Just a guy talking to himself on the internets
http://twitter.com/newlywedsontjob
This is a hilarious use of twitter, this guy is his friends Best Man in the wedding, and swears not to prank them until AFTER the wedding. So while they’re on honeymoon, he installs a pressure sensitive pad in his friends bed which automatically tweets when it detects action on the bed. It reports back the weight/duration/intensity of the action when they’re “on the job”.
Brilliant!
I’ve always had a bit of entrepreneurial ADD, and I’m always thinking of the next project or idea. Lately, I’ve been toying with the idea of building a network of websites, and to get somewhat serious about blogging, (well, as serious as I can be, doing it in my free time between work and family).
One of my hobbies and habits is to pick up domain names that match some “big idea” that I’ve had, and I’ll throw up a simple site or something, or just hold onto the domain for one of those “rainy day” projects.
I recently picked up a copy of WP Robot, which is an auto-blogging plugin which will automatically post and update a blog with content from ebay, amazon, articlebase, and other sources. I think this will help me keep some of my sites updated, and hopefully be able to generate some affiliate commissions as well. It is SLICK! I showed it to a couple of my co-workers and they were impressed with how it worked, and how it simply automated a blog.
Now, I understand that SE’s and readers alike prefer to have genuine hand-written content, and so for my blogs, I’ll still post articles that I write myself. As well as comment on happenings and other things. But by having an automation tool, I can also have some filler things within my blog.
Who knows! perhaps in a year, I’ll have a nice little blog empire that will pay for a vacation to somewhere tropical. 
A friend sent me a link to a blog post over at backblaze about how to build cheap storage. I was just amazed! 45 drives crammed into a 4U chassis to provide a total of 67 terabytes of usable storage space. Stack 20 or so of those pods together and you have a petabyte of storage!
One of these days when I have $7k lying around burning a hole in my pocket, I’m going to build myself one of these things. It looks like a really cool way to get some cheap storage.
I do wonder though, why they use 1.5TB drives instead of 2TB drives… and with the drives crammed in that tight, do those fans supply adequate airflow for cooling?
I just read a disturbing report on CNET: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html
There is a bill being proposed to grant executive control over the Internet, in a case of “Cyber-Terror” and allow the government to seize control of private sector networks, effectively shutting down the Internet.
It goes on to talk about the terms vaguely, and any threat that deals with computers, the Internet, telecommunications, computer networks, would qualify as Cyber Terrorism, and allow Uncle Sam to cripple private networks. This includes the possibility of shutting down networks to prevent phone calls and other communications systems.
New licenses would be given to individuals and companies who deal with the major networks, giving them clearance, and basically saying you have to have government approval to run any large private network. They would also be required to provide additional data and resources to the government.
Frankly, I find this very apalling, and do not want ANYONE in government having judicial control over public networks, allowing them to effectively shut down the system with a flick of a switch. The government is very lacking in current security operations, and network security is best handled by the private sector.
I understand the need to be able to mitigate threats, but there are cyber attacks every day against corporations and individuals, and the current private networks do a damn good job of keeping the peace, along with keeping the Internet ONLINE.