Shoot the Messenger

Too many people get their jollies telling you "what they know... that you don't". Sure they have never started a business. They are entrepre-losers.

There is a thrill to starting a company. If you haven't tried it...Shut the **** up and let me make my first million.

Shameless Self Promotion – with rules

I have decided to get serious with my Linkedin and I want to connect with people who are interested in what is coming next in social media, business trends, and shameless promotion. There are too few voices on the web that contain insight.

If you want to connect I would be happy to connect with you if you’re not going to teabag or complain about the weather. You know where I am going with this. (I hope).

Connect with me here: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/galen-bennett/b/857/373

Or jump on the bandwagon @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3166955&trk=anet_ug_hm&goback=.gdr_1277486310112_1

What is a Black Hole Route?

In the world of IP routing, a black hole is also a term with a negative connotation and trust me, no one wants traffic going there unless you are under a DDoS attack..

In its simplest form, a black hole exists on a network when a router directs network traffic to a destination that just “throws away” the traffic. The classic interface used on a Cisco router to do this is the null0 interface. Black hole routes can help you by dropping malicious traffic if you’re under attack, such as in the case of DDoS attacks or worm attacks.

A Cisco IOS router also has an interface called null0. When traffic goes to that interface, the router just discards it. Thus, the null interface on the Cisco router is the “black hole. Read more on Tech Republic. I found it interesting although this is certainly not my area of expertise.

Obesity leads to thin skin.

I was expecting a few of the guys over to the house the following night for poker night. I was to grab snacks and they would bring the beer. It was after all my turn and I like to supply something that make the guys gastric-ly challenged. I do this because drunk guys will “brave up” enough to try anything and it is always funny in a sick sort of way. The last time I made habanera dip. It would cook the skin off of your tongue. The other guys are just as bad. Have you ever had chitlins?

Anyway, I looked around the little carryout and couldn’t find the jar of delectables I wanted. I walk up to the lady behind the counter and said “do you have pig feet?

Well I couldn’t get out of the carryout fast enough. She was screaming at the top of her lungs about how fuc**** rude I was. It was a good thing I had been drinking.

I have never made fun of people (I don’t know) but it didn’t matter, the damage was done.

I’m glad I didn’t ask her if she had “chicken breasts”.

I am Renaming the Internet

I have found that the word internet does not describe the Internet, so I have decided to to refer to the internet as Elphaba. For those of you who do not recognized the name, Elphaba is the first name of the "Wicked Witch of the West". Elphaba works as my new name for the internet because (if you read Wicked) she can be kind and vengeful, the same as the internet.

Elphaba is a regurgitator as I have told my clients. She will regurgitate what every you feed her. If you fed the beast good news about your company, she will regurgitate good news. If you didn't...well, you know.

I like Elphaba and I treat her with respect. How about you?

Here is a New Angle

My hosting is down. I have a resellers program from Hostgator mostly because I have a lot of websites and it is cost effective to do it this way. I even host for a couple of other people.

I will say that Hostgator has always been great.

They shut everything down because it appears to them that I gave them a bogus credit card. The funny part is that I have not given them a credit card. I use paypal.

I have had to change my password because of some weird happenings, but that was minor.

All companies have to be watchful and I am not angry with Hostgator, but I am not happy that this crap takes up valuable time.

Poor People Spend 9% of their Income on Dreams

A recent study found that poor folks - households earning under $13,000 per year - spend about 9% of all their income on lottery tickets.

Who out there didn't suspect this? I am not a buyer of lottery tickets. I won't participate in a game of chance when the odds of winning is greater than the odds of being stuck by lightening. The Consumerist has a great story on states preying on the poor.

Here is a quote:

The study neatly illuminates the sad positive feedback loop of lotteries. The games naturally appeal to poor people, which causes them to spend disproportionate amounts of their income on lotteries, which helps keep them poor, which keeps them buying tickets.

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