Saturday, October 19, 2002

Was reading online stereo equipment reviews this AM, and got mis-directed into one of the more aggressive porn sites I've ever seen. At least seven new browser windows popped, reinstantiating as quickly as I closed them. Plus, some new techniques were used. An nasty animated banner appeared across the bottom of the screen, completely browser independent. Two of the windows had false close boxes, and clicking them just led one deeper into the maze. Took me five minutes to clean up the mess. I'm a fairly savvy online user, and to get so easily trapped in a porn web is *really* annoying. I have to wonder what non-technical users do in such a situation. Shutdown? Plus, this is exactly the kind of thing that gives fuel to the "let's legislate the Net" movement. I guess I better get some popup filtering software. comment []9:51:00 AM

Another stunningly bad weather day in Socal. How to explain the 14 straight days of overcast skies and cool damp air? Have we been secretly transported to Seattle? Is it the influx of Starbucks, with all their foam machines fouling the air? Or is it just karma, wherein we get repaid for being smug so often about not scraping snow from windshields? comment []9:41:45 AM

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