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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Spoofing

I have a problem. Some spammer is spoofing email headers so that they look like they come from random mikeablexray.com email addresses. Any tips?

Labels: internet

# posted by Max : 11/30/2006 01:51:00 AM 1 comments

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

The Fate of the Universe (as told by Wikipedia)

The universe is expanding. The universe looks (from our vantage) like it's expanding in every direction. No, we're not the center of the universe. It's like we're a raisin in a ball of rising raisin bread dough.

Even more creepy... The expansion is accelerating. It's as if the vacuum of space has a magic force that acts to push things apart, and is stronger than gravity over great distances. As the gaps get bigger so does the vacuum energy. So one day the universe will rend itself apart.

But don't let that prevent you from sleeping at night. The universe will have used all of the high quality energy leaving only borderline useless heat energy. Burnt out pulsars, black holes, frozen planetoids, and other bits of deary randomness will be all thats left. But before that the sun will have long since swollen up; either cooking Earth to a crisp or cooking it and then eating it.

That might be a blow to the positive thinkers in the crowd. Cheer up! This may not be the only universe around.

Labels: internet, physics, space

# posted by Max : 11/28/2006 12:20:00 AM 0 comments

Monday, November 27, 2006

Thanksgiving in Review

I'm back from my sojourn to California. I had some thoughts of skipping it this year and pleading busy. But a promise is a promise, so off I went. In hindsight, I am glad I did.

I very much enjoyed my trip. I got to spend a lot of quality time with friends and family. Thank you to all of you who made the time. I don't think I've ever has so little time to kill on a trip back. I miss you all.

For those keeping score at home this is my sesquicentennial post.

Labels: California, family, friends, vacation

# posted by Max : 11/27/2006 11:57:00 PM 0 comments

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Summer's End

It promises to be a crazy winter here in Butte. The two most reliable sources of weather information (the Farmer's Almanac and Robert) both agree that this winter will be all over the place, i.e., hot and foggy and cold and dry and rainy and snowy and windy and calm and all manner of other adjectives.

There will be a few things we can count on. 1) The days will be short. 2) We will have weather. 3) Most of the weather will be in or from the sky. 4) I will not regrow my hair.

South West Montana Summer '06 was a good time. I had some friends and family out. I went floatin' a few times. We made a bunch of progress on Silver Bow Properties, LLC and somewhat less progress on Silver Bow Software, LLC. All in All, a great time was had.

Now it's late fall and we're even coming up on the end of hunting season. I'm pleased to report that I'll have a freezer or mule deer steaks, ground venison, mule deer salami, and jalapeno cheese venison kielbasa. Oh, and the head will make a great dog toy. Disturbing pictures to follow.

It's been brought to my attention that not all of you know what I look like anymore. I've shaved my head and face; but I promise I'm not running from the law.