August, 20, 2004 archives

garden state will be playing at the laemmle’s grande 4-plex in downtown los angeles as of this weekend. and to think i had considered going to pasadena to see it.

(actually, i’ll probably end up going to pasadena anyway, although not to see the movie. that’s where my trader joe’s is, right by the fillmore station. i need fake cheese and real nuts.)

the la downtown news takes a look at bloggers in the downtown los angeles area, although the only downtown resident they featured is brady westwater. (but i guess that’s okay. the only other downtown blogging resident i know of is eric richardson.)

i don’t think i mentioned this when i implemented it last weekend, but ip addresses that now poll one of my scraped rss feeds more than once an hour will find themselves blocked from polling for the next hour. (the limit isn’t really quite an hour, but in that neighborhood.)

the fun part is that it is a rolling block — the second attempt before the required time has passed results in the timer resetting. when i decide to be truly evil, it will start returning an rss feed with something other than the content being requested. (right now it gives a 403 response with a simple text message.)

“welcome to the studio...” (caution, contains bad language. it’s funny what you can find on old zip disks.)

i found a file with some choice quotes on one of those zip disks. there’s only one of these that i don’t find especially relevant these days.

Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace. — Frederick W. Taylor

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. — Plato

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. — Douglas Adams

My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot. — Ashleigh Brilliant

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them. — E.V. Lucas

Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. — Doug Larson