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I saw a Facebook user have his account hijacked recently, and used to spam a lot of contacts with wall messages pointing his mates to sites (DON'T VISIT THESE SITES) like -

• sobgroan.com
• scrambleweep.com
• whipchime.com
• floatfaint.com
• slideleap.com
• votebeep.com
• singhoot.com
• roargroan.com
• clapspray.com
• wavehum.com
• gigglesail.com
• thumpwish.com
• spoilroll.com
• spoilhike.com
• ridepush.com
• swinghiss.com

I logged into OldFriends for the first time in bloody ages, and they wanted me to walk nine miles through some crazy process clicking "I don't know this person" on all 5000 people who'd registered from any school I ever attended. This seemed like a really stupid thing to make people do, so I wrote a JS bookmark to skip the remaining 49 pages of bad UI.

Walter today posted a GreaseMonkey script which inspired me to make it more proper.

So now there are a couple of ways you can install it:

we are transitioning from glob v0 to glob v0.0

please enjoy the new poo-brown theme

cheerio

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hunter, saira, tui and chris live in piha.

you can reach us on +64 9 812 8174

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Today I have been wondering about what function (or language features) I would most like to bring into Real Life.

Some thoughts:

• gc() I probably needed more a year or two back ... but it's an obvious goodie.
• YUI's stopEvent() and stopPropagation() would be super handy*, but when I walk into a crowded room, I'd rather have jQuery at hand. Not that I go to bars very often now I'm of breeding disposition.
• I know the Python kids love from __future__ import * and who wouldn't. Except from __future__ import t2000. Grr.
• efficient redirection is critical for any useful things to get done, so hand me my pipe, without which I wouldn't be where I am today. For better or worse. Probably zero sum.

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someone forked out the $$$ to buzz piha with a plane carrying a banner today

NO CAFE BOB GO BLOODY NATIONAL

they did about four laps and few off north towards bethells (or more likely whenuapai)

so ...

• was this terse message intended for bobbie? or bob harvey?

• if it's really for just one person, why not save the dollars and, i dunno, paint it on the road, or get some stickers printed, or .... no wait, forget i said that.

• why "go national"? are you saying a national govt would put the cafe on hold? i got the impression national were a little bit more freemarket than that, since muldoon anyway

hey, it's election year, most candidates will promise you anything you ask for in exchange for a few votes.

fascinating ... i'd love to know how much it costs to get a plane to do a few laps of piha. and how many letters you get.

i would personally have been much more impressed if they'd scooted along the back of the breakers, or maybe done old fashioned skywriting.

is it better than a few more stickers? yeah, na.