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Splenda is Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare

root — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:50:39 +0000

I started using Splenda in my coffee about 2 or 3 weeks ago because I thought the shit was more better for you than natural sugar. For the last 2 or 3 fucking weeks I’ve been bloated as hell and what I believe is my liver or kidney has been sore as a bitch. I tried thinking about what I was doing different and the only thing was fucking Splenda. I didn’t use any of that shit today and my bloating has gone down and I feel way better. Splenda is chemical warfare. That shit altered my mood. I felt like shit the whole time. All tired and irritated all the time.

I started reading about how Splenda came about. I don’t know if what I read was correct or not, but supposedly a scientist or some shit was trying to create a pesticide and the result was Splenda. Awesome! Let’s sell it as sugar. I can’t believe the FDA actually approves of this shit. They have approved of some other straight bullshit too. I’m not trying to say I’m the healthiest mother fucker in the world or anything, but if it makes me feel like straight up shit I’m not fucking with it. Fuck you Splenda.

Learning Django

root — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:58:05 +0000

Lately, I’ve been tinkering with Django, which is a web framework for Python. I’ve been messing with the database API stuff for a few days now and created a small polling app with the tutorials on the Django site. I kind of like this shit and think this is something I can actually get into. Not only am I learning more about Python and Django in the process, but it’s also giving me a chance to understand what goes on behind the scenes with databases. I am using MySQL on a linux box for the database back-end. I will probably play around with the tutorials a little more and then start on a long awaited project. I’ve always wanted to work on a simple CMS type web app, but just couldn’t figure out what platform I wanted to develop on. It seems like there are a few modules for Django that I can build off of. I’ve always thought python would be somewhat useful for me and this will give me a chance to learn some more about it.

If you have any tips or tutorials on anything Django, let me know what’s up.

Ubuntu 8.10 install.

root — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:21:16 +0000

I attempted to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 last Thursday night. The upgrade using synaptic seemed like it was going fine. Then it said it must remove about 288 packages that are obsolete and then it removed them. It then installed 4 packages to upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 and asked for a reboot. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t boot. That shit pretty much pissed me off and ruined my night. I started downloading the 8.10 iso on another machine and brewed a pot of coffee. I re-installed from CD and all was good. I keep /home on a separate partition so I didn’t lose anything except all my apps. I re-installed my apps and all my preferences and settings were still there so I was happy. I have a feeling that because the Ubuntu servers were being hammered my install was fucked. Oh well, all is good and make sure you keep /home on a different partition. This is still not an excuse to not backup your data often.

No smoking. Day 1

root — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:51:27 +0000

Well, I smoked what I believe to be my last cigarette at about 9am this morning. I’m trying to do this cold turkey. I’ve tried several times in the past, but cheated and failed miserably. It always seems like it’s everyone fuck with you day whenever I try to quit. We’ll see how it goes. I’ll update occasionally.

Wamu pimped out to JPMorgan Chase

root — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:29:59 +0000

This sub-prime crisis shit is getting out of hand. The banks are loan sharks feeding on retarded people dumb enough to take a variable rate loan. Who the fuck would want a variable rate fucking loan. That’s like me letting you borrow 10 dollars and then telling you that you will pay me back whatever the fuck I want back. This is our retarded fucking community. The same stupid bitches that will buy a computer and make payments on a $500 machine for 4 fucking years. Come on. If you can’t afford it you just can’t afford it. Learn how to budget and save money instead of spending money long before you’ve earned it. Very bad debt.

I think people running on the bank when they get scared just put’s the nail in the coffin. Don’t worry your money is FDIC insured up to 100k, which I doubt most don’t have that much and if you did you would be a fucking complete moron to keep it all in one mattress.

Rest in peace Washington Mutual. Good luck JPMorgan Chase.

Places I have lived

root — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:06:44 +0000

Lately I’ve been thinking about where I want to live next, once I get tired of this place. I’ve only lived here for about 7 months now, but I know it’s inevitable. I love moving and seeing new things and meeting new people.

The following is a list of all the places I’ve been. I’m not talking about passing through or anything either. These are all places that I have had a mailing address and actually was there for some period of time. In chronological order, first to last:

1. Seoul, South Korea

2. Boston, Massachusetts

3. Detroit, Michigan

4. Frankfurt, Germany

5. Augusta, Georgia

6. Tong Du Chon, South Korea

7. Washington, Pennsylvania

8. Tong Du Chon, South Korea

9. Columbus, Georgia

10. Augusta, Georgia

11. Clarksville, Tennessee

12. Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait

13. Mosul, Iraq

14. Savannah, Georgia

15. Elizabethtown, Kentucky

16. Nashville, Tennessee (Present)

There it is. I’m actually pretty proud of it. I just turned 27 last month so I still have alot left in me.

Why must old employers talk so much shit?

root — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:00:32 +0000

Well, it’s been a few weeks at my new job and I’m loving it.

I recently spoke with a friend of mine who happens to be an IT sales person that I dealt with at my old job. They informed me that my old employer was talking shit. A small word to people: don’t talk shit about people to other people that you don’t know. That person may just be the former employees friend. Anyways, I am sure those fucking fags are looking for a new IT person right now. If your in the Nashville area looking for a job steer clear of them. I won’t say who they are, but they are a Centurion level travel agency (whatever the fuck that means). Plus, the pay is so shitty you will beat yourself for it after putting up with all the bullshit. E-mail me if you need to know who they are. I will gladly help any readers out.

Now, let me get my shit talking on. That was one of the worst places I ever worked in my whole fucking life. I would have rather spent that time in Iraq dodging bullets day in and day out. Their “IT director” is a huge fucking joke, not to mention a psychopathic bitch. They have no business in the position they are in considering they barely know how to turn on a computer let alone use a laptop. I have never seen someone cry (literally) about so much petty shit in my fucking life. The bitch needs some damn prozac or something. If shit is so bad you have to cry and pity your fucking self all the damn time, why don’t you just off yourself? Save yourself and everyone around you the fucking headache. I’ve never been asked to do as much absurd shit as I was when I worked for these sorry fucks. Reader’s please don’t let the their name fool you. They may have endorsements from a large financial institution, but I can asure you that you can get anyone to endorse you as long as you pay them every year and know how to suck a good dick. I’m not saying that’s what they do, but I am just basing my assumption off of things that I witnessed while I was employed there. Anyways, I hope that place burns to the fucking ground and I also wish cancer upon the owners. Fucking faggots.

If someone from that employer is reading: Strong arming people into doing what you want aren’t always the best business tactics. I’ve gotten a little further by just being nice most of the time.

Note: These are just my opinions. Notice, I did not use any names. If you have a problem with anything written here or want me to remove certain things, write me a letter and then take the letter and goto the post office and FUCK YOURSELF with it.

Started my new job.

root — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:57 +0000

I just started my new job on Wednesday. I think everything is going to be alright from here on.

I was originally supposed to start this upcoming Monday, but I told my old employer to take the 2 week notice I gave them and fuck theirselves with it. Conveniently my new employer asked if I could start a little earlier so I could spend some time with my predescessor.

I got to enjoy a little bit of time off, which I spent getting a driver’s license and new plates on my vehicles. Getting a driver’s license in Nashville is a huge pain in the ass. When it came time to get plates it seemed there were no lines any where. The state was happy to take your money.

So I’ve spent 3 days so far at my new job. I think I’m going to turn out just fine here. I get along with everyone. Everyone is so relaxed and we can kind of just chill. We took a field trip yesterday to the data center where alot of our servers are housed. It was pretty cool since I have never been in a data center in the civilian world. I’m glad that there are other geeks there since they actually have a real IS department instead of one guy doing 6 jobs. It feels kind of nice to be able to hang out with my own kind for once.

This has been a huge relief for me. My last job was my first job in the civilian sector and it left a bad taste in my mouth. It’s nice to see that not everyone fits into the corporate american grind way of work. I’m a huge believer that employees will be happier and stay longer if they can have a decent work/life balance. You just can’t work the piss out of someone for over 10 hours a day and then wonder why they aren’t happy or want to quit.

How to put a stop to backscatter

root — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:16:22 +0000

First things first, what is backscatter? Backscatter messages are non delivery notices sent to you without your request. These messages are usually directly related to spam issues. A few examples of backscatter would include “out of office” messages, bounced or rejected email notifications, messages from virus scanners, and challenge and response requests from anti spam software originating from addresses you never even sent a message to.

How does it get to your inbox? These aren’t just unexplainable mistakes. Backscatter normally happens when someone uses your email address or domain in the “From:” field of an email. Spammers are notorious for doing this for the simple fact that most mail systems do not deliver mail where email addresses or domains in the “From:” fields are non-existent. Depending on how much spam the spammer sends out you could be receiving hundreds to thousands of NDR (non-delivery receipt) messages.

From the Exchange system administrator, how do I stop backscatter from congesting my exchange server? Here is a solution that I use on my Exchange 2003 server.

Open the “System Manager” on the Exchange server.
Expand the “Global Settings” selection and click on “Internet Message Formats”.
Right click on the “Default” object and select “Properties”.
Click on the “Advanced” tab and clear the box for “Allow non-delivery reports” and click “OK”.

You can also specify an address to send NDR messages to. I would recommend setting up a postmaster email box or alias to collect these messages. The instructions for specifying the address to receive the NDR’s are outlined below.

In the “System Manager” expand the “Servers” selection.
Expand and also expand the “Protocols” selection.
Expand the “SMTP” selection and right click on the “Default SMTP Virtual Server” object and click on “Properties”.
Once in the “Properties” window click on the “Messages” tab and add the address into the “Send copy of non-delivery report to” field.
Once you have completed this you will need to restart the MS Exchange Routing Engine as well as the SMTP services.

This is one way to stop backscatter. This solution will only block the NDR type messages. There may be other solutions that would stop the other types of backscatter you may receive, but I feel the NDR type responses are the most common. For those of you running other email servers like qmail, postfix, or sendmail. There are fixes available out there for you to and we will address some of those in the next post.

Web hosting endeavors.

root — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:21:27 +0000

I’ve been thinking about starting my own little web hosting business for the past few months. I finally said screw it and put together a small business plan and started working on it. I just moved illcommunications.com over to the new server. I haven’t launched the hosting site just yet. I want to test a couple things and tie up some last minute adjustments before I make it public. I will be sure to let everyone know once we go live.