Category Archives: Discourse.net

The Modem Died

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

The DSL modem on my home network died yesterday evening.

No postings until it gets replaced.

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Numerology Fans Take Note

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

The ultimate pointless rating.

This site is certified 36% EVIL by the Gematriculator

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MT 2.6x –> MT 4.0x Anyone?

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

Has anyone actually upgraded a MT 2.6x installation to the current version?

The instructions suggest you upgrade to MT 3.5 first, and even have a link to the MT archive where it is said to reside. But when I go there it looks awfully blank….

I suppose it ain't seriously broke, so maybe I shouldn't try to fix it. But maybe a test site just to see….

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Beats Me

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

I've given up trying to understand what all this means (especially as with RSS taking on more and more of the readership, hit counts become increasingly artificial).

But on this list, Most Popular Blawgs of All Time – Justia Blawg Search, I'm #143. While on one of these two lists, I'm chopped liver and on the other #18.

Spotted via Feminists Law Professors, How Big Is It?, where they care about this sort of stuff…

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Perils of Ratings

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

Usually when I’m complaining about ratings it’s US News or some such. But here’s another bad ratings service:
What's My Blog Rated?

This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:

  • torture (10x)
  • hell (1x)

My personal homepage, however, is rated

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Notes on High Finance

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Michael Froomkin

From today's inbox:

Hi Michael,

I will send you $25 in exchange for placing a text ad for a telecom company on this page: [link]

Please let me know if you are interested.

Thanks,
[signed]

I don't know how long the run was to be, so I can't tell if this is a good offer, but in any case, I'm resolutely non-commercial for insurance reasons. So, dear reader, not to worry.

That post, incidentally, is still true, but I can't help but wonder what search led him there.

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