Solonor's Inkwell

I Owe A Lot To Iowa Pot

Posted on April 3, 2003 by Solonor

And they’re coming to take me away, ha-haa… to Gnomedex.

Got my reservations all made. Be there, or be somewhere else.

Posted in Yo! Listen Up! | 11 Comments

Request for Comments

Posted on April 3, 2003 by Solonor

Vicki was the very first person to be my blog friend. She came over to the blog side with me from Leoville.

When I put up this newfangled Blogroll thingy, she was the first person to add me to her list.

When I switched to Movable Type and got comments, she was the first commenter.

She had to go away for many months, and she missed a lot of crazy stuff around the blogiverse (like starting to call it a “blogiverse”). But now she’s back, and she’s desperate for comments.

So, with whatever powers I might have collected as a minionmasterblogwhoreblogcriticmondaymissioneersporkpossemember commentslutrockstarbaseballcommissionereastsiiiidepetodlibertydog annoyedashelldeadpoolerdavebarrynemesisrudolphbubbayukon goofbeckistanileovillagerryzeragelessaortalsarcasticgeeknerdandordweeb, I strongly suggest that you pay Zmama a visit. Please. Thank you.

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They Grow Up So Fast

Posted on April 2, 2003 by Solonor

Thank you very much for getting that damned song stuck in my head, Mister Bigshot. Well, at least you won’t be bugging me about my lack of a Call For Help plug anymore…

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Smooch-fest

Posted on April 2, 2003 by Solonor

It’s Tanya’s birthday, and all she wants is a kiss. Hustle yer lips over there! NOW!

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Carnival of the Vanities #28

Posted on April 2, 2003 by Solonor

It’s Carnival of the Vanities time. This week’s host is the lovely Nicole.

I just wish her site was more readable… ;p

Next week, the Carnival returns to Solonor’s Ink Well for the second time in 2003! Get your entries in early, boys ‘n’ girls.

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March Referrer Madness

Posted on April 2, 2003 by Solonor

It’s time once more to see where all the nice people come from.

We had 18079 unique visitors in March for a total of 513868 hits. March kicked February’s ass in many ways. Good things happened to people in March. They got houses and found jobs and generally enjoyed themselves. Yay!

So here are the:

Top 20 Sites From Which Nice People Came To Look At The Monkey In The Window

Continue reading →

Posted in Referrer Madness | 28 Comments

About Damned Time, Too!

Posted on April 1, 2003 by Solonor

Darned hackers deserve this: Free Software Gives Hackers A Taste of Their Own Medicine

It’s about time someone stood up and took on those scum. I applaud Backfire Security and their efforts.

PAYBACK v1.0 is a new kind of anti-hacker application called an IRS (Intruder Retaliation System) and is based upon “guerrilla” programming protocols and algorithms originally developed for the Chinese Space Program.

The software has the ability to instantly and dynamically ‘trace’ the IP source address – no matter how well masked – of the network attack/infection and respond by launching either a Domain Name or Mail Server flood attack in the direction of the attacker.

This overwhelming retaliation is then accelerated by up to 6000% per cent, according to independent tests, as the software initiates a peered “guerrilla” offensive by capturing any available waste Internet data during its transit (dropped packets, redundant addresses, undelivered mails etc) and aggregating them in the attack.

Why, it almost sounds too good to be true…

Posted in Strangeness | 3 Comments