Category Archives: blogging

Comments Disabled Comments Off

Due to a massive influx in comment spam recently I’ve disabled all comments for the time being. Sorry but I’m deleting more than 100 per day and it’s getting to be highly annoying. Blame the prick comment spammers. Bastards.

To The Idiot Named DICK 1

Hey DICK,
Thanks for posting this lovely comment today, you’ve brought me laugther in an otherwise boring day.
bq. IP Address: 81.79.208.96
Name: DICK
Email Address: ME@HOTMAIL.COM
Comments:
bq. YOU GUYS ARE LONERS
However, I do have a few things to share with you since you were compelled enough to post your feelings, I suppose I deserve the same in return.
Why did [...]

My Private Spam Comments Off

Hey, “enlargment”, thanks for you spam. Appears that the reason my “MT-Blacklist”:http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist/ didn’t catch you is because you’re too clever by misspelling your name. Gee, you must be proud to have a name like “enlargment”.
For the record, not only is this blog protected by MT-Blacklist, I’m also running the super special de-Google juicer [...]

Google PageRank Menace Comments Off

Wired has a huge feature on Google this month aptly titled “Googlemania”:http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.03/google.html?pg=1&topic=&topic_set=. One piece focused on “Google’s PageRank feature”:http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.03/google.html?pg=7&topic=&topic_set= which is at the heart of all the comment spam abuse us bloggers have been dealing with lately.
I’m not too worried about comment spam anymore. I have over 1700 blacklisted URLs in my “MT-Blacklist [...]

The Snap Is Back 3

If there’s one thing I’ve learned while working with Windows for many years it’s the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality. I’ve not had many moments where I needed to apply this same mentality to my Macs until last Sunday.
Lately I’ve been having some problems with Moveable Type that have become increasingly [...]

Millionaire Edition Friday Five Comments Off

This week’s “Friday Five”:http://www.fridayfive.org/comments.php?id=117_0_1_0_C…
You have just won one million dollars:
1. Who do you call first?
My wife, duh. If she happens to be with me at the time, my Dad.
2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself?
A new Apple Powerbook, what else?
3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else?
I buy [...]

Friday Five 2

From “fridayfive.org”:http://fridayfive.org/comments.php?id=116_0_1_0_C
At this moment, what is your favorite…
1. …song?
“Reconsider Everything”:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?selectedItemId=1798640&playListId=1798662 by “311″:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=1504658
2. …food?
Soy ice cream
3. …tv show?
Alias, for sure
4. …scent?
fresh coffee
5. …quote?
“Aaalll righty then!”

Popular Search Engine Posts Comments Off

Thought I’d post some of the most popular articles for those of you that are coming here from a search engine query. Some of the must popular search engine queries that send traffic here include:
bq. * AOM Initialization Failed
* Age of Mythology
* EON Ticket
* Zoo Tycoon
For help with AoM check out the “Configuration guide [...]

Watching MWSF2004 Keynote Comments Off

Well I made it! I’m currently sitting in One Market waiting for the live Macworld SF 2004 keynote speak streamed live via Quicktime. Steve Jobs will be giving the keynote speech so some good product announcements are expected.
Oh yeah, this is going to be a fun day More news later.
Updates:
11:01AM [...]

Friday Five Comments Off

“The Friday Five”:http://www.fridayfive.org/comments.php?id=113_0_1_0_C for this week…
What one thing are you most looking forward to . . .
1. …today?
Since it’s raining, I just want to hang out at the house and play video games all day. However, due to reality, that isn’t going to happen. I will probably get to watch some college football [...]