Friday, May 28, 2004
California Senate votes to restrict Google's Gmail - May. 27, 2004
California Senate votes to restrict Google's Gmail - May. 27, 2004 WTF?!
Slashdot | Sneak Preview of VIA's next-gen mini-ITX mobo
Slashdot | Sneak Preview of VIA's next-gen mini-ITX mobo: "VIA will preview its next-generation mini-ITX board for the consumer electronics market at next week's Computex 2004 in Taipei. The EPIA SP features a new graphics and memory controller hub (GMCH) supporting faster front-side bus (FSB), memory, and southbridge interconnect speeds. It also features a C3 processor clocked at 1.3GHz, integrated PadLock Hardware Security Suite, and MPEG-4 acceleration. Oh, and like the current top-end MII 12000 VIA board, the whole board probably draws under 20watts running flat out.' "
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Build Your Own PVR :: Why Tivo When you can Freevo?
Build Your Own PVR :: Build Your Own Personal Video Recorder 101
: "Build Your Own Personal Video Recorder 101
ABSTRACT: What the heck is a PVR and why you'd want to build one.
AUTHOR: Rampy (reviews AT byopvr.com)
What's A PVR?
A PVR is an acronym for Personal Video Recorder... sometimes it is referred to as a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). A PVR is like a very smart digital VCR on steroids.
Why would anyone want anything more than a VCR? Let me use myself as a usecase. I have a Tivo. The basic functionality of a PVR allows you to schedule recordings by program instead of just time/date/channel a traditional VCR offers. I can interact with the program guide to find details about upcoming shows so I can record only the 'Seinfeld' episode where George tries to preserve his high score on a Frogger machine and NOT the Keith Hernandez episodes. I can make wishlists 'queries' that tell my Tivo to record any shows/movies that a have a specific actor. The next time 'Treasure of Sierra Madre' is shown it's going to be taped, even if it's 4 months from now at 3:45am on TCM. I can record only the NEW episodes of 'CSI' or 'Friends' and never see a re-run (unless I want to). "
: "Build Your Own Personal Video Recorder 101
ABSTRACT: What the heck is a PVR and why you'd want to build one.
AUTHOR: Rampy (reviews AT byopvr.com)
What's A PVR?
A PVR is an acronym for Personal Video Recorder... sometimes it is referred to as a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). A PVR is like a very smart digital VCR on steroids.
Why would anyone want anything more than a VCR? Let me use myself as a usecase. I have a Tivo. The basic functionality of a PVR allows you to schedule recordings by program instead of just time/date/channel a traditional VCR offers. I can interact with the program guide to find details about upcoming shows so I can record only the 'Seinfeld' episode where George tries to preserve his high score on a Frogger machine and NOT the Keith Hernandez episodes. I can make wishlists 'queries' that tell my Tivo to record any shows/movies that a have a specific actor. The next time 'Treasure of Sierra Madre' is shown it's going to be taped, even if it's 4 months from now at 3:45am on TCM. I can record only the NEW episodes of 'CSI' or 'Friends' and never see a re-run (unless I want to). "
horkulated - Where Great Ideas Go to Die
horkulated - Where Great Ideas Go to Die
bug me not
Okay, I've just about had enough of these fershlugginer news sites like latimes.com, washingtonpost.com, and chicagotribune.com requiring registration to view stories, and THEN force-feeding you intrusive shtml "commercials" -- often with unmutable sound -- to boot. Whenever possible, I will be using google news to find alternative news links. In the meantime, go to bugmenot.com to get generic usernames/passwords for compulsory registration sites.
bug me not
Okay, I've just about had enough of these fershlugginer news sites like latimes.com, washingtonpost.com, and chicagotribune.com requiring registration to view stories, and THEN force-feeding you intrusive shtml "commercials" -- often with unmutable sound -- to boot. Whenever possible, I will be using google news to find alternative news links. In the meantime, go to bugmenot.com to get generic usernames/passwords for compulsory registration sites.
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Download Aborted!
Download Aborted!: "Can I Help to Render Shrek 3?
Like many people, I enjoy donating my spare CPU cycles to volunteer projects like SETI@Home, Grid.org, Folding@Home, and others. As satisfying as it is to watch radio signals being analyzed on my screensaver, I often wonder why nobody is doing commercial, consumer-oriented distributed computing."
Like many people, I enjoy donating my spare CPU cycles to volunteer projects like SETI@Home, Grid.org, Folding@Home, and others. As satisfying as it is to watch radio signals being analyzed on my screensaver, I often wonder why nobody is doing commercial, consumer-oriented distributed computing."
Slashdot | Camera Vans To Photograph 50 Million Buildings
Slashdot | Camera Vans To Photograph 50 Million Buildings: " 'A new van unveiled at CeBIT America is equipped with 50 digital cameras and takes pictures every 15 feet -- with the goal of photographing 50 million buildings in the country. These photos could be cross-referenced with aerial photographs so that law enforcement or insurance agencies can get overhead and street level views of the same location -- just by entering an address.' Time to hang out the 'Hi, Mom!' signs.
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MediaDailyNews 05-26-04
Study: DVRs 'Recapture' 96% Of TV Ad Zapping
By Joe Mandese
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Digital video recorders (DVR) typically are seen as the ultimate threat to TV advertising, giving consumers unsurpassed control over what they choose to watch or not watch on their TV sets, including TV commercials. And while it is true that most DVR subscribers do fast-forward through TV commercials when watching programming in replay mode, new research indicates that the net effect of DVRs actually increases the likelihood that viewers will see a TV commercial not decrease it. "
By Joe Mandese
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Digital video recorders (DVR) typically are seen as the ultimate threat to TV advertising, giving consumers unsurpassed control over what they choose to watch or not watch on their TV sets, including TV commercials. And while it is true that most DVR subscribers do fast-forward through TV commercials when watching programming in replay mode, new research indicates that the net effect of DVRs actually increases the likelihood that viewers will see a TV commercial not decrease it. "
Drew Curtis' FARK.com
Drew Curtis' FARK.com
To read articles, click the icon left of the entry. Rinse. Repeat. Wipe hands on pants.
It's not news, it's fark.
To read articles, click the icon left of the entry. Rinse. Repeat. Wipe hands on pants.
It's not news, it's fark.
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
put some more stuff up on ebay trying to turn some excess stuff that I don't know what to do with into modest amounts of cash... *shrug*
put some more stuff up on ebay trying to turn some excess stuff that I don't know what to do with into modest amounts of cash... *shrug*
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
E.Q.A. Corporation -- Engineered Quality Assurance
E.Q.A. Corporation -- Engineered Quality Assurance: "A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO QUALITY SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
EQA Corporation provides quality system management for suppliers to the commercial, aerospace, medical and automotive industries.
QUALITY SYSTEM STANDARDS SUPPORTED
ISO-9001/2000 International
AS-9100 Aerospace
QS-9000 Automotive
Now you can service major customers and maintain quality system compliance without the cost of full or part time quality assurance personnel
SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES
Quality System Procedures & Work Instructions
Long-Term Quality Management
Quality System Audits
Corrective Action Plans
Six Sigma Quality Blackbelt Projects
Automotive PPAP Package Preparation
On-Site Representation With Customers
EQA Corporation also provides support services to major customers in commercial, aerospace, medical and automotive industries."
EQA Corporation provides quality system management for suppliers to the commercial, aerospace, medical and automotive industries.
QUALITY SYSTEM STANDARDS SUPPORTED
ISO-9001/2000 International
AS-9100 Aerospace
QS-9000 Automotive
Now you can service major customers and maintain quality system compliance without the cost of full or part time quality assurance personnel
SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES
Quality System Procedures & Work Instructions
Long-Term Quality Management
Quality System Audits
Corrective Action Plans
Six Sigma Quality Blackbelt Projects
Automotive PPAP Package Preparation
On-Site Representation With Customers
EQA Corporation also provides support services to major customers in commercial, aerospace, medical and automotive industries."
ESPN.com - Gammons: Most improved
ESPN.com - Gammons: Most improved: "Admit it. One morning you woke up, saw J. Wilson and C. Wilson in the National League Top 10 in hitting, figured you'd slipped through one of those W.P. Kinsella cracks in time and it was supposed to read Waner (i.e. Paul and Lloyd), not Wilson. "
TiVo killed the rerun | PVRblog
TiVo killed the rerun | PVRblog: "Great news from the LA Times regarding sweeping changes in the way networks are phasing out reruns. TV execs have often claimed that TiVo had the potential to drastically alter their universe (which is automatically seen as a bad thing) and this looks like the first real change, aside from increased product placements to combat fast-fowarding through ads. Apparently, a sizable number of PVR owners are impacting their bottom line as their recorders automatically pass over old episodes. Aside from TiVos, they're also finding big drops in audience numbers during the summer rerun season, as viewers either flock to cable shows or the internet or just turn it off. "
Amazon.com: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 (Model 975): Explore similar items
Amazon.com: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 (Model 975): Explore similar items oooh the 250 is on sale!
Deadly Intentions, The #1 clan of the Counter-Strike gaming world
Deadly Intentions: Counter-Strike gaming clan you can frag me on their server. Beware my mp5 skillz =)
SpamBayes: Windows platform
SpamBayes: Windows platform spambayes is a neat open source bayesian filter for outlook that does a good job of detecting spam. You have to "train" it to what you consider spam and not spam and it learns and filters accordingly. The more spam you feed it, the smarter it gets!
MailWasher
MailWasher
is a decent anti-spam gateway... the free version lets you "wash" one pop account. *shrug*
is a decent anti-spam gateway... the free version lets you "wash" one pop account. *shrug*
Casetronic mini-itx Travla C137
Casetronic mini-itx Travla C137
Casetronic Travla C137 mini-itx Case Review:
http://www.travla.com/Products/C137/c137.html
The Casetronic Travla C137 is certainly small, slim, and sexy, but how well designed and functional is it?
Casetronic mini-itx Travla C137
Casetronic Travla C137 mini-itx Case Review:
http://www.travla.com/Products/C137/c137.html
The Casetronic Travla C137 is certainly small, slim, and sexy, but how well designed and functional is it?
Slashdot | RIAA Sues Nearly 500 New Swappers
Slashdot | RIAA Sues Nearly 500 New Swappers: "'Wired has the story. ' U.S. music industry group says it has sued 493 more people for copyright infringement as part of its campaign to stop consumers from copying music over the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America has now sued nearly 3,000 individuals since last September in an attempt to discourage people from copying songs through peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa and LimeWire.' ' "
PayPal - Abort
PayPal - Abort
bah... paypal is down...
por que!!!!
We are experiencing temporary difficulties. Please try again later.
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bah... paypal is down...
por que!!!!
We are experiencing temporary difficulties. Please try again later.
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Monday, May 24, 2004
eBay item 3481734360 (Ends May-20-04 18:53:48 PDT) - New IBM Blue NetVista Computer Cases +++ NR
eBay item 3481734360 (Ends May-20-04 18:53:48 PDT) - New IBM Blue NetVista Computer Cases +++ NR
my latest aquisition... to replace the c137 travla case. Review: Travla C137 mini-itx case that is going back to manufacturer.
my latest aquisition... to replace the c137 travla case. Review: Travla C137 mini-itx case that is going back to manufacturer.
ESPN.com - MLB - Neyer: The magic touch
ESPN.com - MLB - Neyer: The magic touch
I love rob neyer's columns... part baseball history buff, part sabermatrician (misspelled) (stats guru)
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How long has Jack McKeon been managing? He's been managing since Eisenhower was president. A first-term president (in 1955, he managed the Fayetteville Highlanders to a third-place finish in the Carolina League). McKeon managed in the minors for 16 seasons before he finally got a shot to manage in the majors, with the Kansas City Royals in 1973.
I love rob neyer's columns... part baseball history buff, part sabermatrician (misspelled) (stats guru)
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How long has Jack McKeon been managing? He's been managing since Eisenhower was president. A first-term president (in 1955, he managed the Fayetteville Highlanders to a third-place finish in the Carolina League). McKeon managed in the minors for 16 seasons before he finally got a shot to manage in the majors, with the Kansas City Royals in 1973.
My Spin Zone :: When you cross a donkey and an elephant its bound to get ugly
My Spin Zone When you cross a donkey and an elephant its bound to get ugly
myspinzone is really starting to pick up steam... political banter and annoying arguments galore. A little neo-con heavy. Needs more bleeding heart liberals to spice things up some =)
myspinzone is really starting to pick up steam... political banter and annoying arguments galore. A little neo-con heavy. Needs more bleeding heart liberals to spice things up some =)
Slashdot | X-Arcade MAME Dual Controller Rated
Slashdot | X-Arcade MAME Dual Controller Rated
pretty lousey slashdot article, if you ask me...
more of an advertisement for a site/x-arcade than actual review content.
pretty lousey slashdot article, if you ask me...
more of an advertisement for a site/x-arcade than actual review content.
Build Your Own Arcade Controls FAQ - Step up to real gaming excitement!
Build Your Own Arcade Controls FAQ - Step up to real gaming excitement!
Build Your Own Arcade Controls - the book!
Project Arcade is now available online and at retail stores!!
Click to read more about it!
Build Your Own Arcade Controls - the book!
Project Arcade is now available online and at retail stores!!
Click to read more about it!
no.. no invite
the answer is no... no invite for me =(
I'm not active enough... or too new an account to warrant an invite... smite thee email, be smoten!
I'm not active enough... or too new an account to warrant an invite... smite thee email, be smoten!
gmail swap: checking for invitations
gmail swap: checking for invitations am I active enough?
survey says....?
survey says....?
Thursday, May 20, 2004
EiffelZone Eiffel Software
EiffelZone is a great resource for Eiffel Software
A Major Resource
Nowhere else on the internet has such a comprehensive collection of Eiffel resources - software, documents, discussions and background material.
A Community, Too!
Every page allows comments to be posted - by anyone. You can correct errors, provide additional information, discuss issues and help others.
A Major Resource
Nowhere else on the internet has such a comprehensive collection of Eiffel resources - software, documents, discussions and background material.
A Community, Too!
Every page allows comments to be posted - by anyone. You can correct errors, provide additional information, discuss issues and help others.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
A Girl After Our Own Heart (She's So Getting a Book Deal Out of This)
A Girl After Our Own Heart (She's So Getting a Book Deal Out of This)
all i can say is "LOL"
all i can say is "LOL"
Build Your Own Arcade Controls FAQ - Step up to real gaming excitement!
Build Your Own Arcade Controls FAQ - Step up to real gaming excitement!
great site for info on building your own arcade controls (who woulda guessed it?!)
great community in the message board/forum as well... check it out... UberCade is my cabinet if you were interested in Mame cabinets.. and such...
great site for info on building your own arcade controls (who woulda guessed it?!)
great community in the message board/forum as well... check it out... UberCade is my cabinet if you were interested in Mame cabinets.. and such...
AGONIZER
AGONIZER
There’s just no explaining it. It’s not a damn fuzzbox, it’s not a tube-amp simulator, and it’s not the slightest bit like anything else you’ve ever seen / heard. Think of the TX-1 Agonizer as a magical 1965-era industrial-music sonic reducer. It screws everything down to a nice, crunchy sonic pureè with aluminum shavings and broken glass mixed in. Yum. Please understand, it’s not a nice, sweet, well-behaved pussy-pussy “vintage tone” effect. You simply can’t get a simulation of a Fender Super Reverb out of this horrible yellow box. Trust us. If you're another one of those little obedient, cowardly, sniveling "tone lovers", the TX-1 is not for you to snivel over, so don't buy one. And if you worship METALLICA, perhaps you should buy some nice pink fairy wings instead of a TX-1.
There’s just no explaining it. It’s not a damn fuzzbox, it’s not a tube-amp simulator, and it’s not the slightest bit like anything else you’ve ever seen / heard. Think of the TX-1 Agonizer as a magical 1965-era industrial-music sonic reducer. It screws everything down to a nice, crunchy sonic pureè with aluminum shavings and broken glass mixed in. Yum. Please understand, it’s not a nice, sweet, well-behaved pussy-pussy “vintage tone” effect. You simply can’t get a simulation of a Fender Super Reverb out of this horrible yellow box. Trust us. If you're another one of those little obedient, cowardly, sniveling "tone lovers", the TX-1 is not for you to snivel over, so don't buy one. And if you worship METALLICA, perhaps you should buy some nice pink fairy wings instead of a TX-1.
gmail swap: the swaps
gmail swap: the swaps
This a much cooler way to try and get (or share) your gmail account invites (as opposed to ebay shilling)
This a much cooler way to try and get (or share) your gmail account invites (as opposed to ebay shilling)
eBay item 3677444008 (Ends May-19-04 15:18:50 PDT) - GMAIL CHECK USERNAME AVAILABILITY
eBay item 3677444008 (Ends May-19-04 15:18:50 PDT) - GMAIL CHECK USERNAME AVAILABILITY
christ.. they'll think of anything to make a buck, eh? Then again wish I thought of it... and wish I had a gmail account...
I think google should consider opening up the beta to googleadsense and adword users =)
christ.. they'll think of anything to make a buck, eh? Then again wish I thought of it... and wish I had a gmail account...
I think google should consider opening up the beta to googleadsense and adword users =)
Google tests waters with terabyte e-mail limit - News - ZDNet
Google tests waters with terabyte e-mail limit - News - ZDNet
Too bad it's been rolled back... the service *is* in beta so hiccups might happen like this... amazing the ripple effect it created...
Too bad it's been rolled back... the service *is* in beta so hiccups might happen like this... amazing the ripple effect it created...
Monday, May 17, 2004
My Spin Zone :: When you cross a donkey and an elephant its bound to get ugly
My Spin Zone politics discussion
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
My Spin Zone :: When you cross a donkey and an elephant its bound to get ugly
My Spin Zone :: When you cross a donkey and an elephant its bound to get ugly
myspinzone
New site by thebyron.... politics bring me to tears of boredom though...
myspinzone
New site by thebyron.... politics bring me to tears of boredom though...
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Amazon.com: D-Link DI-604 4-Port Cable/DSL Router: Explore similar items
Amazon.com: D-Link DI-604 4-Port Cable/DSL Router: Explore similar items
My router on my home network died... cheaping out and going to get
this to replace it...
My router on my home network died... cheaping out and going to get
this to replace it...
Random Drivel :: All that is not fit to link to
Random Drivel :: All that is not fit to link to
FYI RandomDrivel has a brand new spanking look! looks awesome!
(if i do say so myself... and I do )
FYI RandomDrivel has a brand new spanking look! looks awesome!
(if i do say so myself... and I do )
ooh testing blog by email thingie
Testies, testies, 1... 2... uh 3?
random drivel
test? hello, is this thing on?
random drivel
test? hello, is this thing on?
Slashdot | DOOM III This Summer
Slashdot | DOOM III This Summer
oooh oooh doom 3 is coming.. now if only halflife 2 was coming out I'd have a reason to upgrade my machine!
Doom3 site
oooh oooh doom 3 is coming.. now if only halflife 2 was coming out I'd have a reason to upgrade my machine!
Doom3 site
Blog HOT or NOT
Blog HOT or NOT
was bored so I added Build your own PVR to the blog hot or not site... *shrug*
drivel is registered but I can't find it?! to see what it's rated...
blah
was bored so I added Build your own PVR to the blog hot or not site... *shrug*
drivel is registered but I can't find it?! to see what it's rated...
blah
Thursday, May 06, 2004
ESPN.com - MLB - Yankees balk at Spider-Man in-game promotion
ESPN.com - MLB - Yankees balk at Spider-Man in-game promotion
yanks balk at mlb spiderman ads...
yanks balk at mlb spiderman ads...
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
VIA EPIA M-10000 mini-itx motherboard
VIA EPIA M-10000 mini-itx motherboard: I', supposed to be recieving a via mini-itx mobo to review for the build your own PVR site but it's taking FOREVER to reach here. The ups guy must think i "really" like him as I always run up to see if it's come yet... arg!!! I hope it comes today before I *really* lose my marbles...
Mambo Open Source
Mambo Open Source
I really like the flexibility and robustness of the mambo content management system.... I use it a lot at work... can't wait for 4.6 to come out...
mamboserver.com now running 4.6
Monday, 03 May 2004
This site is now running a pre-beta version of MOS 4.6. The site has not yet been updated to take advantage of some of the new features. The reason for the update is to make sure the core is still stable.
The update to 4.6 is very simple: two new configuration.php parameters and a small SQL update.
There is a bug at the moment with the MOS World News component here on mamboserver.com and this is due to the move from the fase4 RSS/RDF libraries to DOMIT. We hope to have the fixed in the next few days.
I really like the flexibility and robustness of the mambo content management system.... I use it a lot at work... can't wait for 4.6 to come out...
mamboserver.com now running 4.6
Monday, 03 May 2004
This site is now running a pre-beta version of MOS 4.6. The site has not yet been updated to take advantage of some of the new features. The reason for the update is to make sure the core is still stable.
The update to 4.6 is very simple: two new configuration.php parameters and a small SQL update.
There is a bug at the moment with the MOS World News component here on mamboserver.com and this is due to the move from the fase4 RSS/RDF libraries to DOMIT. We hope to have the fixed in the next few days.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Megarad Technologies - Ultimate in Underground Technology News
Megarad Technologies - Ultimate in Underground Technology News
planetDVB.com
pj has been adding a lot of content on free to air FTA and DVB satellite stuff over at his new site planetDVB... planetDVB.com
pretty cool stuff
pretty cool stuff
Monday, May 03, 2004
hork'd
Thomas Irvin sounds off on Similar Sounding Songs.
The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin vs. Being Simple by the Judybats
There’s a story that goes with this. A friend of mine asked me what I thought of the Judybats. One of the things I told her was that I thought their song Being Simple sounded a lot like The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin. Turns out she’s friends with a guy from the band, who sends me an email stating in no uncertain terms that the Judybats would NEVER steal something from Led Zeppelin, and furthermore, he didn’t know the Zeppelin song in question. Well, that’s just fine. I never said they ripped off Zeppelin, I just said the two sound similar. Hear for yourself.
via waxy
The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin vs. Being Simple by the Judybats
There’s a story that goes with this. A friend of mine asked me what I thought of the Judybats. One of the things I told her was that I thought their song Being Simple sounded a lot like The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin. Turns out she’s friends with a guy from the band, who sends me an email stating in no uncertain terms that the Judybats would NEVER steal something from Led Zeppelin, and furthermore, he didn’t know the Zeppelin song in question. Well, that’s just fine. I never said they ripped off Zeppelin, I just said the two sound similar. Hear for yourself.
via waxy
build your own PVR
What happens if you blog yourself? That's what I'd like to know... does it create an infinite loop where the universe will close in upon itself? Boy I hope not...
build your own PVR
What happens if you blog yourself? That's what I'd like to know... does it create an infinite loop where the universe will close in upon itself? Boy I hope not...
build your own PVR
WaterCar - Builder of the World's Fastest Amphibious Car, Amphibious Cars, Amphibious Vehicles and Amphibious Automobiles
whoa.. pretty rad, eh? leave a geek alone with some fiberglass and this was bound to happen.
whoa.. pretty rad, eh? leave a geek alone with some fiberglass and this was bound to happen.
Sunday, May 02, 2004
I want gmail... pretty badly. but not enough to buy it off ebay (unless it was only like 10 bucks for an "invite") at ridiculous prices.
*shrug* Slashdot article on gmail
hopefully they open it up soon... I can't wait for a stable email outside my domain name that isn't crappy hotmail...
*shrug* Slashdot article on gmail
hopefully they open it up soon... I can't wait for a stable email outside my domain name that isn't crappy hotmail...
