Archive for February, 2004

Spam can discussion

Wednesday, February 11th, 2004

As you may or not may know, XS4ALL now includes free antivirus and spam filter. A lot less mail to go through (ranging from 50 to 200 a day). Spam filter technology is like antivirus technology, always playing catch up. So a few will slip through now and then. Here’s the most interesting one of today:

From: “Klossie”
Subject: SH00T Out Amazing Amounts Of Sp.erm!

Treating it like a real ad, I can only ask myself, WHY WHY WHY ? What’s the point of shooting …. well, y’know ?

Lost and found

Wednesday, February 11th, 2004

Okay, just found my keychain, with of course the keys to my house here (at work), laying besides that thing I did last, yesterday late.
Of course, I was in my house in no time, as I distribute duplicate keys to my chinese mob minions.

What about you ? If you lost your keys, what would have to happen ? Break in the door ? Break in the glass ? (Come to think of it, this question applies to singles only, others will probably call their partners)

Wall of weird

Wednesday, February 11th, 2004

Search engines are, though certainly helpful, far from perfect. With these past 2 years marking the blog-era, search engines take everything from one page, and parse it through to their databases, not taking into account every day, every blog entry, is totally unrelated (well, mine is, and most of what I read are). So, let’s dig through my web access logfiles and find some unintentional search hits, thanks to Google, Inktomi, MSN and the likes.

Office + 97 + Systeemfout in Google.nl – rank 8
kristin kreuk and grace park in Google.ca – rank 16
“10-8 Officers on Duty” ratings nielsen in Google.com – rank absolute 1, no other returns !!
karen cisco tv series cast in Google.com – rank 6
shut up -black eyed peas sing word in Google.co.il – rank 2: If only that Israelian dude used lyrics instead of sing+word, he would’ve gotten lot more relevant hits.
kurt nilsen album download in Google.nl – rank 1: Sorry dude, I don’t do illegal stuff.
Finding Nemo screensaver in Google.nl – rank 44
sunglasses Diane Lane Underneath the Tuscan Sun in Google.com – rank 2
bad boys II chinese subtitle download in Yahoo search – rank 3
janet jackson superbowl video slow motion High Resolution in Google.com – rank 2: NOW_ you wish you bought a TiVo eh ?
“janet jackson” “high resolution” “super bowl” in Yahoo search – rank 24
paint shop pro 7 cruck download in Google.pl – rank absolute 1: Kinda too funny to be true.
download copy of Dirty Dancing Havana Nights in Yahoo search – rank 15: Too early dude.

And here some intentional hits:
paris + hilton + video in Google.nl – rank 91: Hahahah, this was an evil blog entry I made, that, as you can see, worked quite well.
paris hilton sex video in Google.nl – rank 36: How evil am I ?
paris hilton video download italian mpeg -xxx in Google.com rank 26: Very very evil, it seems.
paris hilton sex video excerpts weblog in Google.com – rank 36: Why an excerpt when you can get the WHOLE video ?

So, do you have anything nerdy or funny to say about your http logfile ?

Great injustice

Tuesday, February 10th, 2004

Yupz, it is as I feared. No Grammy’s for Matchbox Twenty, Faith Hill or even Shania Twain. Look at the winners list here.
Winners are for instance:
Justin Timberlake got a few statues. Didn’t know there was a yelling screaming teen girl section in the jury.
Evanananannannosense. Guess there’s a granny section too. Without batteries to power their hearing aid.
Outkast. Irritating.
Luther Vandross has a few too. No offence, he’s a great singer, but his album is BOOHOOOORING.

Totally lost my faith.

US Box Office

Monday, February 9th, 2004

Showing off a new haircut is this week’s number one, Barbershop 2: Back in Business (Opens here unknown) with a nice price tag, $25.1 million. It beats out the $20.1 million opener 2 years ago.
Olympic Ice Hocky movie, Miracle (Opens here unknown), gets a silver medal. Based on a true story, Kurt Russell plays coach Herb Brooks in the 1980’s Olympics. Having been blessed with good reviews, it earns $19.4 million.
You Got Served drops 2 places, and ends up at 3 with $7.7 million.

Biggest Lie of the Month

Sunday, February 8th, 2004

The new Lion is supposed to have a new bite eh ? Well, trust me, if you want to try it out, just because Anouk is yellin’ it on TV, DON’T !!! It’s practically the same. I just ate 5 of’m, I’m _PRETTY_ sure.

How Messy is my Desk Today ?

Sunday, February 8th, 2004

Rate 1 (FR#^&% MESS !) to 5 (how very tidy !). Only rate the latest picture, otherwise I can’t keep track of the average.

Total: 990 out of 283 votes > Average is: 3.498

desk pic

Quote of the day…

Sunday, February 8th, 2004

Really nothing going on this weekend, so here a quote from a famous dude, but keep in mind, I said it first ! (See my post a few days earlier)

Mikko Hypponen, Antivirus Research Director for F-Secure:
“I’ve lost my faith in education. It never helps, people will never learn…. They will click on everything”

Just a tiny bit more subtle than how I put it. Oh right, he earns money with it. That’s why.

Review: Hero

Friday, February 6th, 2004

Fast action, or serene silence. It seems the director knows how to shoot every scene with so much passion, it almost knocks you down. This movie combines it all. Fluid martial arts, immersive storytelling and stunning visuals. The director knows how to catch the audience with simple things. Color, motion and music. Subtle use of wind and objects, camera moves and intense acting. All this highten the emotionally laden story with psychological and philosophical twists.
While there have been rumors of a 20 minute longer cut for quite a while now, I can assure you that there’s absolutely no argument not to see this “normal” version in the theatre.8½.

Review: Something’s Gotta Give

Friday, February 6th, 2004

Starting off with fast dialogue, that seems a bit contrived, the jokes and funny bits are nicely spaced between each other. Later on, the dialogue feels more natural. The first half will keep both corners of your mouth pointed upwards, although the story is quite predictable. Acted fairly standardly, there’s nothing suprising here to be found from either Jack Nickolson or Diane Keaton. Then comes the second half, a bit long winded. And the fourth quarter is nearing… slowly. By now, time has almost stopped, with only the law of linearity keeping it going. It keeps going on and on and on with no jokes, only cliches. It ironically becomes what it was meant for. Old nagging grannies. So, basically, here are the points earned for the first half. 6+.

How Messy is it at my Work Today ?

Thursday, February 5th, 2004

Rate 1 (sucks) to 5 (cool). Only rate the latest pictures, otherwise I can’t keep track of the average.

Total: 486 out of 148 votes > Average is: 3.284

work pic
No dirty business going on under the table. It’s all legal I’m tellin’ ya.

Error Error …

Wednesday, February 4th, 2004

Really nothing going on, so let’s continue my obsessionist talk about breasts.

If the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” happened here with a Dutch lady, on Dutch TV, we’d either shrug it off or laugh out loud and move on. Not so in the States. There are the current consequences:

– Investigation by the FCC. Micheal Power, the current chairman ordered a “thorough and swift” investigation into this matter. Right, they’re gonna torture Janet so they can find out if she did it on purpose or not.
– Grammy line-up has been changed. Janet is not welcome back at the CBS studios (the Super Bowl was also aired by the CBS network) to sing during the show. Her male accomplice/suspect, a certain mr. J.T. is still scheduled to perform (dang, I could’ve replaced him easily y’know).
– MTV, who produced the NFL half time show, might lose its contract with CBS.

Then of course, you have all the concerned Women Groups blabalbalbaablabla pronograpshiblabalbalbal.

And all that, just because of a 30 nanosecond reveal of the most beloved part of the human body (in my mind). And also, this wouldn’t have happened if all those “important” people who find it so disgusting WOULD JUST STOP PRESSING PAUSE AND REWIND ON THEIR VCR !!!

(TiVo announced this was the most replayed moment in the history. Hah, didn’t know your hardware was being monitored eh ?)

Review: Radio

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004

A tiny drama inspired by a real story. All the acting is up to par (piece of cake for Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ed Harris), but the story progresses slowly. Mixed with very appropiate seventies music, and the light drama, it’s actually quite uplifting. But with no real highs or lows, after the first half, the only thing the only real question remains the motivation of the coach. All in all, a satisfying small movie.7½.

Justified….

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004

That Timberlake dude really has it all, doesn’t he ? First he gets Britney, then a few other blondes and dancer types. And let’s not forget Cameron Diaz. Yeah. Weew. Hoohhow.
And now, he has Janet Jackson, ripping off a piece of clothe during the Super Bowl half time performance, leaving her right pierced nipple and breast open for the world to see (Approximately 140 million Americans, live, to be exact). The show off !
I already have his looks and his voice AND his moves. If only I had his life.

Oh, btw, the one who gives me the best picture or link for this event, wins eh a uhmm *hug*.

Review: Open Range

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004

A western focusing more on the drama, and therefore shot intimately by Kevin Costner, somehow doesn’t come off that intimate at all. The personal quests do not bear any particular weight for the viewer, and hence may exuberate a tinny feeling on the movie as a whole (as opposed to the epic feeling some bigger movies have). Of course, not all is bad. No one can deny Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner or Annette Bening are good actors, and that does the character development well, albeit most dialogues are somewhat slow. The final shoot-out not that of a standard shoot-miss-shoot-hit type either. Somehow weaving in the drama in a special way, Costner sets himself apart as one of the few ego-tripping actor/director (only matched by Clint Eastwood and Kevin Smith), but then in a good way.7+.