The new release of my Privoxy actions file blocks the Google Analytics Web bug.
I'd previously expressed concern about Google getting into cross-site tracking (see third point in my email to Google, blogged on 2004-04-12) and haven't yet joined Google AdSense (see 2005-01-17).
Question posed to Randy Cohen's "The Ethicist" column this week, ("Reckless Parking"):
Last week I lent a friend a car while her husband was away on a fishing trip. Coincidently, a neighbor's wife was away that week. My car was seen in the neighbor's driveway overnight, easily recognizable because of my kid's college decals plastered on it. A few people have inquired about my car's being there overnight. How do I explain without ratting out my friend? C.W., Atlanta
The printed answer included:
The best way to protect your own reputation without either lying or betraying your friend is to say nothing. Just mumble vaguely and change the subject; these things have a way of blowing over.
Alternatively, have the matter written up in the New York Times Magazine. Nobody in Atlanta reads that.
If you're upgrading to Linux 2.6.x on a Debian box, and getting
error messages like the following in /var/log/syslog, you need to:
apt-get install module-init-tools
cardmgr[1478]: socket 0: Senao SL-2011CD/SL-2011CDPLUS cardmgr[1478]: executing: 'modprobe hostap 2>&1' cardmgr[1478]: + modprobe: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented cardmgr[1478]: + cardmgr[1478]: + modprobe: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented cardmgr[1478]: + cardmgr[1478]: + modprobe: Can't locate module hostap cardmgr[1478]: modprobe exited with status 255 cardmgr[1478]: module /lib/modules/2.6.12/pcmcia/hostap.o not available cardmgr[1478]: executing: 'modprobe hostap_cs 2>&1' cardmgr[1478]: + modprobe: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented cardmgr[1478]: + cardmgr[1478]: + modprobe: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented cardmgr[1478]: + cardmgr[1478]: + modprobe: Can't locate module hostap_cs cardmgr[1478]: modprobe exited with status 255 cardmgr[1478]: module /lib/modules/2.6.12/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o not available cardmgr[1478]: bind 'hostap_cs' to socket 0 failed: Invalid argument
The New York Times and Judith Miller, a veteran reporter for the paper, reached an agreement today that ends her 28-year career at the newspaper and caps more than two weeks of negotiations.
—Katharine Q. Seelye, "Times and Reporter Reach Agreement on Her Departure," New York Times, 2005-11-09
Coincidentally, right after Karl Rove's job might be freeing up.
I'm new to this whole "allergies" thing, but I've always been a sucker for a petri dish.
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