media, web stuff

Zarqawi video

Here’s the Zarqawi ‘outakes’ video: As you can see, certain folks wasted no time posting the video to YouTube, parodying it, and generally making a fool of Zarqawi. The original file can be found & downloaded “here”:http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/Video/DOD_N06050411.wmv. Thanks to CENTCOM for making it available.

computing, web stuff

Amazon Prime free trial

Amazon.com decided to give me a 4-month free trial to their “‘Amazon Prime’”:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/13819211/qid=1147053110/sr=1-1/002-7197462-6463219 service. Amazon Prime is a $79/yr subscription service in which members get free two-day shipping on all items with no order minimum (they discount overnight shipping pretty heavily too). By default Amazon already offers free ‘Super Saver’ economy shipping on qualifying orders… Read More Amazon Prime free trial

computing

New anti-spam tool

A company called “Blue Security”:http://www.bluesecurity.com/ has an intriguing new anti spam concept. It’s intended to provide active spam prevention rather than the passive blocking schemes I’ve usually seen. The idea is that they use their large (400k+) user base to identify spam and issue complaints to the originating sites, with their software automating the process.… Read More New anti-spam tool