OK, Lepers III sign-up. Most of you know what it is already: an online chess tournament held via FICS games. Each participant will play one game a week for several weeks. The first pairings will be listed October 20. Usually there’s a longer sign-up period, but I want to finish the tournament before Thanksgiving if possible.
If enough people sign-up, I’ll either increase the pot, or have multiple section prizes. We’ll see.
And bang-up job on that poster, Mascot. I can tell you didn’t rush it so you could go out drinking Friday night with your friends.
October 11th, 2008
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Posted by Donnie
Filed under Chess, Tournament of Lepers
Timecube.com might shut down without more money. Won’t you take a few minutes of your time to help?
“Hey how about making a donation to Gene Ray, 2580 Highland Pointe Dr. Cumming, Georga 33041″ — Dr. Gene Ray
October 10th, 2008
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Posted by Donnie
Filed under Blog News
Oh, hey, can I scare you by telling you about a browser vulnerability you can’t do much about?
It’s been dubbed “clickjacking”, presumably because that term sounds catchy. In short, someone makes you click on something you didn’t expect. An example might be trying to click a button, but the clickjacker has created an invisible area on top of the button which is clicked instead.
Then, so reports say, the hacker might be able and willing to hijack your microphone and webcam.
How to defend yourself? At this point, you can switch to the Lynx browser (which is text-only). Disabling plug-ins (Flash, Java, etc.) and Javascript support also help. Note that both these measures cripple your web-browsing experience. (I personally am not bothering.)
And, despite the post’s title, the employees of LEP are not interested in making you a target for this attack. Considering the demographic, we’re just not that eager to sneak a peak off your webcam.
Source: Clickjacking Attack Lets Web Sites See, Hear You
October 9th, 2008
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Posted by Donnie
Filed under Computer-fu
Yo. This is Mr. E, and this is Mr. E’s first post. Now I’m not so experienced with the blog thing, so cut me some slack.
I’m going to be talking about O.J. Simpson. I pity the tool. Not necessarily because he just got convicted of armed robbery. And not necessarily because he’s not going to be in the next Naked Gun sequel. It’s this:
His “Juiced” video. It’s like Candid Camera, except worse. He tried to Be Somebody, but just ended up being somebody’s tool.
Here’s O.J. in whiteface:
So. Don’t be like O.J.
October 8th, 2008
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Posted by Mr. E
Filed under Burning Agony, Patently Ineffective, Sports, Weaksauce Losers
They probably could have designed this a little differently.
October 7th, 2008
8 comments
Posted by Donnie
Filed under Uncomfortability
First, I should blame my parents for indirectly instilling the urge to undertake this: my dad for having me help with gardening growing up and my mom for making me more aware of the stuff I put in my body.
This weekend, I started what will be dubbed “The Fail Garden” (cf. the Victory Gardens of the World Wars). Primarily, this is due to my lack of expertise and I fully expect most of the plants to produce little to nothing.
I live in an apartment without a yard, but have the great advantage of having windows with a southern exposure. This makes an indoor vegetable garden a more plausible endeavor.
Empty milk jugs make for perfect plant containers if you don’t mind looking cheap.
As far as what to plant? I needed to plant stuff that could conceivably grow–and at the same time stuff I actually use. Some good candidates, like beets and radishes, I simply don’t eat enough to really want to grow.
I decided to go with 3 herbs (basil, cilantro, and spearmint) and 4 veggies (lettuce, spinach, carrots, green onions). Should have thought of tomatoes, too.
Mushrooms I cook with a lot, but as I try to go light on the A/C, the place is too warm for their optimal growth. Maybe this winter.
The tall one’s for the carrots
OK, so I’m already bored of writing this. To make a long story short, I had to go to three places before finding seeds filled up the pots and got everything sowed.
With the cilantro, I bought one of those “Herbs for Noobs” type packages where they pretty much have everything in one package; you just add water and you’re good to go.
Expectations are low: I expect the cilantro, one of the other 4 pots of herbs, and maybe one of the 7 pots of vegetables to make it.
The seeds I used, plus the herbs for noobs package
Water, feed, and hope
October 6th, 2008
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Posted by Donnie
Filed under Grilled Cheese
As Donnie was too lazy to get better fortune cookies, he gave me permission to use the Monday Fighter! platform to revive my flagging presidential campaign.
“Change” seems to be the major theme and I haven’t taken advantage. So here’s my new poster:
Maybe I shouldn’t be doing this after drinking so much rum.
October 6th, 2008
11 comments
Posted by The Mascot
Filed under Mascot for President, Monday Fighter!
Congratulations to Manuel Uribe, who we enjoy making fun of on this website greatly admire for his persistence on his weight loss quest. He’s dropped from 1,238 lbs to 700 lbs and is getting married October 26:
And as for the music being played at the wedding? To be provided by a band named “Pesado” (means “heavy” in Spanish).
Source: Former world’s fattest man to marry his fiancee
October 2nd, 2008
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Posted by Donnie
Filed under In the News
Eggs, as well as humans, have a strong sense of justice. If you don’t know much about me yet, the last place I applied to before working at LEP was Malt-O-Meal.
People have been getting sick off their weak brand of cereal, contaminated with salmonella. They had to recall a bunch of it.
Serves them right. Oh, right, and I had nothing to do with the salmonella outbreak, of course. I don’t need more trouble. The coppers have been watching me too closely.
October 1st, 2008
4 comments
Posted by The Mascot
Filed under In the News, Weaksauce Losers
