I’ve never seen a spammer fall so flat before. Check out this spam: From: Theresa Polk To: [email omitted] Subject: Cecelia Kerr Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:44:58 -0600 (10:44 EST) Myrna, %CUSTOM_LINK Theresa Polk How’s that for misconfiguring your software? For the uninitiated, the %WHATEVER words should have been replaced with something useful, but [...]
Archive for February 2006
Spammer Blows It
February 23, 2006Rant: Python Plugin Systems
February 20, 2006A plugin system should allow plugin authors to install their plugins using distutils. The One True Way(tm) for writing a plugin system is this: Have a configuration file. In the configuration file name python modules. The system exposing the plugin interface then dynamicly imports the named modules. The modules then have the opportunity to plug [...]
Re: Listen to Women
February 17, 2006Just want to say thanks to everyone for reading HOW Listen to Women. I’ve enjoyed reading the comments, for and against. Perhaps sometime soon I’ll get time to address Lauren’s comment. It’s highly critical and I think she deserves an explanation. Fortunately I think I have one. My favorite comment was from Lars: The terminology [...]
HOWTO Listen to Women: The One Thing Every Mangeek Should Know
February 14, 2006Ok, first a little expectations management. I’m not going to talk about “breaking the ice” with girls in bars. I’m not going to tell you how to have a woman in every port, be a ladies’ man, or any other such dork. I am going to tell you how to respond to a particular kind [...]
