:: Venting Insanity ::

:: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 ::

bloggers noted
We were watching TechTV the other night and there was this report on blogs on The Screensavers. They did an interview with Rebecca Blood.

I wandered my way around their site a bit and found some interesting links. I have some new accounts set up, so keep watching for some new features.

hackers thwarted
I mentioned a while back about a hacker challenge that had been issued to the web. Well, in a recent news story, it turns out their "I hacked here" reporting site was hacked, rendering it practically useless for several key hours during the hacker challenge.

The site's moderators reported surprisingly low numbers of hacking reports, but felt it was due to their downtime.

A taste of their own medicine?

the governator
It's all over the news that Arnold is running for governor, but Yahoo! News reports that the creators of The Terminator movies will be making a fourth installment of the series regardless of whether Arnold is elected.

Whether or not Arnold will be like Jesse Ventura of MN (who returned to the wrestling forum for a guest spot on one of their big Pay-Per-View events) and actually return to his action star roots for the fourth movie is unknown, but the creators don't mind either way. They're making it anyway.

My question is, judging by what was going on in the last movie (the start of the machine race?), what could they possibly do for a plot in the fourth??? O.O;;

celestial seasonings
No, you tea freaks, not what you think... LOL... I'm talking astronomy.

August is the apparent 'season' for meteors. A story on MSNBC the other day reported a peak in meteor showmanship for last night.

There was just one problem... the moon.

Last night, the moon when full, glaring light across the sky in a normal monthly show of it's cold beauty. But, the moon outshone the shooting stars, preventing a good sighting of the light show.

Guess I'll just have to watch next year...

do not call does not make money
For all of us who signed up for the famed "National Do Not Call Registry", our tactic in preventing annoying phone calls while stuffing our faces with dinner has caused some nasty side effects. Telemarketing firms all over the country are suffering heavily, according to a news report on MSNBC. There are now big layoffs in the telemarketing industry.

In a way, I feel a bit guilty, but I'm just glad no one can sell my phone number to someone else. I think that's the worst part.

this one's not a hoax
It's rare I'll pass around virus warnings or anything of that nature. But, to know that MSNBC was pointing out a Windows virus, that caught my attention.

I guess it's time to go run some updates.