The Ramblings of Ken

Well, I got sick of all of the spam that I was getting on my e-mail server I'm hosting on this domain. I just had pages and pages of spam and had to filter through all of it to get to my real e-mail. I finally decided to do something about it and I installed the latest version of Mercury Mail (4.52). I found out that it comes with Graywall, Spamhalter, and ClamAV. I thought that it sounded like it was worth a try now that they have included programs to help eliminate spam. Well, it really works! Graywall actually stops everything before Spamhalter or ClamAV can check anything. All of my legitimate e-mail seems to be getting through while the spam is rejected. Life is good once again!

(Image copyright David Harris, author of Mercury Mail and Pegasus Mail)

Back in April of 2006 I posted about World of Warcraft and how I didn't like it. I couldn't even see how someone could possibly want to play it.

Well, I have mended my ways. For two months now I have been playing it. I am officially addicted. This game rocks! Blizzard has done it. They have found something to pull you in that you'll be willing to spend $15 a month on. They are making a killing off of this game, I am sure. I am proud to say that I am helping them make a huge amount of money!

I was very outspoken about this game and how it couldn't possibly be worth $15 a month. Well, for any of you out there who feel like I used to feel... I DARE you to try the 10 day trial!

I have two characters that I play regularly. One is a Level 49 Tauren Hunter (Tigrao) and the other is a Level 46 Blood Elf Mage (Tigrai). I'm on Arygos, so say hi if you see me in the game!

(Image borrowed/stolen from worldofwarcraft.com)

Denver is now tied atop the AFC West with Sand Diego at 5-5 after a 34-20 win against the Tennessee Titans last night. Denver looked good and Jay Cutler (pictured) had an awesome night passing the ball. The Broncos look like they could be putting together a team that might contend in the AFC. Their remaining schedule is somewhat weak, as San Diego and Houston are the only teams on the schedule at the .500 mark. The remaining games are winnable games and the Broncos could end the season at 11-5, but probably 10-6. That's a respectable record!





GO BRONCOS!








(Images borrowed from nfl.com)

Male roommate needed!

The apartment we live in has the following features (taken directly from [url=http://www.maplevalleyapts.com]Maple Valley Apartments website[/url]):

* Spacious master bedroom has two closets with French doors and built in shelving and organizers (12 x 14).
* Two spare bedrooms with one closet a piece (11 x 11).
* Two full baths with shower and tub.
* Inviting Living Room (12 x 17).
* Beautiful “Knotty Alder” cabinets throughout.
* Ceramic Tile throughout bathroom and kitchen.
* Comes equipped with:

o Dishwasher
o Garbage Disposal
o Electric Stove
o Refrigerator
o Speckled Formica Countertops
o Central AC
o Washer/Dryer currently in apartment
o Swimming pool, hot tub, pool table, and gym
are at the clubhouse.

If you are looking to live in the Logan, UT area in a nice apartment with two other roommates then this is the place for you! If you chose to move in, you would have one of the spare bedrooms for yourself, but would share a bathroom with one other roommate. LDS standards are definitely preferred. Smoking in the apartments is prohibited. We would prefer to not have alcohol in our apartment as well. The rent is $210 a month plus utilities, which range between $40-$60 a month per person (not including internet access). Please click the [url=http://www.tigrao.org/contact.php]contact me[/url] link on the webpage menu on the left, if you are interested, and send me a message with any questions you might have. We will then get back to you with further information.

The apartments are located at 1693 N 400 W.

Once again, you can see all the information about Maple Valley Apartments [url=http://www.maplevalleyapts.com]here.[/url]

The Denver Broncos lost today to the Detroit Lions 44-7. Wow. This horrifying loss comes just three weeks after losing 41-3 to the San Diego Chargers at home! My team isn't looking too good this year. Hopefully they can pull things together and finish at .500 at least. Who knows, though, the AFC West is looking pretty bad this year. The Broncos find themselves only one game back from the division leader. Maybe there is hope to make the playoffs, but you have to be realistic... they won't make it past any teams like the Colts or the Patriots...

After updating sphpblog to the latest version, I was looking through all of the themes that it comes with. I have decided that I really like this theme, "GLite." Hopefully having a new look will be an inspiration to keep posting and get this site active again!

Not that it really matters anymore since I haven't really been posting here... but I have had to deal with a lot of stupid bots putting comments about "free verizon ringtones" and "free cingular ringtones" and others. I had an older version of sphpblog running on here and I'm sure it was a security hole in that. Anyway, I have now updated to the latest version of sphpblog to try and get rid of the comment spam. It looks like it should work.

Anyway, the site looks different right now. I will be working over the next several days to get it back to how it was. It shouldn't be too much work. I didn't hack up sphpblog too much.