June 11, 2009

There were 4 posts published on June 11, 2009 (this is page 1 of 1).

Hasta la vista

Yesterday evening I noticed our leafy backyard looked noticeably less leafy. It seems our neighbors behind us decided to clear-cut their backyard, removing the lovely natural screen we enjoyed that made our backyard so cozy. It’s their right, of course, as most of the trees between us belong to them, but we sure miss ’em. And just last weekend we were proudly showing off our leafy backyard to my parents.

We’ve got a 20-foot buffer between our back fence and our property line, which we may now fortify with some good screening shrubbery or trees.

Update 17 June 2009: It turns out their cutting was far more modest. There’s still a good number of trees back there, so that’s good.

Did Air France 447’s tail separate from the plane?

The L.A. Times reports that the recovered tail of Air France Flight 447 indicates the plane broke up in midflight, eerily similar to the 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus leaving New York. In the earlier accident American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus 300, had taken off into turbulence from a preceding 747 and the pilots apparently overcompensated with the rudder, causing the entire tail section to break off from the plane.

I’ve been thinking for a while now that these two crashes seem to be related. We’ll see for sure if/when the rest of the plane is found.

How to rewrite a hacked URL?

Hey Lazyweb,

When my WordPress site got compromised, The Google began indexing links that have a “?y%” in the middle of the URLs:

http://www.markturner.net/2007/04/page/4/?y%/you-are-what-you-grow/

This turns the second half of the URL into a query string, which complicates fixing it a bit. I’ve tried a few RewriteCond rules but haven’t figured out this voodoo well enough yet:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} y\%/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) $1 [R=302,L]

Anyone have any pointers on how to turn the above URL into this?

http://www.markturner.net/2007/04/page/4/you-are-what-you-grow/

P.S. WordPress 2.8 is now out. Time to upgrade!

Relax (Take It Easy)

Relax (Take It Easy) (YouTube)
Mika

Took a right to the end of the line
Where no one ever goes.
Ended up on a broken train with nobody I know.
But the pain and the longings the same.
Where they’re dying
Now I’m lost and I’m screaming for help.

Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
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