links for 2006-06-01
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A really cool JavaScript addin for making dynamic photo libraries clean and easy.
OMG. Here’s another great one to read. This one has explicit language so if you’re easily offended you might want to pass. Otherwise it’s funny as hell.
Craigslist: Dear Roommate,
You went out tonight and had yet another dismal failure. The best thing that can be said about this date is that at least it was mercifully short, so thankfully she didn’t have to put up with you for too long.
It’s not that you’re a bad dude. You’re funny, smart, caring, and (to my male heterosexual eye) not that bad looking of a dude. The problem, roommate, is that you’re just a fucking idiot when it comes to dating.
I’ve had to watch this sad charade for over a year now, and I’ve had to listen to your sob stories, this constant recounting of how you can’t find a nice girl to get into a relationship with. I understand; dating is hard. I’m no magician myself and don’t claim to be the all-knowing expert of wooing the opposite sex. I’ve tried to help you, but you won’t listen. Now I’m on Craigslist because I just can’t stand it anymore.
Roommate, please pull your head out of your ass. Here are ways you constantly fuck up. Fix these, and maybe, just maybe, you’ll meet that nice girl you’re looking for.
From the “you gotta read the rest of this” file…
Craigslist: Some years have passed, so I can talk about this now. Many many moons ago, I started dating this very cool girl. We hit it off right away, had lots in common, she was smart, agressive, cool and funny. And hot. Really hot. So we dated for a while, which became a year, then nearly two. I figured she was it. We worked together on decisions, but I followed my passions and she followed hers - both career professionals, both creative, and both ready to kick this town for a Carribean cottage if the thought ever struck us. Adventure. Romance. Lots of Sex. All was right with my world. So I did what I figured I should do - I went out shopping for a diamond ring. That was the biggest mistake I ever made. I can’t really put my finger on the exact change, but over the years, I’ve cometo summarize it this way: I went from being the guy she loved and wanted to marry to the guy who didn’t match up with her fantasy about getting married, in about 24 hours. She started acting as if I was completely incapable of making any decisons on my own, in spite of the evidence to the contrary. She criticized everything I did. She tried to make me look like some idiot, Homer Simpson type. Now, I’m not splitting atoms in the basement or anything, but I was Fulbright kid for a year and graduated cum laude, and I have a tendency to avoid dumb shit like telemarking scams, computer viruses, STD’s and, well, white slavery rings. Let’s just say I’m no Homer. Then the wedding planning started…
You REALLY have to read the rest.
Well it appears Microsoft is scrambling to get a rather large and nasty hole in MS Word fixed but until such time as they do they’re asking you to run Word in SafeMode*.
eWeek: In a pre-patch security advisory, Microsoft said the flaw can be exploited when a user opens a specially crafted Word file using a malformed object pointer.
This corrupts system memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code.
The flaw can be exploited via the Web or via e-mail but, in both scenarios, an attacker would have to trick a user into opening the rigged Word file.
*Running a program in SafeMode removes some of the more robust features users have come to look forward to using.
If you’ve ever looked at the processes on your Mac you might have seen an application called VShieldCheck running and taking up a considerable (80% in my case) amount of your processor power. What is it? Virex, the antivirus software from McAfee that came free with .Mac account for a number of years. But you don’t need it. So here’s how to get rid of it. Lemme tell you, it makes quite a difference.
Apple: “Virex 7.5.x1. Quit Virex, if it’s currently open.
2. Download the Virex 7.5.x Uninstaller from McAfee’s website McAfee’s website.
3. Double-click the ‘Virex Uninstall.command’ file that should be on your desktop (or wherever downloaded files are saved).
4. Terminal will open and prompt you for your administrator password. Enter your password, then press Return to start the uninstall process.
Note: As you type your password, you will see no indication that any characters are being entered. This is normal. If you entered your password incorrectly, you will be prompted to retype your password.
5. When the Terminal window displays the message logout [Process completed], Virex has been successfully uninstalled. You can quit Terminal.
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