Entries from March 2004
Distributed comment authentication
With the introduction of Typekey, the discussion of blog-comment validation and moderation has kicked into high gear.
I applaud the nice Six Apart people for doing something to turn back the tide of comment spam and crapflooding. And while I wouldn’t necessarily discourage anyone from using Typekey, I think we might be able to do better.
I’d [...]
Letter from my bank
disclosure is a good thing–even when you fuck up.
Three elephants
one strange wedding
Peach blossoms
Pretty in pink
Garlic head
This bizarre bit of folk art was a gift to Gwen from her neighbor, who in turn received it from her father in Iran. It is made all the creepier by the fact that it is decorated with real human hair.
Those wacky Persians…
Out of pocket
on my radar
NYT on Katakana
Pretty good article in the Times today on how katakana is used. It mentions that foreigners of Japanese descent, like Alberto Fujimori and Kazuo Ishiguro get the katakana treatment on their names; what it doesn’t mention is that Fujimori, who pronounces his name Spanish-style, gets his name transliterated into kana as フヒモリ (fuhimori).
But the article [...]
After hours with SBC
I am on hold with SBC, waiting while they confirm the fact that my DSL connection is down. Their hold music is the most gleefully cheesy 1970s porno soundtrack. Flatulent keyboards, the whole works.
Meet the new jefe
Probably not same as the old jefe
Perils of porting
Friday night, I got together with some of my blogger friends for dinner at the Mongolian BBQ downtown. Don had just ported from Sprint to T-mobile and gotten the same phone as me, partly at least on my recommendation.
While we’re sitting there, I get a call from someone claiming that someone else had just called [...]
