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The Web is Becoming Increasingly Overwhelming

The year was 1996. I was creating my first website. It was about Pokemon, games, and programming. Life was simpler back then. The Internet felt like a relatively small community. The number of webmasters was a fraction of what it is today. There was less information. Spam was not a problem, search engines were not…Continue Reading…

Physics Lab; Smiling; Office Depot; Chess Club

I went to my first 8 AM Physics lab today. It lasted about 30 minutes, and about 10 of that was waiting in line to have my picture taken. It’s for the professor to remember our faces. And I failed to smile. But due to the long line, I decided not to make any attempt…Continue Reading…

Too Many Websites

I’ve realized that I am managing too many websites. Does some aspiring web developer want to take one off my hands? Any earnings while you’re managing the site are yours, of course. And if I have any plans to take back control, I promise to tell you at least three months in advance. I will…Continue Reading…

Stopping Fraudulent Spam with SPF

I use DirectAdmin for server management. Recently, a lot of spam has been sent that appears to be from users at sizzly.com. However, no email is sent from sizzly.com, so this spam is fraudulent and the “From” header is forged. I have no way to prevent senders from forging their “From” addresses to make it…Continue Reading…

School’s out

I’ve completed my first semester of college. Audrey is on break, now, too. Amy has another week, though. It’s nice to have no school weighing down on me. I’d been sleeping in, but this morning I woke rather early: around 8 am. I guess that’s a good sign. I like to wake early. It provides…Continue Reading…

wininet.dll was not found

I went to my friend Steven’s house and fixed his computer. The problem was that a virus infected wininet.dll, and thus Norton Antivirus deleted it. Windows can’t work without it. Only the Task Manager would open, whether you tried a regular startup or Safe Mode. So I did some File -> Run’s and poked around…Continue Reading…