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
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SCO defaced
The SCO site has been quite subtly defaced. One of the images on the main page of the site has been replaced with the one below: The image that *should* have been there is below: … [Read more...] about SCO defaced
Common Windows Software alternatives
There was an interesting post to ILUG this morning with links to alternatives for a lot of common Windows applications. Ken Guest's list of applications is an excellent starting point. I'll definitely be adding that to the resources section when I get a chance. There are still a couple of areas that it is hard for linux to compete, but things are definitely improving. I only … [Read more...] about Common Windows Software alternatives
ICANN and domains ….
As of last Friday ICANN's rules on domain transfers have been changed quite dramatically. Whether this should be seen in a positive light or not is hard to say, however the potential for abuse is all too real. Some of the registrars make it relatively easy to edit domains "en masse", so locking isn't an issue. Others don't seem to understand why updating several hundred … [Read more...] about ICANN and domains ….
Firefox 1.0 released
Well if you haven't heard it already (where have you been hiding?) Firefox 1.0 has finally been released. I've been using it on both Windows and Debian for the last few months and love it. Why? Tabbed browsing is the main thing for me, but it's not the only one. I made a few comments on it in the past when PR1 was released. I also ran into a few issues with getting its links to … [Read more...] about Firefox 1.0 released