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Strange Firefox 3 Error
Version 3.0.3 to be exact. Error content: “The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.” Can anybody using Firefox please see if you get the same error (click here) and post results in the comments? (Please ignore the content on that blog, I’m revamping it for classroom use) Other browsers seem to be unaffected. Clearing the cache didn’t help. Resetting Prefs didn’t help. Burning joss sticks and mumbling to the Buddha didn’t help.. And I’m not using a proxy. Hmm… ///////////////////////////// Related: This is very curious: Opening the directory produces the error. http://cosmicbuddha.com/tempblog/ However, specifying the index file…
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End Respite
We’ve been busy. I am preparing many photos for posting here. In the meantime, be happy that I’ve found proof of indigenous cowboys in Thailand:
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Where is Max?
Coming soon, I promise. I’m putting together another PC monstrosity. It shall live, and it shall help me gain access to Max’s photo vaults again – soon!
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Why Max’s Face Isn’t Here
All of his photos are on the HD of my dead PC. I haven’t finished building its replacement from old parts yet. Please stay tuned.
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classic captcha – fukdby
When commenting on a previous entry here, I came upon the most fitting captcha I’ve ever seen:
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Upgrade to Movable Type 4.2 complete
Please let me know if anything’s broken. ////////////////////////////////////////////////
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Epic MT Update FAIL
Of course, as soon as I wrote that last post yesterday, my Internet connection completely crapped out. I’ll get around to the update later today if possible.
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Updating to MT 4.2
I’ll be upgrading to a newer version of my blog software this evening, so please tell me if electricity is cut off all up and down the west coast or something as a result, k? Meanwhile at Yoshida Manor:
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Shared server tool
Use this handy site to see what other domains are hosted on your shared server: Reverse IP Domain Check It was mildly amusing to find a site on my shared server called, I shit you not, “Penguin Sex.” And yes, I was too scared to click the link (well, at work anyway).
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native mt captcha note (CaptchaSourceImageBase)
I sometimes get inquiries about implementation of the native Movable Type captcha system for comments, often from people who are on the same webhost as this site but cannot get the captchas to work. You might just be in luck if you’re looking for a fix for the following message that appears at Blog Settings –> Comment settings –> Comment Display Options –> CAPTCHA Provider: “You will need to speak to your host about Image::Magick and if it is installed. CaptchaSourceImageBase is a configuration directive.” As you can see, any really useful information is kind of left out, but a bit of Googling reveals the following: CaptchaSourceImageBase is simply a…














