Fri, 31 October, 2003

Additional Name

Posted in General at 5 pm

I went ahead and registered badseed.org, and it is now shadowing all of my stuff on bad-seed.org.

I had wanted it when I was first looking to start a new web site out of the dry tinder of the Cave Inn site. It was taken and I think this is the trend. I bet a lot of the older underused domain names are getting released.

It’s kind of interesting. I think that the domain name horders are nearly the perfect expression of free market dynamics to a certain extent.

Anyway, you can stop using the hyphen now if you find yourself using it. This applies to both e-mail and to web site access.

Thu, 23 October, 2003

Interesting Long Movie

Posted in General at 7 pm

This is kinda long, but it’s very interesting to watch in that film as art kind of way.

It’s about 10 minutes long.

Wed, 8 October, 2003

Tips for HTML Mail

Posted in General at 11 pm

Hot on the heals of working on an HTML mail for nearly 2 days straight, I’ve posted a number tips in an article in my webdev section on OrderSomewhereChaos. Check it out… Tips for HTML Mail

Comments on the article are very welcome.

HTML Mail in Mail for OS X

Posted in General at 6 pm

For all future references, HTML e-mails that are viewed in 10.2 Mail must have at least two images (elements?) in each cell in order to maintain pixel-perfect positioning.

After 2 days of wrangling this, I’ve beaten this e-mail to a pulp.

Oh, and animated GIFs neither run nor loop.

Just thought You (I) should know.

Sun, 5 October, 2003

Frikin Cool Effect

Posted in General at 10 pm

If you’re running Mac OS X.2, hold down the following keys:

[Control-Option-Command]-

and then press [Keypad *], the * key on the Numeric keypad. If you have a laptop, make sure your num lock is turned on and hit the ‘P’ key which is the same thing.

Do it right now.

leet!

Sat, 4 October, 2003

How to Complain about Telemarketing Calls

Posted in General at 9 pm

Updated Oct 12, 2003: A better link via Slashdot: donotcall.gov/Complain/ComplainCheck.aspx. Haven’t tried it yet, but here’s hoping.

It took me a while to find this, but here it is, How to file a complaint about Telemarketing Calls

What the FCC Can Do to Help

While the FCC may not award monetary or other damages, it can issue citations or impose fines against those violating the TCPA or other FCC rules regarding unsolicited telephone marketing calls. If you would like to send the FCC a complaint about suspected violations of the TCPA or of the FCC’s rules, you can file it by e-mail (fccinfo at fcc.gov), by the Internet (www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html), by telephone 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322) (voice), 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322) (TTY), or by mail:

Federal Communications Commission
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
Complaints & Inquiries Division
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554

Include the following in your complaint:

  • your name, address, and daytime phone number;
  • the action you are requesting of the violator;
  • the date you requested to be added to the organization’s do-not-call list, and the name of the individual with whom you spoke;
  • the home or business telephone number the solicitor gave;
  • the name, address, and telephone number of the organization placing the calls; and
  • the dates and times you received calls from the organization.