links for 2008-08-15
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Good notes on specific SQL for different date formatting
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links for 2008-08-05 [delicious.com]
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For when you need the lowdown on anyone
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I need to use this the next time I travel!
Today is day 5000 of the internet
The web is 5000 days old. What do the next 5000 days hold? [More]
Drury Technology Services continue to amaze me
After multiple email outages throughout the past semester and this summer I haven’t been overly confident in Drury Technology Services. The outages were significant enough that I moved as much email coming into my Drury account to other accounts for reliability purposes. Well Drury proved me wrong again; even with double digit percentage increases in tutition, we can’t seem to get the whole email/technology thing down (I know this whole computer stuff is pretty new) but even better yet was the email I received today:
“The Drury web site has been affected by a malicious program known as a worm,
similar to a virus. It would seem that this worm is a new, previously
unknown program that circumvented our virus protection measures.To prevent further infection, I have taken the Drury web site offline while
we resolve the problem. The web site will be back to normal as soon as
possible, but I cannot give an estimated duration of the outage at this
time. I will email again when I have more information. My sincere
apologies for the inconvenience.”
Wow… go us. I feel another tuition increase coming.
Yet another facebook related post
To all the kids in high school or middle school from schools near where I went to high school adding me to their facebook friends list – stop. I don’t know you, thus adding you to my “Friends” list is pointless. Just because we went to school within a 30 mile radius of each other does not make us buddy ole’ pals.
That is all.
Time for Facebook addicts to face the music
Coming straight off of my facebook banned me post, I ran into this article that basically gives a reality check to facebook users. facebook has it’s positive attributes, but I feel as though it is beginning to outgrow its welcome in my life.
Take this excerpt from the story:
‘Colin has added you as a friend on facebook’
“You last saw Colin when you were twelve years old. From what you can remember, he was once sent home from school early after stabbing you in the leg with a compass. Now – fifteen years on – Colin seems ready to make amends. What a happy coincidence – he still lives nearby, and suggests meeting up for a drink.
Why does Facebook always succeed in resurrecting those old faces that one has worked so hard to leave behind? The classroom nerds, the former colleagues, the drunken lapses in judgement. ‘Pokes’ from strange women who are invariably either ropey-looking, selling something, or men in real life. In all likelihood, you are the first person Colin has contacted since his escape from Belmarsh prison. “
On a side note, if you are a facebook junkie you can be excited to know that they are performing an interface upgrade tonight.
Facebook to me: Slow down!
My Facebook account was disabled two days ago. After sending emails to the silent appeals@facebook.com I received an email back from Fred at Facebook informing I am browsing Facebook at to fast of a rate. Here’s the email:
“Hi Kolby,
Your account has been reactivated. Please significantly slow down the rate at which you browse Facebook, or your account may be disabled again. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Thanks for your understanding,
Fred
User Operations
Facebook”
The ironic part is I have actually decreased my usageof facebook in the past weeks. Not sure what Facebook’s definition of browsing too much is, but apparently I crossed it. Apparently Facebook is going on quite a banning rampage as of lately. Check out the GetSatisfaction.com Facebook page, which is completely silent of facebook reps. Many many post are related to a user getting banned without warning or justified reasons. Take a look at this post specifically in which many users terrible facebook experience of getting banned are detailed. What’s going on facebook?!
