ben lowery

Of course, I forgot to add a link to the new HttpCompress. I am tired.

I just uploaded a new version of the HttpCompressionModule, now called HttpCompress. Please grab a copy and try it out! The big new features for this release are path-based and content-type-based exclusions from compression. Now you can tell the filter to ignore certain files or output types, which is especially handy for things like gif and jpeg output. Hopefully this marks the rebirth of this little project.

If you’re interested, I have a subversion server running now. If you’d like to contribute, let me know and we can talk access. :)

I don’t usually watch the Oscars, but Mandy loves watching for the dresses, so this year, I’m actually remembering to sit down and watch. I have to say, the opening was really very funny. Michael Moore being crushed by an Oliphant while criticizing the Hobbits for fighting a fictitious war; I was on the floor for that one. A couple other great quotes from Billy: “Thirteen years ago when I was hosting, things were so different. Bush was in office, the economy was tankiing and we were just coming out of a war with Iraq.” “Lord of the Rings, with 11 nominations, one for each ending.”

It also exposed me to a few movies I hadn’t heard of that I need to check out now, like “In America”, and reminded me that I really need to see “Lost in Translation” and Ken Wantanabe in “The Last Samurai.”

Now on to enjoy the acceptance speeches….

Some days, you’re just curious what google really know about you. I’ve done the standard google search for myself, but I hadn’t done the images.google.com search. Some highlights:

blowery as an austrailian footballer

blowery as a member of the John Leggott College Men’s Hockey Team

I always found the other blowerys on the net very interesting. When I try to register for things like my credit card account, or slashdot, or whatever, and the account name “blowery” is already taken, I’m always curious who got there first.