Niall came across this the other week, but I am yet to see it in action. It's a little application that displays a "Hot babe" As your system load increases the "babe" strips. Kind of silly … [Read more...] about Bored with system utilities?
Archives for December 2004
Accurate Statistics
If you are using MailScanner to filter mail you probably want to know how much mail you are filtering and how effective it is, or isn't :mrgreen: There are a number of applications that allow you to get an idea of what is going on: MailWatch - A comprehensive tool that monitors many aspects of your incoming and outgoing mail, as well as offering access to your … [Read more...] about Accurate Statistics
The Empire Strikes Back .. Or does it?
In what has to be the most controversial move in recent months Lycos have launched a DDOS campaign against spammers. If you have problems getting to grips with that concept I'll try it again. Lycos have launched a DDOS campaign against spammers. The site, makelovenotspam.com, is meant to offer users software to attack spammers. I say "meant to" as I can't actually view the … [Read more...] about The Empire Strikes Back .. Or does it?
Blog Spam
Wordpress has much better spam filters than Movable Type, but you can still get hit hard. Considering that we filter email spam effectively I was thinking about applying the same kind of logic as SURBL but to blogs. Someone beat me to it !! :mrgreen: John Sinteur's plugin seems to do exactly what I had in mind... … [Read more...] about Blog Spam