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Fun with mod_rewrite

I don’t like people deep-linking to my images. And neither do others. Some quick mod_rewrite rules helps… I noticed an increased activity on my blog and a lot of referres from an italian site recently. Today I had time to look at the logs and I found a site that linked to my Gicaometti image. I didn’t like that too much, so I googled a bit and found ChaosReigns cure. He excluded everybody from deep linking, but I only wanted to make the point to this one person. ...

Jens-Christian Fischer
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Boycott the music industry

It’s time to show the music industry who their customers are – by boycotting them. (like vowe) After Germany the swiss IFPI has announced that they are sueing “music pirates”. Well, dear music industry: You are alienating your customers. I have bought > 800 CDs, a couple of 100 LPs (back in the old days) and a handfull of singles. Music is part of my life (both listening and making) and I fully understand the need for artists to make a living. However, YOU, the music industry, are not helping. I would gladly buy music over the internet (ITunes music store), but you haven’t been able to make that available to me. ...

Jens-Christian Fischer