I think the title of this post largely sums up what the difference is between Mac and PC. However, if you work long enough with both OS’s – like I do – you’ll find things you don’t like with both platforms. Usually when I blog about computer annoyances, it is about Windows annoyances. But this time I’ll write about a specific Mac OS X annoyance I endure every day. Just as a bit of background: back in 2002 I switched from one company (Lost Boys) to another (VGM). The first company was a full-fledged Internet company, the latter a pre-press company that […]
Gone Phishing
Ok, lovely. This morning my website seemed to be down. So, as usual I wrote the grease monkeys of Site5 about this. The reply was a bit unsettling: Hi, IP address of your account has been null-routed by our datacenter due to phishing content on one of your accounts: — The Planet or its upstream providers has received a complaint related to a probable violation of The Planet s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). We are forwarding a copy of the report, requesting that you take appropriate measures to address the issue. The server in question is hosting a phishing site at […]
White Trash Beautiful
I had to share this song with you all. I’m not a huge fan of Everlast (I liked a couple of their hits though, but never bought downloaded any of their CD’s. I just stumbled upon this song while browsing some videos at YouTube. Universal Music has an official channel there, but does not allow embedding (assholes). So here is a live version taped from VH1 video channel. It actually is just as nice as the full version that you can watch here. I just love the title of the song and the lyrics are dark, dramatic and very well […]