Resolved: As it turns out, Charles does indeed change those settings, but for some reason didn’t revert them when it closed. Leaving the Network dialog box open will show an alert message that the settings are changed and then will show those 2 boxes checked/un-checked depending on whether Charles is running or not.
Update: Mark (in the comments of this post) has informed me this could in fact be caused by Charles “Web Debugging Proxy” tool, so I will be investigating this further.
Has anyone else noticed that WebKit installed using a nightly build tends could be to add adding a 127.0.0.1 web proxy? This essentially means the computer is linked to itself. This was a common “attack” in the IRC days that script kiddies played on each other, but is it possible a legitimate piece of software is doing this?
See the attached screenshot to understand the problem.
Simply un-checking that box stops the error, but it will make you scratch your head if your not aware of it.
Grand Theft Auto IV (four) released last week has “as usual” come under media fire, but this video takes the cake for most pathetic political bullshit I have ever been presented.
Here is a link to the video, I guarantee you will cringe at the “scare tactics”.
According to “Jack Thompson” this kid Devon is on death row for killing 3 cops using experience of murder that he could have only had gotten in the GTA series (Vice City & III). Now is it just me or does the media have more violence than any other show on TV? Okay, reality aside.. how about CSI, Las Vegas, Sopranos, HBO and I could go on.
..but wait, the best part is still coming in the middle of the video. They talk about the only reason the game didn’t get a AO (Adults Only) rating is so it could be sold mainstream.. yah, not likely.. seeing as most of the “sex” is not graphic in the least. I have played this game and find it entertaining.. no, not because I can kill people with no consequence, but because the game is interesting, deep story and is like playing a movie.
Personally the problem here is the parents. Devon (the kid on death row) was able to buy the game without a parent.. so TakeTwo should be in trouble here? No, that store should be.. or more importantly the person that sold the game.
Note: Edited for work-safe reading.. I was boiling when I first wrote it.
Earlier last night I developed (in about 2 hours) the prototype of a Flash-based Wordpress theme. The concept is not entirely original, but I still was intrigued to create my own. I have a lot of distance to go and not sure when exactly I will be working on it, but for now here is the start.
I have a couple of tricks up my sleeve which I will talk about at a later release, but lets just say I am thinking in a “modular” way. 
Here is the application:
http://scriptplayground.com/swfblog/
