Law blog

just stumbled on this texas lawyers blog in a round about way - worth a read :)
http://blog.kir.com/

Spam Assassin for Twitter?

Ok I’m drowning here, I’ve given up trying to manually block all the people on twitter sending me spam and I don’t think that TrueTwit is really the solution.


What we really need is a distributed system like Spam Assassin where when enough people “block” or report an account as spam that it is then flagged and block from all other participating accounts. Does something like this exist already? Is the API the limit to using something like this?

What can I do to cut down on the number of follows who are sending me spam accounts?

Cheers,
Dean
P.S. yes i get the irony

NFL lockout

Good explanation of the issues involved with the lockout and what the CBA means for next years #NFL season - http://on.fb.me/esNLLN - PL RT.

The Living End - Prisoner of Society

Lol must be feeling all homesick and sentimental today, been listening to The Living End all afternoon :)



Lol how many BDO's in a row did these guys play this song/ there are at least 3 years on YouTube alone.

Check out some of their other tracks in the "Mood Music of The Day" box ---->>


Cheers,
Dean

Fatty Crab review

Went to Fatty Crab last night

Ugh, so many misses.

- Quails egg shooters, gross. tried it, sounded good on the menu in reality blech like sucking back stinging spicy snot.
- Penang fish....really?? basically battered fish (like you would have english style with fish and chips) and spicy fishy soup. Not what i expected.
- Tokyo turnips was good, Fatty duck was good (could have been great but duck was average) Pork buns was fantastic - but not worth the $$$$ that the meal cost.

The shitty part - way too loud, music sucked (i mean really sucked) and although the staff liked it raising the roof loud, diners were trying to talk and even across the table couldn't hear a word.

The worst part, when will NY restaurant designers decide enough is enough; and actually purchase tables big enough to hold more than 3 plates and 2 glasses.

- lastly....when you put a table so close to the register/bar that staff bump into the diner eating dinner every time they walk past ITS TOO FREAKING CRAMPED!! (this is in addition to the seating where every time someone wants to leave the table they have to pull the table out from the wall as they are physically line up next to each other unless you are sitting on the ends- WHO DOES THAT???

Lose a few tables it will cost you less in the long run than people writing crappy reviews about your cramped, loud, over crowded restaurant.

Walked two doors down for coffee and desert at some random italian place, no idea of the name, was like night and day, nice lighting, nice table spacing, nice quiet music, able to hold a decent conversation and enjoy great company - ended up staying for 4 coffees and tipped them more than i did for the fatty crab meal. Will be back there for dinner soon.

Cheers,

Dean

SteamPunk Sarah Palin

Got this from my buddy Ross Dawson who always has his finger on the cutting edge (lol too... cuting edge in this instance? who knows).

http://www.facebook.com/rossdawson  

Wild and crazy stuff: 'Steampunk Palin' comic book set in steam-powered world in which Pailn and Obama are cyborgs http://aol.it/hy2RLy

Best thing i've seen on the internet today. Love it almost enough to order a copy - this has to be a future collectible right...?

Cheers,
Dean

The Loose Lugnutz show

Got to spend some time with The Loose Lugnutz guys on Tuesday night to chat about http://www.livenascarchat.com/

Have a listen here.

Taxes in New York and "mobile people"

Watching NY1 (Inside CityHall), Mayor Bloomberg is stating unequivocally "We will not raise taxes for high income earners".

Cut to the commentator with some stats that 1% of New York residents pay over 50% of the dollar amount of NY state earns from income taxes and that over 35% of resident pay no state income tax at all (eg low income/retirees etc).

Wow - i had no idea that the financial district etc people in new York paid over 50% of the income tax - you can understand why Bloomberg is worried some of these people will happily decamp to CT or other areas and work outside of the New York tax district.

(its a real problem, eg i can work from anywhere and intend to from Dec 2015 because of the heart taxation act).

What would it take for Costa Rica to entice half of the people reading this to relocate and work on their software development code remotely?



Cheers,
Dean

Twitter video?

When did Twitter start allowing you to watch videos in the client?

Any thoughts on what this potentially could mean?
(eg cnn delivered in 10 minute tweets etc)

Cheers,
Dean

Blissful

How blissful does this photo look.

Looks perfect..... will be out there soon. It's a Sunreef 70 in case you are interested.


Cheers,
Dean