Today is a big day for Stephen’s Stuff! I’ve been working on a new version of the site for quite a while now. I’ve been busy so it had to be done in little steps, but I have the new design ready now and the PHP/MySQL backend is just about completed. Now, before you say, [...]
Archive for May 2004
A South Park Weekend
I don’t know if it was the stress getting to me or just pure procrastination, but I watched quite a bit of South Park this weekend. I’ve watched the show before—many times, in fact—but it’s not something like 24 that I watch with quasi-religious devotion. I watched a few episodes of South Park on Saturday [...]
Gmail Goodness
For much of the past month, there has been a lot of buzz about Google’s new email service, Gmail. I wondered about the features of Gmail, but it was by invitation only so I felt left out. However, all that has now changed. I’m happy to announce that I now have a Gmail account with [...]
Google AdSense Image Ads
Apparently, Google is now offering image ads in their AdSense program in addition to their established text ads. They are targeted—or relevant, as they say—but it seems a little odd for Google to divert their focus from a non-obtrusive advertising format to images. Perhaps Google isn’t making as much money with their AdSense as they [...]
A Sneaky PayPal Fraud
I read this interesting snippet on Boing Boing: Until now, it’s been easy to spot a PayPal fraud site by the telltale URL. But here’s a PayPal fraud page that uses a Microsoft feature/bug (take your pick) to overwrite the scammer’s URL with a legitimate-looking URL. If you make the page small, you’ll be able [...]
I’m Glad this One Is Over
It’s been one bumpy semester for me. After a relatively smooth and relaxed Fall 2003 semester, this semester was quite a shock. I don’t recall being this busy ever, and I know that my life has never been as hectic as it was these past eight weeks. Somewhere between Barefoot in the Park, the two [...]
