Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
Spam on my blog jumped by a factor of 20 when I installed Comluv in April, with no increase in real comments. Time to end this experiment.
I guess it depends on the site. I wonder how long it’ll take for the spammers searching for “powered by commentluv” to drop off.
DAE worry about dropping their keys/phone/other small important items when stepping across an elevator threshold?
I wonder if any independent movie theaters will set up showings of Pirates of Silicon Valley as a double feature with Jobs.
Surprises:
1. Webring is still around.
2. I’m still on their mailing list.
3. They’re introducing an Android app. Because, um, mobile.
Gotta love blogging (or any) advice that boils down to “X doesn’t fit my use case, so no one else should use it, EVER!”
Hey, this link on your page is broken. Would you mind replacing it with a link to my totally unrelated site?
Hey, sunlight! This might work out after all.
These Pride of Bolivia trees line one side of the sidewalk, jacarandas the other. When not flowering, they look so similar that I didn’t realize they were two kinds of trees until they started blooming. #yellow #trees #prideofbolivia #jacaranda #spring #hadtolookitup
Remember when conservatives liked the Patriot Act even though civil liberties groups warned against its potential for abuse?
Funny: Linux vs. Windows, as reviewed by the author of DM of the Rings
Gotta love how the systems on which security patches matter most are always the same ones that really need to avoid downtime.
A comment that doesn’t contribute to the discussion and serves only to insert a link to the author’s site is spam, bot or human.
Weird: Since I installed CommentLuv on my blog yesterday, this 9-year-old dev post has been getting hammered by spam.
Hmm. It’s not just that one post getting spammed suddenly. It’s just that one post where the spams aren’t getting caught by Akismet.
This does tell me that spammers *are* targeting CommentLuv blogs, because until yesterday, I had 1 blog w/about 600 spams & another with 6.
WOW! Photographers answer the question: What is the most amazing photo you have ever taken? – Quora
“These days no one really remembers who got something right first. People do remember who got it wrong first.”
The next time someone tells you email confirmation is too hard, consider: Every Facebook user confirmed their address
Tweeting during a disaster: Mistakes for journalists to avoid
I just don’t understand contrail conspiracy theorists. They’re literally paranoid about *clouds*
Another take: The PC isn’t dying. Sales are down because…well, the old PCs are still alive and kicking.