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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
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2006 Gomer Davis Pumpkin Chase 5K
This morning I ran the Gomer Davis Pumpkin Chase 5K sponsored by the Wilmerding YMCA. The course was described as flat. Riiiight. It was what I’ve learned to call “Pittsburgh flat”. That is, there were about as many downhills as there were uphills, making the overall change in elevation close to zero. Balanced or not, […]
Leeching and Scraping
Those Wordpress users interested in stopping sploggers and their ilk from scraping/leeching their content might like this plugin. AntiLeech helps prevent content theft by sploggers. AntiLeech does not prevent the splogger bots from accessing your site. It produces a fake set of content especially for them that includes links back to your site (and […]
What’s Up With Gravatar.com?
I've had to disable the Gravatar plugin I use due to gravatar.com being down frequently. Anybody know what's become fubar over there?
Update 10/08/06:The Gravatar blog explains what the problem is.
A recent 50% increase in gravatar requests has pushed the current server to the limits, and response times have slowed accordingly. I […]
Charitable Interpretation
Harmonious interaction between bloggers, particularly Christian bloggers, is very important to me. Blogs have tremendous potential for bringing folks of diverse backgrounds together. They can also contribute to fracturing the Body Christ. One courtesy I ask of my commenters is to use "interpretive charity" (aka charitable interpretation). It means, among other things, that we […]
New Domains
I’ve decided that my URL isn’t memorable enough. I don’t want to get rid of the one everyone already links to, though. So, as a comprimise, I’ve added two new subdomains to funkydung.com. You can now reach me via rarebird.funkydung.com and strangeduck.funkydung.com.
