crazed monkey

Feedster:

If you’d like to use an image you find with Feedster Images, you should remember that it is considered bad blogging form to embed images from other sites in your own blog, thus using their bandwidth for your blog. Check with the author of the blog to see if its [sic] ok and then copy the image to your server if that’s ok.

I wholeheartedly agree. However, Feedster does not seem to follow its own advice, particularly on its page of images included in current weblog posts. (I found this out after I started to receive hits for the image contained in my Becel Ride for Heart post.) The obvious and easy thing to do would be to cache resized copies of the images being displayed. Instead, your browser is forced to download the original image from each weblog, which is then resized to fit the thumbnails. As a result of this disgusting display of hypocrisy, I am blocking all images which have Feedster as their referrer.

Posted on May 27th, 2003 in computers, internet - No Comments »

The day for the 2003 Becel Ride for Heart draws near, and I just thought that I’d take this opportunity to request that you sponsor me for the ride if you haven’t already done so. I liken donating to the Heart and Stroke Foundation as a kind of insurance. Your money goes towards research which could save either your life or the life of someone you care about. This coming Thursday is your last chance to sponsor me online, so please do not hesitate! As I mentioned in a previous post, there are added incentives for webloggers and website owners.

Taking a cue from Frank Yang, who will be joining me on the ride, may I present the Trek 4300 which I will be riding on June 1st. I bought the bike around a month ago and have since logged more than 300km on its wheels, most of which was in a series of 50km rides down the Don Valley Trail. Sadly, the weather this month has not been all that cooperative and so I have not been able to get as much practice as I had hoped. Speaking of which, the weather for June 1st looks to be a 90% chance of rain, which will no doubt take most of the fun out of the ride. Luckily the ride is for charity so at least someone will benefit, even if it isn’t my soggy ass.

Posted on May 27th, 2003 in meta, person - No Comments »