archshrk

October 2006

• Saturday 21 | RaJ’s test for comment spambots

  Recently, Raj posted about his experience with crafty spambots who leave comments on your posts in hopes of getting more traffic to their wesites. Historically, these comments have been pretty generic with such comments as “free online casino” and “hot asian models” much like you’d find in your inbox, so it wasn’t too difficult to [...]

• Monday 16 | Glass Rails Arrive at Grand Canyon Skywalk

  The glass for The Skywalk’s side rails – technically referred to as “balustrades” – arrived onsite Tuesday, October 10 at Grand Canyon West. The side rails will be 1.5 inches thick (38 millimeters) composed of two layers of glass with one layer of structural interlayer. The materials are placed, ready for installation, next to the [...]

• Sunday 15 | Old Friends, New Friends, Blogfriends

  I’ve added some people to my blogroll recently and wanted to introduce them properly. But before I get to the new people, I wanted to let you know that our old friend Honestyrain is back to blogging. (She’s not old, she’s just not new) Witty, silly, Grey’s Anatomy obsessed as ever, she seems to be [...]

• Thursday 12 | See the Dead Sea Scrolls

  Later this month we’re going to Seattle. While there, we hope to see lots of wonderful things including Mars Hill Church, Pike Street Market and Under Seattle. But we also hope to see the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Pacific Science Center. Regarded by many as one of the greatest archeological discoveries of the 20th [...]

• Monday 9 | Vote yes on Prop 1D

  The one in which archshrk gets political… I work for an architectural firm who’s primary work is in the Education and Healthcare markets. So it’s typically a good idea for me to vote yes on any California proposition that provides money for school and hospital construction. That being said, I hope you’ll vote yes as [...]

• Thursday 5 | Photo Julia is back

  Just wanted to give you a heads up on Photo Julia’s new site, photojulia.com. After the upgrade troubles, I moved PhotoJulia’s Gallery images to her own website. This was in part due to the fact that the gallery was lost during the upgrade process and that the previous webhost forced a migration. So idecided to [...]

• Wednesday 4 | 5000 Years Of Middle East History In 90 Seconds

  Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Greeks, Persians, Europeans…the list goes on. Who will control the Middle East today? That is a much bigger question.

• Wednesday 4 | Our Store is Your Cureal

  If your like me (and who isn’t) you’ve probably gotten your share of spam email. Typically these offer better performance, replica watches or cheap software. There is the occasional Spamlib but one of the most perplexing spam emails is the one titled “Our store is your cureal”. Now you know better than to open the [...]

• Monday 2 | Going to Seattle

  My wife and I are going to Seattle at the end of the month (Oct. 20th -30th) and wanted to find out from all you Seattle types, what should we not miss while there? Of course we’re going to Mars Hill Church, but what other sites and attractions are a must see? Here are the [...]