I’ve been going through my stats looking for other pages where the authors feel justified in hotlinking.
WARNING!! Sharp learning curve ahead!!
Exibit B (page fixed… this is a screenshot)
I could have been far nastier with what I put up there, but I’m feeling all generous and stuff today. Tomorrow might well be a different story.
Seriously kids… choose life.
I’m getting killed by livejournal users lately who insist on hotlinking to images on my server.
Bejesus… stop it!
I don’t know if livejournal allows you to upload your own files or not. If they do, upload your own images to it. If they don’t, for the love of all that’s good and pure, please find someplace else that does, and hotlink to that (making sure, of course, that you don’t steal anything that is copyrighted… and everything on this site is).
Each month, I go through several gig of bandwidth that is nothing but hotlinks… this costs me money, and you don’t even give me credit for my work (and no… I don’t make a dime on this or any of my websites… they’re provided out of my love for you and by the cash in my wallet).
Hold your mouse over Officer Todd to get his opinion.
One last note about hotlinking: it gives the owner of the server complete control of your website. You hotlink to an image on my site… a cute picture of a bunny… I can pretty much guarantee that I’ll replace it on my end with an image that is both disturbing and wrong (which is, of course, immediately on your site… until you find it and remove the hotlink).
It’s the small joys that keep me going.
The weekend was good!
Friday, I went out with my brother-in-law, David, and his work crew. We went to Sharp Shooters and killed many pieces of paper with large caliber rounds, then wandered off to some mexican restaurant for food and beers (it was horrible).
After being forgotten by the staff, we went to the Trent n’ Dale, a tiny little pub in the Valley. They had many different micro brews on tap for very cheap ($2.50 a pint!). Oh yeah… it may be small but it’s my new most favoritest place EVER!
Saturday, my wife and I went shopping for a new washing machine, as ours gave up the ghost that day. Luckily, it fit in her Jeep (we were worried about that). After removing the old one, cleaning up the HORROR that was under it, and installing the new one, we got to work in the yard.
We finished the retaining wall in the front and did all the back-fill (I’ll post pictures later). My wife pulled most of the petunias that were lingering on and we planted a ton of bulbs for spring (tulips, hyacinth, daffodils, etc). It should look good come spring!
Today’s plan of attack: Get Tom’s computer to the airport.
As I’ve mentioned before, I built a spiffy little PC for my friend Tom (who lives in Alaska). After much searching for BattleField2 on DVD (you can’t get it any more), I settled on picking him up a copy on CD-ROM (it was only 3 disks) and installed it for him. Damn… his Geforce 7800GT kicks some serious ass!! I cranked everything all the way up at 1024×768 and it played like a dream (which is better than my 6800Ultra).
Perhaps I should ship him my PC instead 🙂
EDIT – I dropped it off around 11:30… by 1:30 it was in on a plane leaving Seattle and on it’s way to Juneau. Damn… air freight is fast!
EDIT Again – Tom called me at 10pm (9pm Alaska time)… it was at his house. Bejesus, that was fast!!
The end of the week from friggin’ hell has finally arrived, and not a moment too soon.
From being frustrated to filling like crap, this week has hit all the highlights. I plan on celebrating it’s passing by ingesting large amounts of fermented beverages.
Luckily enough… my brother-in-law has just that planned for tonight! I’ll be hangin’ with the Monaco gang, and the activities involve shooting large caliber weapons at paper targets, then beer and pool… in that order.
Oh… and one final note: my cubicle is finally finished in the “sit-stand” configuration that my doctor suggested. It only took 6 weeks, and I had to stand for 4 of them. My DVI Video splitter, second LDC display, and wireless keyboard/mouse combo are all here.
w00t!
There are days when updating my resume seems like the only viable option.
Today is one of those days.
Looks like I better start increasing my dosage.
