Well, I came across a couple of articles on the web detailing an improved (over the HOSTs file) way to block web ads. It seems to be quite a bit better than the HOSTS file method.
Use the following two together:
Bust Banner Ads with Proxy Auto Configuration
Blackhole Proxy, Version 1.05
27. January 2005
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Aikido
I received an email from Michael Taylor in early December of last year, promoting a book on Aikido terminology. From his email:
"Please take a moment to check out a new Aikido Terminology book that is written in both English and Japanese with a complete breakdown and explanation of each Japanese kanji character. http://www.lulu.com/aikidobook"
I haven't gotten the book (yet), but it certainly warrants a closer look.
I haven't been particularly fond of these metal sculptures that were installed in Madison Square Park this year, but I've been warming up to this one in the center of the fountain at the north end of the park. The others still remind me of the wreckage of the twin towers... I wonder if that was the artist's intent.
Yet another picture of one of my favorite buildings.
This building appears on the northwest corner of Union Square Park - or perhaps a block north of there? It was a brilliant afternoon.
Looking east from the center of Madison Square Park.
15. November 2004
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Photography
This is a picture I took in the late 1980s or early 1990s of a church steeple, probably in Bethel, Connecticut.
11. October 2004
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Computers
Basically you can eliminate this pestulant adware on a Windows machine by editing the hosts file. Search for a file named hosts (no extension) in your Windows directory, and open it with any text editor. On my Windows 2000 machine, this directory is C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC.
I've added the following lines to my HOSTS file to block the Vibrantmedia ads:
127.0.0.1 itxt.vibrantmedia.com # vibrantmedia adware
127.0.0.1 devshed.us.intellitxt.com
127.0.0.1 vibrantmedia.com
127.0.0.1 intellitxt.com
Here's where I found out about this trick:
http://www.computing.net/webdevel/wwwboard/forum/480.html
“Since human beings themselves are not fully debugged yet, there will be bugs in your code no matter what you do.”
Chris Mason - Microsoft
Anatomy of a Software Bug