| Endy's badge. |
[13 May 2008|09:06pm] |
Enjoy.
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| New AC Town Update! |
[14 May 2008|01:46am] |
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I am so loving my new Animal Crossing town. I've cut down lots of trees and have been spending lots of time planning out how I want my new town to look. I've also been doing lots of fishing and bug catching for the town museum. I've also got all eight townies moved in now so I've got a new picture.
I had Cesar in my last town so I can't believe I got him again... Oh well at least he won't be there forever. The rest of the townies I quite like so I can't complain. I didn't like most of the townies in my last town. Ribbot is a bit freaky looking and Antonio is just weird but I still kind of like them. I'm having lots of fun playing in this town.
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| No Fair!! |
[13 May 2008|11:36pm] |
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Today the new song by New Kids on the Block was released to iTunes but only for people in the US apparently. Why the hell isn't it available on all iTunes stores? What's the deal with iTunes and not allowing people to buy from other countries iTunes stores?? I mean it is supposed to be the world wide web so why am I being restricted to only being able to shop in the UK store on iTunes?? Anyway I am not happy about this at all. I should be able to buy Summertime by New Kids on the Block over the internet at the same time as the US. I have decided that iTunes sucks. I'm sick of getting everything weeks or months after the US it's just plain annoying.
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| Coloring Contest- Color Grygon for free art and more |
[13 May 2008|06:04pm] |
I was talking to someone about how sad I was to only get 8 entries in this contest. They pointed out that:
A. I haven't had time to advertise it for weeks.
B. The due date was right around finals for most students.
So, I am extending this contest to May 29. And now that I have time, I'll advertise the hell out of it.
This is the image you need to color. Uploaded big for coloring. Follow the rules, they're printed right on the image.
And here's info on the contest. Including rules, prizes, and answered questions.
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| Something silly. |
[13 May 2008|07:59pm] |
For Hobbes.
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| I want a new puppy. |
[13 May 2008|04:47pm] |
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Just look at that face. :)
Belley really misses Rico. When I came home from work today, she sniffed me up and down to see if she could smell Rico on me (after all, I brought him home after his surgery, and spent a fair amount of time with him when he was in the hospital the day of his surgery, so I smelled like him that day, too). She even tried smelling Mom. She's acting pretty normally, just a little...lost.
I can't blame her.
I miss him, too.
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| New Animal Welfare Blog! |
[13 May 2008|05:44pm] |
I'm a member of several animal sites and forums where there are always numerous posts about animals in need of either homes or medical/financial help. To prevent me from making numerous posts across sites each day, I've decided to set up a blog to highlight animals in extreme need of help, either a rescue or otherwise. These animals are from all over the country. It is updated constantly. Please check it out and pass it on to anyone you know who is interested in helping an animal. You could be saving lives like these:
http://afurryfriend.wordpress.com/
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[13 May 2008|10:27pm] |
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You know, I can't even imagine 12,000 anything. Twelve thousand people dead is just incomprehensible. And the worst sentence from the BBC news site so far, I think, is "China said it would accept international help to cope with the quake - the worst since 1976 when 242,000 people were killed in Tangshan" 242 thousand. And this one was worse. And by all accounts there's a good hundred thousand people still unaccounted for. Gods. Or rather, lack of them.
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[13 May 2008|04:38pm] |
Hey there, LJ land!
I've started a new project called Concession Chronicles:
http://chronicles.concessioncomic.com/
In it, I'll be writing stories and tiny essays about Concession. You'll see when you get there.
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| Mailserver stupidity I've not seen in YEARS |
[13 May 2008|03:26pm] |
In years past, I used to have much more involvement with email and spam issues, and did my share tracking down the source of spams that came into my mailbox, and reporting them to the sender's ISP. During that time period, I came across my share of broken autoresponders that sat on abuse@ and postmaster@ mailboxes, that would improperly "report" spam complaints as spam, get into mail loops, or worse.
Eventually, the volume of spam, and more specifically forged spam hit such high levels that enough admins got the clue that since email is easily enough forged, having autoresponders that blindly trust the email message and send out an autoresponce based on that aren't such a hot idea. As the level of clue grew, autoresponder usage pretty much fell about the wayside.
Clearly the dumbasses at npgx.com.au missed that memo.
For your amusement, I present:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2961223/postmasternpgxcomau-broken-autoresponder-part-12
and
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2961305/postmasternpgxcomau-broken-autoresponder-part-22
As best I can tell, the following events happened:
1) Someone at npgx.com.au received a spam from a RoadRunner user (rr.com).
2) They reported this to abuse@rr.com.
3) abuse@rr.com responded with a standard auto-responce.
4) postmaster@npgx.com.au responded to that auto-responce with one of its own. Except that it parsed the message it got from abuse@rr.com, saw other domains there like spam.abuse.net and haltabuse.org, and decided to CC about 20 odd admins of those domains, as well as admins of their mailservers. That's how I got that email -- I am also postmaster@haltabuse.org. (That's the first message linked above)
5) I repsond to their postmaster address, pointing out that their autoresponder is broken.
6) I get the same autoresponce, flagging *my* message as spam, and CCing my mail server admins. (Second message linked above)
7) ???
8) Profit! Whoops! I really meant to say: npgx.com.au fails spamfighting 101.
Looking back at the above chain of events, I'd say that #3 was mildly questionable, but not unreasonable. But #4? That kind of automated "we'll email everyone who is remotely connected with this message" is just plain stupid, and I don't recall seeing it at least the last 5 years. If that is how npgx.com.au deals with messages that they perceive as spam, I do not think they will be in the email business for much longer...
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[13 May 2008|12:02pm] |
I know this number isnt the most easiest to get hold out, but whenever you get any parcels from parcel force with customs charges that you dont agree with, this is the direct number for HMRC who can deal with it
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02476 212 860
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| Writer's Block: Wedding bells are ringing |
[13 May 2008|10:58am] |
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This is me realizing it's been quite a while. I'm thinking it might've been my uncle and aunt's wedding. On the golf course. Crazy freaking golf players. I think it might've been raining, too. That was a couple of years ago, and I think that was also when I saw one of my half-cousins last. I don't think we were invited to my other half-cousin's wedding (small affair) or I think that was otherwise the latest one.
Again, I have asocial tendencies, only people I know well enough they'd invite me to their wedding are relatives (most of whom are already married) and like... one or two others. And ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) litla_stjarna is nowhere close to getting married FAIK. Neither am I, really. Only point of marriage is economic/social benefits if you're anyway going to be living together. (Such as, say... citizenship. :P)
Though I did have someone agree to marry me; said she'd let me wear the tux and everything. Too bad it was all just in jest, eh? ;)
-Alexandra
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[13 May 2008|03:53am] |
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I had a wonderful day yesterday.
A short and pleasant day at work after last week's 12+ hour days, 6 days in a row. A 'lunch' with a new friend, who was lovely, charming and very interesting. An evening out at a social event where I saw an old boyfriend from years back and reaquianted myself. Just... nice.
Still smiling. I'm so lucky.
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| b-u-r-n-o-u-t |
[12 May 2008|11:47pm] |
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My Bio final is in exactly one week from tomorrow. Holy shit, this sneaks up on you fast. The last half of the semester has gone by so incredibly fast that I hardly remember it.
Now I'm getting the feeling that the summer is gonna go just as fast.
why is it that if i attempt to look into any shit that lies ahead, all i see is more school? I'm at the point of saying "whatever it is that i wanted, i don't want it anymore, so leave me the fuck alone."
School used to be fun when i was competitive. I had goals and shit. I'm no longer part of the smart kid crowd. Or rather maybe I'm still trying to fit in with them by being in pre-med and doing all the science shit. I COULD be happily doing liberal arts and succeeding with flying colours, as Vlada once said. But in this path that I've chosen I'm just so far behind the competition, I don't understand what I'm still in it for. I feel like an idiot running to catch a bus that just left. Eventually you get the point - not gonna happen - and give up, pant and curse for a few minutes, and move on.
In reality I'm doing it for my mother. she's the only one that i've got to convince. And she seems to have a mix of an illusion of grandeur about what i can achieve and what the schools accept, and an idea of my total incompetence. What lens she chooses to view me through depends on the occasion.
Because lets face it Konsky knows that I'll never succeed in the vet route. So that's one less person I have to account to. He's in the "maybe science is not for you" boat.
Who else is left?
/emo
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