Ezra S F
Ezra S F
@Ezra@www.ezrasf.com
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  • Suck It Up And Pay the Price

    Doesn’t it always look like this? User runs script against service. Script operates so quickly and sucks so much traffic its obvious its a script. Service’s automates systems detects the abuse. User gets automated notice about violation of Terms of Use and prevention from accessing the site. User pitches a fit because he is “famous”.…

  • Better Way to Count

    Our awesome sysadmins have put the user agent into our AWStats so we are tracking these numbers now. They discovered something I overlooked. Netscape 4.x is 10 times more used than 7.x or 8.x. Wowsers! Some people really do not give up on the past. Back in the Netscape is dead post, I used this…

  • New Song of Ice and Fire sample

    George R. R. Martin posted a new sample for A Dance With Dragons to his web site. Read it and weep. The new book is not finished…

  • Happy New Year!

    Make ’08 great!

  • Happy New Year!

    Make ’08 great!

  • Netscape to Die… Finally!

    Just posted an internal email about what we ought to do about the End-of-Service announcement for Netscape. Usage of Netscape browsers has plummet even as Firefox as increased. Its finally hit the floor such that even AOL has given up on it. Why did they make NN 9? A snapshot of its use relative to…

  • Bicentennial for the Abolition of Slave Trade to US Tomorrow

    An Even Better Reason to Celebrate has a nice longer version of this quote from a NYT OpEd piece on tomorrow being the bicentennial for the ablution of slave trade to the United States. WE Americans live in a society awash in historical celebrations. The last few years have witnessed commemorations of the bicentennial of…

  • Bicentennial for the Abolition of Slave Trade to US Tomorrow

    An Even Better Reason to Celebrate has a nice longer version of this quote from a NYT OpEd piece on tomorrow being the bicentennial for the abolution of slave trade to the United States. WE Americans live in a society awash in historical celebrations. The last few years have witnessed commemorations of the bicentennial of…

  • RRRv302 REPOST: Did A Stupid Thing

    Originally posted January 15, 2004. v4 means its the fourth incarnation of this blog. This post was in v3. Thankfully, MovableType writes the content to files meaning there is a lasting archive. That reminds me… Need to put on the calendar to do regular backups of this blog. Back to the post: Did A Stupid…