Cartoon guy
I'm boring and have a boring life. So the only thing I got for you today is this cartoon quiz.
Let me know what you turn out to be. I'm
© Warner Brothers
Let me know what you turn out to be. I'm
© Warner Brothers
2006/10/31
2006/10/27
Politically incorrect video of the day
I received this mock commercial by e-mail a couple of days ago. It truly is politically incorrect, and could be offensive to those who believe violence is in accordance with religion. You've been warned. Feel free to complain in the comments section.
2006/10/26
Website of the day
2006/10/24
Porn missionary *updated*
I had to share this with the world. And, no it has nothing to do with the missionary position, but with a webpage - JC's Girls Girls Girls.
See, this girl, Heather Veitch, was a part of the adult industry, but has turned to God and is now doing missionary work with girls who are a part of the industry or are looking into it. She puts her 'holy hottie' t-shirt on and follows, in her own words, "God to the darkest places.. but finding so much light!".
It also has testimonies from ordinary, everyday people, like this one:
http://tinyurl.com/yegqhm
Keep up the good work Heather!
*an update*
This is not the only webpage dealing with porn and Christianity, one other caught my attention: XXXchurch.com, with an interesting banner:
(Don't you just love how they included the palm of a hand on that banner?)While on the right of the page was an advertisement for a shirt with this cool design from randomshirts.com:
Now, am I the only one noticing some discrepancy here? Logical fault? Just maybe? :)
2006/10/13
Secure thy wireless
This one time when I was taking a bus back home from work (yes, I do work sometimes) I was bored and popped open my laptop and my 3G wireless card (goes through the mobile operator) to surf the Internet, thus alleviating my boredom. And then I read about this small island in the middle of the Amazon getting Internet access. How appropriate.
So I said to myself: let’s check how many victims out there have unprotected wireless networks. I wasn’t going to connect, and the application I was using to discover the networks actually doesn’t let you connect (so I didn’t break any laws I am aware of).
Ok, so, let’s look what the Network stumber app discovered:
( SSID ) Time (GMT)
( Homer ) 19:33:53 (GMT)
( kapula ) 19:35:32 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:36:01 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:36:05 (GMT)
( Zorovic ) 19:36:06 (GMT)
( hpsetup ) 19:36:13 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:36:14 (GMT)
( default ) 19:36:35 (GMT)
( tz-rijeka ) 19:36:37 (GMT)
( bejb_connection ) 19:36:45 (GMT)
( HotSpot ) 19:37:16 (GMT)
( default ) 19:37:59 (GMT)
( HDZClanovi ) 19:38:05 (GMT)
( Vinalco ) 19:38:06 (GMT)
( Jadrolinija2 ) 19:38:11 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:38:20 (GMT)
( LR_AP_2 ) 19:38:23 (GMT)
( AgitRi ) 19:38:27 (GMT)
( LR_Bridge_1 ) 19:38:29 (GMT)
( BlueLemon ) 19:38:30 (GMT)
( Nomen ) 19:39:07 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint. ) 19:39:13 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:39:23 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:39:36 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:39:44 (GMT)
( IMBConnectionPoint ) 19:39:47 (GMT)
( www.LDT.biz.hr ) 19:39:47 (GMT)
( st.ord ) 19:40:21 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:41:05 (GMT)
( energija i tehnologija ) 19:41:07 (GMT)
( Ds-eling ) 19:41:08 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:41:15 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:42:04 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:42:27 (GMT)
( ExAP ) 19:42:29 (GMT)
( mreza ) 19:42:46 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:42:48 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:43:12 (GMT)
( acer ) 19:43:33 (GMT)
( RiWireless-Turnic2 ) 19:44:02 (GMT)
( texas ) 19:44:02 (GMT)
( dsnproject ) 19:44:04 (GMT)
( claus ) 19:44:39 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:45:41 (GMT)
( Konekcija ) 19:46:31 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:49:13 (GMT)
( ingens ) 19:50:07 (GMT)
( Irena ) 19:50:16 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:50:18 (GMT)
( KADENA_WiFi ) 19:50:21 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:50:25 (GMT)
( ConnectionPoint ) 19:51:02 (GMT)
( zMreza ) 19:54:52 (GMT)
Wow, 53 networks within half an hour (with a bus driver actually speeding his way to the top of the hill I live on). And listen to this: 27 of them didn’t have any encryption set up!
What does that do? Well first of all, most of them were Internet access points, and Internet is usually not flat-rate here. So there might be someone (neighbor, a guy in the car, or an unsuspecting tourist looking for a Net access) transferring the data you will pay for. Second, the culprit might be using your Net access for something illegal, which might leave the trail leading back to you. Third, your computer(s) are hooked up to a local network through the wireless. So if you are sharing something in the network (e.g. pictures) they will easily be accessible by an unwelcome visitor. Forth, on an unsecured network anyone can listen to the data you exchange, so just imagine that e-mail you are sending to your best friend being read by a stranger. The list goes on.
So SECURE THY WIRELESS.
2006/10/12
An act of goodness
One of the girls receiving the keys from the mayor.I’ve been reading newspapers this morning, well more like 13:00 hours, but that’s still morning to me. No, I don’t sleep till then, but I stay in bed doing work over the Net, till I get too hungry to ignore it. But that’s not the point.
There was an article talking about an act of goodness which touched my heart and made me think. An anonymous couple has given an apartment as a gift to a neglected kids’ institution to be used by orphan kids between the ages of 18 and 21. They have to leave the home when they turn 18, and in this way they have a few years for saving up money, getting a proper job training and learning how to live on their own, while still having the support of the institution.
The couple had done it because they lost a girl of their own, and they wanted to remain anonymous, which just adds to the nobility of the act. The apartment in question is worth about 50 000 €.
I was wondering…why is it that we can fully give only when we are faced with a loss, and only in the depths of misfortune can we fully appreciate the goodness we receive. I think we should devote some thought every day to the fortune that was given to us, and how we could best help other people by sharing either are time, our talents or any other portion of our wealth.
Clearly lost in space and time
An excerpt from an e-mail exchange with one of the administrators at (still) my faculty:
Me: … Best regards, and have an excellent weekend.
Adm.: … If we don’t talk before that, you have an excellent weekend yourself.
Me: Urm, I thought it was Friday, not Thursday :(
2006/10/11
A fun weekend
There is a drawback to blogging: you don't want to let your (small but important) audience down, but can't muster enough inspiration to feed their hunger.
So just a humble reminder of the weekend:
Who says that Freestyle walkin' is old. Here you can see Andy gracefully starting his jump.
Cute,huh?
John and Andy
So just a humble reminder of the weekend:
Who says that Freestyle walkin' is old. Here you can see Andy gracefully starting his jump.
Cute,huh?
John and Andy
2006/10/06
Tech support
I copied this from a hardware newsgroup, and it goes well with a post from Andy
A plain computer illiterate guy rings tech support to report that his
Computer is faulty.
Tech: What's the problem?
User: There is smoke coming out of the power supply.
Tech: You'll need a new power supply.
User: No, I don't! I just need to change the startup files.
Tech: Sir, the power supply is faulty. You'll need to replace it.
User: No way! Someone told me that I just needed to change the startup and
it will fix the problem! All I need is for you to tell me the command.
10 minutes later, the User is still adamant that he is right. The tech is
frustrated and fed up.
Tech: Sorry, Sir. We don't normally tell our customers this, but there is an
undocumented DOS command that will fix the problem.
User: I knew it!
Tech: Just add the line LOAD NOSMOKE.COM at the end of the CONFIG.SYS. Let
me know how it goes.
10 minutes later.
User: It didn't work. The power supply is still smoking.
Tech: Well, what version of DOS are you using?
User: MS-DOS 6.22.
Tech: That's your problem there. That version of DOS didn't come with
NOSMOKE. Contact Microsoft and ask them for a patch that will give you the
file. Let me know how it goes.
1 hour later.
User: I need a new power supply.
Tech: How did you come to that conclusion?
User: Well, I rang Microsoft and told him about what you said, and he
started asking questions about the make of power supply.
Tech: Then what did he say?
User: He told me that my power supply isn't compatible with NOSMOKE.
A plain computer illiterate guy rings tech support to report that his
Computer is faulty.
Tech: What's the problem?
User: There is smoke coming out of the power supply.
Tech: You'll need a new power supply.
User: No, I don't! I just need to change the startup files.
Tech: Sir, the power supply is faulty. You'll need to replace it.
User: No way! Someone told me that I just needed to change the startup and
it will fix the problem! All I need is for you to tell me the command.
10 minutes later, the User is still adamant that he is right. The tech is
frustrated and fed up.
Tech: Sorry, Sir. We don't normally tell our customers this, but there is an
undocumented DOS command that will fix the problem.
User: I knew it!
Tech: Just add the line LOAD NOSMOKE.COM at the end of the CONFIG.SYS. Let
me know how it goes.
10 minutes later.
User: It didn't work. The power supply is still smoking.
Tech: Well, what version of DOS are you using?
User: MS-DOS 6.22.
Tech: That's your problem there. That version of DOS didn't come with
NOSMOKE. Contact Microsoft and ask them for a patch that will give you the
file. Let me know how it goes.
1 hour later.
User: I need a new power supply.
Tech: How did you come to that conclusion?
User: Well, I rang Microsoft and told him about what you said, and he
started asking questions about the make of power supply.
Tech: Then what did he say?
User: He told me that my power supply isn't compatible with NOSMOKE.