Call Forwarding on Verizon

Feature Instructions

To Activate:

1. Press *72
   
2. Enter the phone number where you want calls to be fowarded # eg)*72-908-123-4567
   
3. Press "SEND" and wait for confirmation
   # You should hear a confirmation tone or a message "Your feature has been activated"
   
4. Press "END"
   

To Deactivate:

1. Press *73
   
2. Press "SEND" and wait for confirmation
   # You should hear a confirmation tone or a message "Your feature has been de-activated"
   
3. Press "END"
   

Keepers Club – Childrens Zoo

Today's Keepers Club was the Childrens Zoo. I arrived a bit early today and was able to see them walking a Timber Wolf through the park with its partner (a golden retreiver). They pair Wolves and Cat's (big cat's) with Dog's to keep them company since they might not have two of one type of animal, and if raised from pup's, they grow quite fond of each other.

At the children's zoo, they were walking a Tree Kangaroo around, so again I got withing 3-4 feet of the animal. It was really cool. But what took the cake, was the African Serval Cat. I found out that Big Cat's and Small Cat's aren't classified by their size, but rather if they Purr or Roar. Interesting. The Serval was VERY magestic, and slender. When it sat with its paws straight up in front of it, he looked no more than 5-6 inches wide, but almost 1.5-2 feet tall. Quite striking. When they walked "Shawne" through the crowd, allowing him to come sniff you, it was amazing how calm this animal was. He is apparently 4th generation of "incaptivity" breeding. But still quite wild. Shawne has markings of a Cheetah, and is very very lanky. They don't hunt down their prey by chasing, but rather pounce on their prey quickly with several foot range. Oh Shawne's keeper is Richard, who does a great job explaining the animals.

Also saw a Indian Porcupine which was really quite cool, as he fluffed his spikes. Apparently people think it can throw it's quill's, but it can't. The north american Porcupine that I saw later had adapted an interesting begging technique where he would get on his hind feet and walk like a human. It was SOOOO cute. He looked like a little teddy bear waddling around.

Saw some endangered Parrots, and the Mercat's. Sat for about 10 minutes watching the Otter's play, and then caught up with my Mom and Brother. So the Three of us could goto breakfast down at seaport village.

How to configure URLScan and Exchange 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823175

During installation, the Urlscan tool assumes that multiple services are installed on a single Exchange Server 2003 computer. Therefore, to help enhance the security of the computer, you must edit the Urlscan.ini configuration file to remove any extraneous functionality. To customize the Urlscan.ini file for your particular Exchange 2003 computer role, you must remove verbs in the [AllowVerbs] section of the Urlscan.ini file. However, make sure that the recommended verbs for your computer's role are included to obtain appropriate functionality. If multiple Web-based features are required on a single computer, you must merge the appropriate [AllowVerbs] section requirements.

To edit the configuration file after you install the Urlscan tool, open the Urlscan.ini file. The Urlscan.ini file is located in the following folder on your Exchange Server 2003 computer:

WinDirWinDirSystem32InetsrvUrlscan

Note To download the Urlscan 2.5 tool, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=23d18937-dd7e-4613-9928-7f94ef1c902a

with key highlights:

; Exchange 2003 Urlscan configuration for OWA, Outlook Mobile Access, Exchange ActiveSync,
; remote procedure call over Hypertext Transfer Protocol, and Web Folders.
; Version 1.1
[options]
; NOTE: Customers with Exchange 2003 running on Windows Server 2003 with URLScan installed may need to modify the "VerifyNormalization=1"
; option in this template to be "VerifyNormalization=0" if they encounter a "404" error when attempting to open messages or items that contain
; the "+" symbol in the subject or name.
UseAllowExtensions=0
NormalizeUrlBeforeScan=1
VerifyNormalization=1
AllowHighBitCharacters=1
AllowDotInPath=1
RemoveServerHeader=0
EnableLogging=1
PerProcessLogging=0
AllowLateScanning=0
PerDayLogging=1
RejectResponseUrl=
UseFastPathReject=1
;LoggingDirectory=
LogLongUrls=0

[AllowVerbs]
; These are the only verbs that are permitted.
GET
POST
PROPFIND
PROPPATCH
BPROPPATCH
MKCOL
DELETE
BDELETE
BCOPY
MOVE
SUBSCRIBE
BMOVE
POLL
SEARCH
HEAD
PUT
OPTIONS
RPC_OUT_DATA
RPC_IN_DATA
X-MS-ENUMATTS
LOCK
UNLOCK

[DenyVerbs]

[DenyHeaders]
;
; Request headers that are listed in this section cause Urlscan to
; reject any request where these request headers are present.
;
; List headers in the form
; Header-Name:
transfer-encoding:

[AllowExtensions]
;.asp
.cer
.cdx
.asa
.htm
.html
.txt
.jpg
.jpeg
.gif

[DenyExtensions]
; Deny executable files that might run on the server.
; DO NOT include .exe in this list if Exchange 2003 OWA is configured to use SMIME as that would disable OWA.
.exe
.bat
.cmd
.com

; Deny scripts that are used infrequently.
.htw ; Maps to webhits.dll, part of Index Server.
.ida ; Maps to idq.dll, part of Index Server.
.idq ; Maps to idq.dll, part of Index Server.
.htr ; Maps to ism.dll, a previous administrative tool.
.idc ; Maps to httpodbc.dll, a previous database access tool.
.shtm ; Maps to ssinc.dll for server-side includes.
.shtml ; Maps to ssinc.dll for server-side includes.
.stm ; Maps to ssinc.dll for server-side includes.
.printer ; Maps to msw3prt.dll for Internet printing services.

; Deny various static files.
.ini ; Configuration files
.log ; Log files
.pol ; Policy files
.dat ; Configuration files

; Deny extensions for Outlook Mobile Access.
.asax
.ascs
.config
.cs
.csproj
.licx
.pdb
.resx
.resources
.vb
.vbproj
.vsdisco
.webinfo
.xsd
.xsx
; .dll ; Cannot do this for RPC over HTTP or for Exchange ActiveSync.

[DenyUrlSequences]
.. ; Do not permit directory traversals.
./ ; Do not permit trailing dot on a directory name.
; Do not permit backslashes in URL.
% ; Do not permit escaping after normalization.
& ; Do not permit multiple Common Gateway Interface processes to run on a single request.

[RequestLimits]
MaxAllowedContentLength=1073741824
MaxUrl=16384
MaxQueryString=4096


Five things I’ll be doing while you’re at Burning Man

Five things I'll be doing while you're at Burning Man

1. carefully stewarding my pallor
   
2. repeatedly watching CSI and the Daily Show on the TiVo
   
3. defecating indoors -- copiously, often, and without queueing
   
4. not tongue-kissing a sweaty Java programmer in clown makeup named "Shanti"
   
5. wearing clothes--lots and lots of square, capitalist, heinous-body-covering clothes
   

I am bummed that I am not at the burn this year, but I can atleast make fun of that which I will be able to do this week.

ASP.NET Blog software .Text

I was finding several people were using .Text to run their blog sites. MSDN, ASP.NET, and others. But the link at the bottom of the site kept taking you back to Scott Water's personal blog. I finally found his Wiki, which explains how to install.

And since you can't search for a ., look for dotText

.Text Wiki

My favorite music video from DJ Format

Got this link from Rivard. Got to just LOVE dancing Mascots.

DJ Format

Check out this guys site at WWW.Ruben.FM

Is your boss a ‘snake in a suit’ or just an ordinary psycho?

Is your boss a 'snake in a suit' or just an ordinary psycho?


Wed Aug 25,11:17 AM ET Add Health - AFP to My Yahoo!

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Is your boss a charming, well-educated and polished leader intent on climbing the career ladder? If so, he could be a psychopath, psychologists gathered in Stockholm said.

Recent research has shown that not all psychopaths are violent killers -- many of them hold normal jobs, with some rising to the highest levels of executive management.

But their charisma and ambition are often mistaken for leadership traits rather than psychopathic ones, industrial-organisation psychologist Paul Babiak of the United States told the EuroScience Open Forum in Stockholm.

"Psychopaths tend to be charming, have a grandiose sense of self, and they like money, power and sex. They have strong verbal skills and can manipulate by telling a good story. Because they can talk big, you think they have vision and can lead an organisation, but a psychopath will mislead," Babiak said.

He warned that the number of psychopaths in corporations will probably increase in coming years, as they thrive in the dynamic and rapidly-changing organisations of today's business market where they can advance quickly.

"Psychopaths don't like to work in bureaucratic organisations," he said, noting that they are "thrill-seekers who like to play the game".

Babiak said a psychopath typically shows no signs of remorse, or feels other emotions the way mentally stable people do.

"So while a psychopath would have no qualms about closing down a plant, a true leader would feel bad about putting all those people out of work," he said.

But the corporate world's dirty little secret may well be that psychopaths thrive because companies actively seek them out: The focus on short-term results in today's "quarterly capitalism" requires ruthless leaders not afraid to take hard quick decisions without looking back.

Babiak conceded that a psychopath may indeed be good for a company in the short-term, but will invariably become a problem later.

"Psychopaths can spin a good tale, but they can't do the day-to-day work. They leech off other workers," he said.

Professor Erich Bartel of the Frankfurt Business School of Finance and Management agreed.

"In the short-term the company will maximize its profit but in the long-term it will be unable to because it will lose out on human capital," he said.

Babiak said psychopaths were found in all professions.

In his work as a consultant for US companies, Babiak said he had come across eight psychopaths among some 100 employees, and all but one have moved up in their organisations.

Original Yahoo Article

Video Card Performance Charts

Using Tom's Hardware to get Video Card performance for Nvidia and ATI.

FBucks Chart - attempts to give you price performance, not always best chart

UT 2003 performance

Lars Art Car for Burning Man makes it onto Gizmodo

Well for those of you who remember me going to Burning Man last year with my buddy Lars Liden, you should know that after last years trip, he was dead set on creating an art car to be able to enhance his experience on the playa. Well his site has been updated with the current status of his Gravity Bowl, which is more science and engineering than vehicle.

Gravity Bowl Article on Gizmodo

Blue Lights

Gravity Bowl Project Website

Getting Free Copies of your Tax Return

You may have the need to get copies of previous years tax returns. There is a way to request a "Transcript" of your previous tax returns for free. The transcript is not a photocopy of your return (which costs $39.95 to request) but rather just the key numbers, and is accepted by most banks and lending institutions.

800 829 1040

You need to navigate down the phone tree a bit, but keep in the Personal Account information. Its about 4 levels in. Be patient.