This is the First Thing I’ve Seen to Make Me Think the Zombie Apocalypse May Happen
Okay, so I know about zombies. Not the undead that you see in movies but the Haitian Vodou process outlined in the book The Serpent and the Rainbow. Up until now I haven't really been concerned about widespread zombie attacks because, well I don't live in Haiti and it's not like a pharmacologically induced zombie could bite you and turn you into a zombie. Now however it appears there is a parasite that essentially turns wasps into zombies and I can totally see that happening to humans as well (scientifically). I guess there are two things that will keep me sleeping at night. One, the article points out that this complex interaction between the wasps and the parasites took years and generations to develop, and two, unless the parasites can hit us all at the same time I'm pretty sure we could find a way to extract them and prevent infestations, I hope anyway.
Parasite Turns Wasps Into Outsider Zombie Queens | Wired Science | Wired.com.
BzzCampign for Sodastream, I Want In!
This post is just for BzzAgent Jono!
Many people know that I am a BzzAgent. A person who participates in word of mouth social marketing campaigns for products and services which I typically receive free samples or trials of. You can find out more yourself at http://BzzAgent.com.
One of the newest campaigns is for Sodastream, a machine which makes soda in your kitchen using water, CO2, and flavor syrup, all in a reusable container. I’ve been looking at this machine for a year now, asking myself the typical questions, does it work, is it worth it, will it taste good? So far I haven’t answered the question because I haven’t purchased a machine but the fact that I am still considering it and still looking at this one product certainly says something.
First it tells me, after being around for more than a year I haven’t found anything negative or heard any rumors that have turned me off from the product or caused me to stop considering it. Let me tell you, this doesn’t happen often. Typically I can uncover negative reviews or watch a product slip away because it doesn’t really work and I stop looking at it. Secondly, the fact that it’s still the only homemade soda machine I’m looking at shows that I believe it’s the best product that makes soda at home. I haven’t found a replacement machine to start looking at and I don’t really even see any contenders.
So, why this post? Well, I have an opportunity to get in on this BzzCampaign. I’ve been excited about it all week and have been waiting to post this to show BzzAgent Jono how badly I want in. If I don’t get in, well I likely still keep looking, but if I do get in, OH BOY!! I’ll be a be able to answer all my questions about this product and I’ll be able to share my findings with all of you! If you’ve seen my previous Bzz posts or I’ve talked with you personally you know I’m honest about my opinions and you can trust this won’t change for Sodastream! Please Jono, invite me to this campaign so I can share my thoughts about this product and hopefully turn others onto a great product that will save them money on soda and save them from having to recycle all those pastic bottles. (I’m an optimist about this product and I really hope it lives up to my expectations!)
My Favorite #AttackWatch Tweets from Today
- See a new attack on the President or his record? Use
#attackwatchto report it and discuss attacks as they happen.
and then the people take over:
- Hey
#attackwatch, I saw 6 ATM's in an alley, killing a Job. It looked like a hate crime! - Hey
#attackwatch I just looked at a map of the U.S. Someone has stolen 7 of the 57 States! - Dear
#attackwatch my neighbor won't give me all her money even though she makes more than me. Look into this please. #attackwatch Obamas ego is blocking my view of the sky.#AttackWatch#truestory A small business owner told me he tried to hire 7 people & they all turned him down b/c they were on Unemployment.#attackwatch I want to report someone at home on the range who said a discouraging word.- No hashtag is safe from the hordes of people who actually pay their own bills.
#attackwatch #AttackWatch - Reporting WA Longshoremens Union. They attacked and vandalized without Obama campaign materials! INVESTIGATE!#attackwatch I got the White House Honey Ale that Obama created. It promised not to go above 8% alcohol but turned out to be closer to 10%- Hey,
#attackwatch , there wasn't any sauce for my McNuggets. Do we contact you or 911? - I found a website with lies about .
@BarackObama It's WhiteHouse.gov#attackwatch #attackwatch My dog just created a shovel ready job for someone. It's piled up in my front yard.- Watch out, monthly jobless report.
@AttackWatch is onto you.#attackwatch #attackwatch I want to report my co-worker, who doubts your divinity because you need a teleprompter to speak coherently.- A stopped
#attackwatch is right twice a day. - See a new attack on the President or his record? Use
#gestapo to report it and discuss attacks as they happen.#attackwatch #AttackWatch There is a Communist in the oval office.#AttackWatch There's a new Twitter account making President Obama look like a creepy, authoritarian nutjob:@AttackWatch- New Timex
#attackwatch...takes a lickin but keeps on snitchin!!! - Dear
#attackwatch how many people do I need to turn in to get the#attackwatch hoodie? What I really want is the Obama bobblehead! - Dear
#AttackWatch - I'm eating a high carb, high sodium meal right now.
A Stroll Through My Internet History on Usenet
I was reading an article and someone mentioned "stalking themselves on the usenet archives" via Google Groups. I thought, this sounded interesting. While I can't actually remember posting anything to usenet groups back in the day, doing a quick search reminded me of my very early projects where I work and how far I have come (along with the technology). It's hard to imagine I once struggled trying to set up a simple web server. If you ever used usenet, you should search for yourself, it was fun. Here are some of the posts (along with dates) that I chuckled at. (Sorry, non-geeks may not get it.)
Posted October 3, 1997 in microsoft.public.frontpage.client:
I had FP 97 installed with the web server (1.1 I think, not MS personal)
on my Win NT 4.0 workstation and I upgraded to FP 98(beta). After I
finshed installing FP 98 the explorer and editor would load and work
fine but whenever I run the server EXE files I get "{location of EXE} is
not a valid Windows NT application." Does anyone know what is going on?Stats:
Win NT 4.0 Workstation on a PII 200
Upgraded from FP 97 -> FP 98 Beta
Web server will not run?Ideas:
I used this same copy of FP 98 on two win95 machines and it runs fine.
Is there a Win NT version? (I didn't think so) Maybe I have the Windows
95 version?Thanks for you help.
Posted December 5, 1997 in microsoft.public.frontpage.client:
I'm using Frontpage 98 BETA and the Personal Web server that comes with
it to design a site on a WIN NT 4.0 machine. I want to use a perl
program I wrote and I have placed it in the cgi-bin directory but every
time I try to run it I get a 500 Error in the client and a line in the
log that says:[Fri Dec 05 14:04:48 1997] httpd: could not create new process: 193
The program runs fine from the command prompt and I have a test script
in the cgi-bin dir that runs okay (it just prints a line to the client).What am I doing wrong? Why won't it work? Please help me.
I appreciate all suggestions and help.
Posted December 22, 1997 in microsoft.public.inetserver.iis.activeserverpages:
I am trying to get Perlscript to run on my machine within ASP docs but I
am having trouble. I am testing my setup with a Perlscript/ASP example
(from a CD) that just prints basic stuff like Browser type, version, IP
and so on.Problem: I keep getting a 500 error when I try to run the ASP
I am running: Windows NT 4.0
Frontpage 98
Microsoft Frontpage Personal Web Server 32/3.0
I have Perl32 installed and FP is set to allow scriptsaccess log says: "GET /cgi-bin/browser.asp HTTP/1.0" 500 0
error log says: httpd: could not create new process: 193Any Ideas???
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