It’s no surprise that Digg became a target for spam, but would you believe that del.icio.us is now a target? Check this guy out.
Don’t click his link. It leads to a dummy Blogspot page containing nothing but an ad for Google’s Firefox toolbar extension. Blogspot is fast becoming a playground for spammers. Google needs to get a tighter grip on that.
At any rate, the guy labeled that single link with every technology buzzword out there in order to pollute del.icio.us. It’s amazing the stupid lengths these jackasses will go to.
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In case you didn’t read the link in the supplemental, for a picture of your coffee pot doing something unusual (I opted to fill it with Halloween candy) you get a Senseo machine (currently valued at $49.99). Ok, so you need to pay $15 for shipping and handling, but that’s still huge savings.
Anyway, I submitted my photo and it was accepted this morning. It won’t ship for 4-6 weeks due to high demand (geez, free $50 device, who thought that’d be popular?). I can’t wait so my lazy ass can have coffee every morning.
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I’m sure you’ve all read about SmashMyiPod.com. I thought it was infantile in concept before I read the website. You can imagine my shock when I read his classy responses over on Cult of Mac.
I hear ipod video screens cause impotence and hair loss.
Then I made a stupid mistake and went to the site where I got to read the following.
I hear iPods cause cancer and genetic mutations in fetuses.
I read two samples of his writing and he’s already sounding repetitive. His schtick isn’t even terribly clever or funny.
I hear reading his site and watching the video causes loss of brain cells and maturity.
Update: Then the guy tries to crash and chew up the bandwidth of a rival site and gets pissed when the guy running the competing site steals the traffic to show his own site. Moron.
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There have been times that I wanted to remote control someone’s Mac. In particular, a friend of my brother that went to my school used to need the occasional help. VNC was a huge help in those situations. Unfortunately, getting the VNC server configured was a hassle, required third party software, and ended up taking more time than the actual troubleshooting.
That’s why I was thrilled to find out that there is now a VNC built into Mac OS X. I know it’s in Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4), but I’m not sure about earlier versions. You’ll need to poke holes in your firewall if you’re using a router or a software firewall that isn’t the one built into Mac OS X.
First, mosey on over to System Preferences. Go to the Sharing pane. You’ll see something like below.
Enable Apple Remote Desktop. You’ll see the below.
Enable the VNC Viewers option and choose a password. Choose and extremely strong one if your Mac is accessible directly to the net (not behind a firewall or router).
You’re all set. Now just fire up your favorite VNC client (I like Chicken of the VNC). Plug the IP address (or Bon Jour address) of your Mac into it along with the password and fire it up. As a bonus, it even works with multiple displays.
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Someone please tell me that someone is screwing with IMDB. Topher Grace is supposed to play Venom in the upcoming Spider-Man 3 according to IMDB.
Didn’t someone already play Eddie Brock in the earlier Spider-Man movies? I might be wrong, but I remember pointing it out to someone. Let’s ignore that because actors are regularly replaced.
Topher Grace though? Venom is a powerful, violent killer. He inspires terror in people. Does this this face scare you? Really?
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