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I found an email open tracker in the CP newsletter containing an article about the widespread use and dangers of email trackers.
The Article:
How Email Open Tracking Quietly Took Over the Web[^]
The Tracker Emebeded in my Email:
<img class="yiv9659186782openTracker" style="min-height:1px;width:1px;display:none;" src="http://apps.developermedia.com/MailoutAds/Redirection/LogMailoutOpen?memberid=7672945&mailoutid=5492"> Does CP use a mailing service for their newsletters? I can't think of any other reason for a tracker to be in my morning newsletter.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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I can't think of a reason you would want a morning newsletter.
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It's my source of industry news which is perfect for taking up a small of work 5 days a week 
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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That's why you should configure your mail client to display emails in plain-text not HTML.
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I could but there are certain image based adverts that I want to see such as Newegg daily deals...and I am too lazy to try and find the setting for my web based email providers such as Yahoo mail and Gmail.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Foothill wrote: adverts [...] I want to see
every day we stray further from god 
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I think that Saint Penny Pincher will side on me in this case 
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Normally I'd say: "post it here: Bugs and Suggestions[^]"
But now it's up in the lounge: @Chris-Maunder - this one's for you! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Well, its not really a bug or a suggestion. I just found it amusing.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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For my first line of defense, I use a HOSTS file that lists advert and malware sites I like to avoid. I will be adding this site to the list immediately. Originally, the HOSTS file with windows is about 128 bytes or so. Mine is now 620KB.
Thanks for the warning. 
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I use Ghostery in both Chrome and Firefox. It blocks most, if not all, trackers on the web pages I visit. As for Internet Explorer, I just don't use it for anything beyond making sure the current web projects load correctly on it.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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For all my ad-blocking needs, I use Pi-hole, running on a Linux VM that otherwise wouldn't be doing anything at all anyway.
Bonus - it's network-wide and will filter ads equally for all devices.
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That sounds pretty darn useful. I might just have to learn Linux just for that.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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It's a good excuse to learn it. Ubuntu is ridiculously easy to install these days (especially in a VM), and installing Pi-hole itself is just a few trivial commands that are explained well enough, even for a newbie.
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IIRC developermedia is a CP owned domain. Not sure if they use it for anything beyond their in house advertising dept.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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That's interesting. I did not know that.
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Contest the top level domain signed request(11)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Competition
com - Top level domain
petition - signed request
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You're getting faster at these ... 
Well done, you are up tomorrow.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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... and this is when you find yourself turning the box onto it's edge so it wont be so deep.
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Oh yeah! Turn it over and over until fits... [^]
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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no, no. Rotate clockwise.
User: Technical term used by developers. See Idiot.
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My mom and I have decided to open presents we get before Christmas if we want to (although I am going to save at least some of them for the 25th!), so I opened a couple (that go together). A Nintendo Switch, Super Mario Odyssey, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (the games were in the same package).
Already loving Super Mario Odyssey. That is a FUN game!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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