BurningbirdProbably my last entry in this recent series of Weblog/Email Spammers: Evil thereof. I only write this entry because some of you have implemented my little comment hack, and have most likely found it’s not working with our friend, vig-rx. My latest hit from this particular fiend was based on a Google search for the […]
I just published two new stories related to the Front Range Equine Rescue et al v. Vilsack et al horse meat lawsuit. In Cages at Burningbird I write that the USDA is not the enemy in this case and they aren’t. If we’re going to fight for the welfare of horses in this country, we need to […]
Both David Weinberger and AKMA wrote thoughtful responses to what is becoming a delicate and I think extremely interesting debate about religion, belief, and acceptance. Not an easy subject, and one must keep in mind that ‘ware, there be cacti here. I want to respond but I am off and away to drink the funny milk shake and glow […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Sometimes I think we technical folk are too clever for our own good. The more gimcracks we put into out tools, the more gimcracky things crawl through. We tweak just to tweak, and add far more moving parts to applications than are needed, or even desired. In addition to making […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The vig-rx blog virus, otherwise known as comment spammer, is using Google against us. After stealing another IP address, as expected. Weblogs being targeted are being found through a Google search. Example is here. Aren’t open web services a wonderful thing? Go ahead – all open comment MT weblogs on this […]