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The Food and Drug Administration approved an implantable computer chip that can be electronically scanned, revealing a unique barcode for the individual in which it is planted. Applied Digital teamed up with Digital Angel Corporation to produce the VeriChip, first for tracking pets and reuniting them with owners, and now for approved for human use.
The device is meant primarily to allow medical facilities fast access to patient records including vital information about allergies and blood type. However, the conceivable uses of an easily readable barcode implant are unlimited. The product’s creators have suggested that it could easily be used for tracking employees movements inside nuclear facilities. So it could of course be used to track anyone’s movement through any building.
CNN points out some concerns with the VeriChip. Expect to hear more about this.
Actually, when compared to medical ID bracelets, the VeriChip is a lot less effective for providing vital information to doctors and a lot more effective for tracking inmates within a prison.

No matter what you believe, John Kerry agrees with you.

Um, I went to Shoppers Food Warehouse last night. Turns out they’re open pretty much all the time. I think they keep the same hours as DH Hill Library. And I spent $16.95, mostly on Mt Dew, Carrots and cereal that tastes like bark — but lightly sweetened bark.
Still I have lots of exciting work on the project that has no funding and nothing to do on the project that I’m supposed to be working on. The more chance I have to work on these things the more I seem to enjoy the web development. I’ve never had a really big traditional software project, so maybe that will change once the TASS program gets rolling and I have to turn out a lot of software for it. Sounds like when we get to that point the software guys (that would be pretty much me) are going to be swamped. That’s cool though. I’ve got nothing but time. Well not this weekend — “Raise Your Voice” is coming out.
I finally filled out my request for business cards. Every one of them will probably end up in a fish bowl in the front window of a sandwich shop. And I got a name plate for my office door!! It’s like I have a real home now. I’m going to go look at it.
Very nice.
Our web proxy blocks a lot of offensive type material so we don’t waste our time at work on pr0n and such. It also blocks mp3 files. That’s kindof a bummer, because I like to listen to music while I work. Helps keep me moving and knocks off the monotony. I’ve been wanting to use my computer at home as a sort of music server so I can listen to my own playlists at work, but the proxy has been blocking all the mp3s. So Tuesday morning I spent some time at home writing a script so that I can request a .bdparker file from my computer and it feeds me an mp3 file with the phony extension. I’ve been so excited about jamming over here….when everybody else isn’t hanging around clogging up the network, that is. I just need to find a way to compress those files before I send them.
I think I’m really becoming a computer nerd. Have you read my last few posts? I guess that depends on whether you can read java, doesn’t it?
Still seeking geek status,
Brad

Hillary Duff has a new movie!
And I really like work. It gives me a place to hang out all day long. And I get to play with computers. That’s pretty neat.
I actually came in late today because I was working on a program at home.

Not that any of you care, but I wrote this so that I could tell exactly what is submitted with a form.
This javascript function will create a new window revealing all form values on a page. fun stuff.

function formdebugger(){
theWindow = null;
theWindow=window.open('','theWindow','resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');
theNewDocument = theWindow.document; for(i=0;i<document.forms.length;i++){
theForm=document.forms[i];
theNewDocument.write('<table border="1"><tr><th>Form</th><th colspan=3>' + theForm.name + ' </th></tr>'
+'<tr><th rowspan="'+(theForm.elements.length+1)
+'">Elements</th><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Value</th></tr>'); for(j=0;j<theForm.elements.length;j++){
theElement=theForm.elements[j];
theNewDocument.write("<tr><td>"+theElement.name + " </td><td>" + theElement.type
+ " </td><td>" + theElement.value + " </td></tr>"); }
theNewDocument.write('</tr></table><br/><br/>');
}
theNewDocument.close();
theWindow.focus();
}

So I’m a for-real resident of Virginia now. I went down to the DMV this morning, did my standing in line, paid my $100 and got new plates and a new license. Notice I said plates. Not loving Virginia’s front-and-back license plate law. So now there’s nowhere to put my Williamston tag.
And as for the license, it’s better than my NC license, but I’m still doing the goofy grin/head cocked sideways thing. I think DMV employees are trained to get bad pictures out of people.
But! I was able to register to vote locally while I waited, right there at the DMV. I had just changed my voter registration to Raleigh in er, April or something…didn’t keep it there long enough to get to an election.
So with my North Carolina license confiscated and Aicha sporting new Virginia tags, I think I liked being a resident of NC a little better. Virginia may be for lovers, but North Carolina is my home.

(I know where you live.)
No Bible study tonight. That’s tough for this here church junkie. I don’t really know what to do. I’d get a Virginia license, but the DMV is closed. I would deposit my paycheck but the bank is closed and I haven’t gotten my ATM pin yet.
Maybe I should eat dinner.

You know how Internet explorer or Netscape is always asking you if you want it to save your password for you? If you have any interest in keeping your password secure, you probably shouldn’t.
Granted, anybody who uses your computer can just go straight to your webmail or whatever you have your password saved for. But they can also easily retrieve your password and use it from another machine. If you use the same password for all your accounts this could be a serious security issue.
Now to the point. Go to a site where you’ve saved a password — or you can just go anywhere that you might type a password in. Oooh oooh, like right here!

There’s already a value set, but feel free to change it.
Then copy this text into your browser’s address bar (all in one line) and press enter.

Pretty revealing, huh. Just wanted to let you know.

Today I am very happy to find out that both my french doors open. They still don’t lead anywhere, but that’s okay.
Also, I am a church junkie.