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Archive for November, 2007

My S.G. Tallentyre Post

Posted by Wired Pig November - 27 - 2007 - Tuesday ADD COMMENTS

No, this is not some obscure post . It is a post relating to a famous and oft mis attributed one. That quote is -
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
By S.G. Tallentyre

Freedom of speech, or rather the toleration of speech in opposition to [...]

Linux Rising

Posted by Wired Pig November - 27 - 2007 - Tuesday ADD COMMENTS

In two separate reports the authors are talking about Linux gaining share, acceptance and a solid footing.
With sub $1000.00 notebooks not even running Vista Home Basic well and really wanting 2GB RAM to run decently that leaves these low end laptops out as effective Vista machines. To keep the sweet spot for affordable laptops under [...]

New Microsoft Robot?

Posted by Wired Pig November - 25 - 2007 - Sunday ADD COMMENTS

Today the blog was hit by A WinHTTP Example Program/1.0 from 131.107.74.109 (V) (IP) (IP2)
Yes, thats a Microsoft IP.
OrgName: Microsoft
CorpOrgID: MSFT
Address: One Microsoft Way
City: [...]

Blog IE Issue Fixed

Posted by Wired Pig November - 23 - 2007 - Friday ADD COMMENTS

Thanks to @MaxWeb for pointing out a page load issue on the blog.
It seems that the nice reCAPTCHA plugin for WordPress causes IE to load the page, panic and then error out. I have disabled the plugin.
Sorry I didn’t catch it sooner. I’ll use the excuse that I use Firefox and it was fine there.

Good Pics, Bad Pics and No Pics.

Posted by Wired Pig November - 23 - 2007 - Friday ADD COMMENTS

It was funny and a bit insulting when I was told by a Yahoo! email account to remove images from my blog that were not approved for an “OPEN Source”. I’ll admit I was hot under the collar over it and I fired off an email to the requester as well as to the IT [...]

My Golden Compass Daemon

Posted by Wired Pig November - 21 - 2007 - Wednesday ADD COMMENTS

Here is my daemon from the Golden Compass Movie. Take a look.

If you want to change my daemon to better reflect who I am, follow this link.
I would like to thank my daughter Sloan for sending me her Daemon to check out. Love you baby!

CHP Officer Down

Posted by Wired Pig November - 20 - 2007 - Tuesday ADD COMMENTS

From ODMP.org -
Officer John Miller was killed in an automobile accident while searching for a reported drunk driver on November 16th.
The officer was driving south on North Livermore Avenue about a mile north of Interstate 580 when he lost control of his patrol car around a sharp curve and struck a tree.
Officers from the Livermore [...]

Attempted Website Exploit

Posted by Wired Pig November - 20 - 2007 - Tuesday ADD COMMENTS

I am obsessive/compulsive when it comes to reading my server or blog access logs. As a result I usually spot new robots and people doing ill pretty quick. It also allows me to spot cool sites and organizations accessing my site as well.
I have been watching a few Israeli IP’s accessing my site lately. [...]

Dubai A Media Friend?

Posted by Wired Pig November - 18 - 2007 - Sunday ADD COMMENTS

According to reports, the government of Dubai has shut down two Pakistani TV stations operating out of the UAE .
LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) — Two Pakistani television networks that transmit from Dubai in United Arab Emirates were ordered off the air Friday at the request of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, officials from the networks said.
GEO-TV [...]

Good Sunday News From Iraq

Posted by Wired Pig November - 18 - 2007 - Sunday ADD COMMENTS

I received this and wanted to pass it along. Good news for some Christians in Bagdad.
BAGHDAD – Nov. 15 marked an important day for the residents of the Doura neighborhood, as Iraqi Christians returned to conduct worship services at St. John’s Church.
Bishop Schlemon Warduni, Auxiliary Bishop of the Chaldean Church, came to St. John’s [...]

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