31 Dec 2004
More Format Changes

Well, Google AdSense is gone from my blog. I made a whopping $1.17 in the six months it was here: at that rate, my estate would get a check for $100 in 50 or 60 years. Not worth the bandwidth ...

The other thing that just annoyed me to no end about it was the ads they place. Anytime I blogged some negative comment about PETA they'd place an ad for the group on my page. True, I could block it via their service, but I couldn't block sites I'd never heard of until they appeared. And as often as I blog on religious topics, I was getting too many ads from Christian wingnuts displaying here to ever manage to keep up my blacklist. So, away it goes...

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RIAA/MPAA Contractor Deploys Malicious Adware Trojans

Another reason to avoid Windows Media files, and closed source DRM in general.

Overpeer, the organization responsible for seeding many peer to peer networks with damaged, corrupt and fake files has now found a way of hiding spyware and adware inside Windows Media files by using a DRM loophole and is using this technique to further pollute p2p networks.

(link) [Slashdot]

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How Did Animals Escape Tsunami?

Anyone who works with animals (wild or domestic) will tell you that this is true: they can sense a wide variety of conditions that we humans have managed to lock out of our sensory systems.

No wild animals were found dead along the Sri Lankan coastline, adding credence to the belief that beasts have a sixth sense that warns them of impending disasters.

(link) [Wired News]

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Stop Smoking?

I don't think this would work for me ...

via Pagan Prattle

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