I've noticed a slightly different type of blog comment spam over the last couple of weeks. Whereas before you had the "classic" drugs and sex related junk or the overt "Visit my site" rubbish, there is now a new type of comment spam. They seem to be more topic based, but their comments are equally as useless as the other spammers. For example I posted some time ago about … [Read more...] about A Different Kind of Comment Spam
Archives for December 2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Unless you have been on another planet for the last few weeks you will be aware of the release of Narnia, which is based on the writing of CS Lewis. … [Read more...] about The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Irish Hosting Market – The Move Away From ISPs Continues
According to the latest report from WhoisIreland.com the shift away from the traditional ISPs to HSPs (hosting service providers) continued throughout 2005. … [Read more...] about Irish Hosting Market – The Move Away From ISPs Continues
Award Winning Website?
I would love to know what the criteria for the Golden Spiders judges was in selecting the Cork City website for a prize. It certainly wasn't for it's design! Try viewing the damned page with the announcement … [Read more...] about Award Winning Website?
Last chance to fight EU data retention
From DRI : "Next Tuesday, the 13th of December, the European Parliament will vote on a Data Retention Directive [1]. This proposes to extend data retention to the Internet, and will result in your ISPs logging every email you send, every web page you visit, and everything else you do online and storing that information for several years. We urge you to email, fax or phone your … [Read more...] about Last chance to fight EU data retention