/grey. whatever, they're still less than half the price in the stores

Not your parents' stolen cable

nospam@example.com (Mike) — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:38:26 -0600

So with brad gone, there's no cable internet in the house. But some nice person in the neighborhood has left their WAP open to all. My linksys WAP doubles as a bridge, so with some cables and some fuss... my entire network is now bridged to theirs.

There's even holes punched in their firewall so i can run web, ftp, ssh, etc from my linux box behind the firewall. ain't technology grand?

this is your official warning. change the default user/pass on your wireless network equipment

chang bang

nospam@example.com (Mike) — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:06:59 -0500

so i picked up becky's lunch close shift today so i could have her fri nite take out instead of apps. i'm stoked on fri nite take out for sure.

Put together a little mailer for dave p so some of his sites @ work can do email submissions. Since our 9am meeting at Beans n Brews he's redone it for like 3 more sites. i guess he likes it

saw a jeep being towed by a truck with a tow line on the way home from work... with a for sale sticker on it for 5,700. for 6 grand it better be able to drive to the dmv for plates

alta got 36" in the past few days. onward to winter, baby!!!!