Yeraze's Domain 3.0

Supercomputers, Programming, and Life in Mississippi

Snow in Mississippi? Again??

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-08

  • I favorited a YouTube video — Doritos® – Crash the Super Bowl 2010 Aired: Underdog http://youtu.be/T8Jli-2pcgM?a #
  • Really starting to like PostBox, after a week of using it. Now to decide if I like it enough to fork out $30 for it. #
  • Eek, make that $40 … #
  • or, no.. Checking their blog, today kicks off a new "Refer a Friend" program.. So $30, plus a code to get you another $5 for each friend. #
  • Use this coupon discount code R6HZTZS to save $10 on Postbox! http://postbox-inc.com/ref.php?r=R6HZTZS #
  • MAn.. lots of software updates today.. New PostBox, new TweetDeck… #
  • So.. Disabled Meebo on VizWorld, and polished the dynamic image load.. Pageload times are FAAAAST… #
  • I found the Leno/Letterman superbowl ad funny.. But it would've been better if Conan was there too. #
  • Sittin on the couch, sipping a Lazy Magnolia "Southern Pecan".. #
  • Looks like I've been "blessed" with the new Facebook #fb #

Postbox Email App – Coupons & Discounts

So, after Running PostBox on both a Windows & Mac system for a few weeks with marvelous results, I finally broke down and bought it.  And, lo and behold they start a new discount program on the same day!

So, if you want PostBox but can’t bring yourself to fork out the $40 for it, then use this coupon code: R6HZTZS and get $10 off at checkout!  Plus, they’ll give you a code you can share with your friends and get an extra $5 off for each friend that purchases it.  The program is just beginning, so if you get in now you’re almost guaranteed to get the app for free just from people searching Twitter & Google for coupon codes.

In addition, they just released version 1.1.1 with several improvements to Mac integration, so if you’re a Mac user: GO GET IT NOW!

PostBox

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-07

  • ahh.. Figured it out.. Running on VizWorld now :) #
  • Watching Friday's Caprica… #
  • Anyone know why FaceBook's "Linked Accounts" Feature isn't working anymore? I liked my OpenID login … #
  • Now for Burn Notice… #
  • Trying to write an S3->Apache log converter… #
  • Taking the Daughter to see Tooth Fairy. (@ UA Cinemas 10) http://4sq.com/bgn1Qp #
  • Hahahaha. Didn't know Seth McFarlane was in Tooth Fairy. #
  • I had the Colts winning by 14, but looks like it's gonna be alot closer than that. Saints are puttin up one helluva fight. #
  • Daaaaaaaaayuuuuummmmmm. That should seal the deal for the Saints. And a fat Payday for Tracey's interception. #fb #
  • Man. New Orleans is gonna be TRASHED tonight. Wouldn't want to be within 59 miles of there tonight. Whole city will be hungover tomorow. #
  • Well congrats Saints, you proved me long.. Gonna make tomorrow in the office a bit Embarrassing, but worth it. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-06

  • I'm at Sal and Mookies (, ). http://4sq.com/8seZqy #
  • Wow. @SalAndMookies is packed today. #
  • Another stupid Google AdWords promo offer that I can't frigign use… WTF @Google ? #
  • I just became the mayor of Bops on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/dzrtOU #
  • All you Saints fans: Dicks sporting goods in Flowood has "Saints Champions" shirts in stock. OnSale 7am Monday if they win. #
  • Reading up on the Withings WiFi-enabled Scale… Looks neat, but pricey. http://bit.ly/bVNV3d #
  • In the redesign, Mashable now has this neat effect where images "fade in" as you scroll down.. Anyone know how they do it? #

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-05

  • G'morning all.. #
  • hrm.. New VizWorld issue: A company dislikes a comment on a post about their product, and wants me to remove the entire article.. Thoughts? #
  • All of the extreme cold & heavy rain is really messing with my Running Program :-( #
  • Everyone on FAcebook is complaining about the new layout.. Everything looks the same to me…. #
  • Hey, retweet this to win an iPhone 3GS today! Don't forget to follow @dealsplus. http://bit.ly/9aq1Su #
  • 2 SuperBowl tickets, upper-level… $2k .. Ends in under 10 minutes.. Someone's making some HUGE money.. #
  • Oh, the link.. http://tinyurl.com/y9le3dc #
  • Interesting. Vizworld.com looks different in Mobile Safari and iDroidBrowser. Weird. #

US Debt by Jimmy Margulies

In recent months I’ve come to really respect newspaper cartoonists… Entertainment combined with chilling reality.

Posted via web from yeraze’s posterous

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-04

  • Slowly re-entering my passwords all over creation… #
  • Apple heard my cries, Finally! App Store links redirect to a WebPage, not iTunes http://tinyurl.com/yhnp3t7 #
  • A classic from @gingerwhttp://blip.fm/~kcbv4 #
  • This is neat.. I might get one. the USB "SyncBlocker" iPhone cable. http://www.usbfever.com/index_eproduct_view.php?products_id=1367 #
  • Interesting.. my 25-character Twitter Password will not work through the API.. Works fine on manual login, but not in the API… #
  • Just found a full cup of coffee in my hand, and I don't remember getting it… I've got a problem.. A warm, yummy problem. #
  • Hrm. Trimmed my password down to 18 chars. Works now via API. Hrm. #
  • Now drinking my 7th and (hopefully) last cup of coffee for the day… #
  • I lied apparently.. Cup 8 down, Cup 9 incoming. #
  • According to my GReader trends, I've read 17,300 items over the last 30 days, averaging just under 600 a day… wow. #
  • Helping my daughter with her math homework. Today we are counting coins. #fb #

How a zealot’s word led us astray on autism

Found this on MSNBC, and it’s probably the most accurate writeup I’ve seen on the recent retraction of the flawed MMR-Autism paper.

Why did The Lancet finally act? Because the British board that licenses doctors recently concluded that Wakefield had “shown callous disregard” for the children in his study and had “abused his position of trust” in doing his research. In language I have almost never seen from a disciplinary body, the General Medical Council added that Wakefield acted “dishonestly,” was “misleading” and “irresponsible” in the way he described the findings of his tiny study about the danger of MMR vaccine in The Lancet.

Also, what I’m almost certain will happen is addressed:

Some will try to portray Wakefield as a martyr, sacrificed for the profits pharmaceutical companies make from vaccines. But the profit from childhood vaccination has always been a very small part of Big Pharma’s big profits. The companies still in the childhood vaccine business generally stay there from a sense of duty to the public health not greed.

Wakefield is no martyr. He is a scientist who would not give up on his theory no matter how much evidence accumulated that vaccines are not linked to autism. And that makes him guilty of letting his zealotry blind him to the harm avoiding effective vaccines did to many vulnerable children.

via How a zealot’s word led us astray on autism – Breaking Bioethics- msnbc.com.

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-02

  • After a nyquil night, it seems there is never enough coffee. #
  • Just heard a radio commercial about the upcoming allergy PE law. #
  • It always annoys me when I ask permission for something and get told "No", only to have that person go do it instead of me… grrrr… #fb #
  • Come watch me overdose on Coffee at http://daytum.com/Yeraze :) #
  • I've just been informed that information about Black History Month is "Unclassified" where I work.. That's good to know… #
  • RT: @MarshallRamsey: The iPad is supposed to change the world. But so was the Segway. #
  • I can't believe it.. Most states argue about legalizing marijuana.. Mississippi argues about criminalizing sudafed… #
  • There is gonna be such a run on Sudafed when he signs that bill.. Should just buy stock in the Pharmaceutical companies now. Make a killin. #
  • RT: @wyldkyss: no meth. no beer. W.T.F. (via @idl3mind) MS Legislature is doing it wrong. #
  • Better be careful, or they'll start requiring a prescription for that too ..RT: @clarionledger: Use of Twitter, Facebook rising among gangs #
  • I favorited a YouTube video — Philip Rosedale – Virtual Worlds and Second Life http://youtu.be/J3LFqX6YNY0?a #