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[ February 27, 2006 ]

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[ February 26, 2006 ]

[ February 24, 2006 ]

IceRocket is Dumb

I was watching some logs today, just to see how much traffic was being forwarded from this site’s former domain, and I found this interesting bit:206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:20:53 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:20:53 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:20:53 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:20:54 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:21:07 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:21:07 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:22:32 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:22:32 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"

And then, a few minutes later, there was this:
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:25:51 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:25:51 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.101 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:04 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.101 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:04 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:08 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:08 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:09 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:09 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:09 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.91 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:09 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.101 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:09 -0600] "GET /index.xml HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"
206.196.125.101 - - [24/Feb/2006:13:26:09 -0600] "GET /index.rdf HTTP/1.1" 301 247 "-" "BlogSearch/1.1 +http://www.icerocket.com/"

It’s bad enough that IceRocket’s blog search is still pulling these URLs, which have been 301’ed for a long time now, but it’s really annoying when the crawler sends back to back requests, ignoring the 301 each time. The 301 status code has been a part of HTTP for quite some time. Why can’t a search engine get this simple detail right?

[ February 19, 2006 ]

[ February 17, 2006 ]

TV-B-Gone Universal TV Power Remote Control Keychain

Kevin Kelly linked to this great little gadget today, and I couldn’t help but post about it. It’s the TV-B-Gone, a universal TV remote on a keychain. Only this isn’t your average universal remote. It has only one function: to turn off annoying TVs in public places. It’s great for crowded restaurants and other similar places that are noisy enough without the TV blaring in your ears. Oh, and it’s also available in purple.

[ February 16, 2006 ]

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