tony spencer » Uncategorized http://www.tonyspencer.com It's Just Links Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:19:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 What are the odds? http://www.tonyspencer.com/2009/01/28/what-are-the-odds/ http://www.tonyspencer.com/2009/01/28/what-are-the-odds/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:28:08 +0000 tony http://www.tonyspencer.com/2009/01/28/what-are-the-odds/ Today I was perusing some stock photography for a website today and something looked very familiar about the background of this image:

coffee

I jumped over to the local listing for The Morning Times in Raleigh on OhSoHandy.com and sure enough I was right. That photo was certainly taken in the upstairs lounge area:

times

There were over 8,500 photos in the search I was browsing through.

As I then sifted through zimmytws’s portfolio on iStockPhoto I saw more great shots of Raleigh. Excellent work zimmytws. Send me a message one day and I’ll meet you for a coffee.

]]> http://www.tonyspencer.com/2009/01/28/what-are-the-odds/feed/ 0 The Subprime Banking Crisis Explained http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/09/29/the-subprime-banking-crisis-explained/ http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/09/29/the-subprime-banking-crisis-explained/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:02:38 +0000 tony http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/09/29/the-subprime-banking-crisis-explained/ This brilliant skit would be very funny if the current state of affairs weren’t so sad and frightening right now. My favorite part is “I like enhanced. I’d buy anything that had the word enhanced in it!” :)

John Bird and John Fortune (the Long Johns) brilliantly, and accurately, describing the mindset of the investment banking community in this satirical interview.

]]> http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/09/29/the-subprime-banking-crisis-explained/feed/ 1 I’m convinced Twitter needs a complete rewrite http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/07/03/im-convinced-twitter-needs-a-complete-rewrite/ http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/07/03/im-convinced-twitter-needs-a-complete-rewrite/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:33:29 +0000 tony http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/07/03/im-convinced-twitter-needs-a-complete-rewrite/ … from scratch. Yeah the performance is incredibly horrible and I really feel like I could take a small chunk of that $15 million and immediately make the performance rock, but I am starting to feel like the developers who built it complete cocked it all up. The damn thing can’t even store my replies right and I’ve heard others complain of this. I take it is bad AJAX code and I think they should reconsider using AJAX for basic functions.

Example:
I replied to @benwills‘ tweet :

with:

but if you click on the ” in reply to benwills” link in my reply it goes to the wrong tweet.

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toilet girl

]]> http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/05/27/facebook-ad/feed/ 1 Netflix’s Ace in Pocket: Porn to the Doorstep? http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/01/netflixs-ace-in-pocket-porn-to-the-doorstep/ http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/01/netflixs-ace-in-pocket-porn-to-the-doorstep/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:27:37 +0000 tony http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/01/netflixs-ace-in-pocket-porn-to-the-doorstep/ There has been a lot of speculation over whether or not Netflix will survive given the changing market including AppleTV rentals, illegal downloads, and the very real possibility that Google has big plans for all that dark fiber they’ve been scooping up at an alarming rate including a Google TV box. Maybe they are counting on the multi billion dollar industry of porn to keep them alive b/c they’ve been registering domains like:

netflixxx.com
netflixadult.com
adult-netflix.net
netgayflix.com
webflixxx.com
xxxwebflix.com

]]> http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/01/netflixs-ace-in-pocket-porn-to-the-doorstep/feed/ 2 Is Raleigh Dumping our Recycling in the Landfill? http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/10/25/is-raleigh-dumping-our-recycling-in-the-landfill/ http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/10/25/is-raleigh-dumping-our-recycling-in-the-landfill/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:42:52 +0000 tony http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/10/25/is-raleigh-dumping-our-recycling-in-the-landfill/ Man I hope not but I happened to be looking out the window this morning to see all my recyclables being tossed into the back of a normal garbage truck rather than the usual sort-it-on-the-street truck. Maybe there is a good explanation.

I shot this video before the truck rolled out of site:

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A couple hours later we let him in the house and he’s foaming yellow froth, drooling, and shaking. 20 minutes later we are in the emergency vet and are told the prognosis is not good and he’ll likely die.

The plant is called a Sago Palm and its highly poisonous to both pets and humans. A chemical in the plant called cycasin is toxic and often causes permanent liver damage as well as neurological damage if enough of the poison is absorbed by the body. The seeds are the most poisonous part of the plant and the effects on humans are seizures, coma and death.

Of course you and I wouldn’t just yank off a chunk of this plant and gnaw on it but the seeds are colorful so if you have kids and Sago palm in your yard educate them on the danger or get rid of the plant.

Fortunately our dog was one of the lucky ones. I later discovered that our dog vomited the plant in the yard soon after swallowing it, and after 2 days in the vet on IV, and having a ball of charcoal inserted in his stomach, a test revealed that his liver was recovering and he came home. Sadly few people are aware of how dangerous this plant, many have lost their dogs, and even many veterinarians are unaware. This plant doesn’t carry a warning label and is becoming popular in Walmart, Lowes, and Home Depot so spread the word.

Best advice I’ve read: Don’t let your animal chew on any plants.

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MosquitoNix

]]> http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/06/05/the-mosquito-nix-calvary-arrives/feed/ 7 Las Brisas es relajación para SEO’s http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/05/17/las-brisas-es-relajacion-para-seos/ http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/05/17/las-brisas-es-relajacion-para-seos/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 22:59:54 +0000 tony http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/05/17/las-brisas-es-relajacion-para-seos/ las brisas acapulcolo siento for rubbing it in

chilling at las brisas
negra modela in hand
what?…. is that an omni directional antennae i see on the next roof? one call to the front desk and i’m on tubos de mexicana to the internets while surveying paradise.

how come i’m allowed to get on the internets during vacaciones? the answer is asleep in the background. :)

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“If you’re looking for search engine friendly software, look no further!”

I really don’t think email spam is so smart that there is a Mac trojan on my machine that monitered my keystrokes for my wordpress draft but it did make me go, HUH?

This is what these annoying SPAM images looks like. Is anyone else getting pounded with these? Mail.app and Thunderbird’s junk filter is horrible at catching these. Guess I need to configure the server side stuff:

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