Archive for October, 2006

RC Helicopter Update

Monday, October 16th, 2006

I got my replacement RC Helicopter from ThinkGeek last week, and sure enough, it had the same problem. The bottom rotor wobbles heavily during flight, making forward flight nearly impossible. I RMA’ed it again, but this time just requested a refund.
On a similar note, since I did have a lot of fun with […]

My first Go tournament

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Yesterday I played at the MGA’s fall handicap tournament; it was my first Go tournmanent, and overall I had a really good time. I entered at 12 kyu (according to some recent recommendations placing me in the 10-12 range) and played 4 games:
The first was against a 19 kyu player, so I had to […]

SpamCop, blacklists, and policy

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Today one of GeekISP mail servers was listed in the SpamCop blacklist for hitting a spam trap. I learned quickly that for all SpamCop has done for good, it can be a huge problem as well.
For those not familiar with SpamCop, they are an anti-spam web service dating to around 1998. They offer […]