Justin has posted an interesting study of a rule's effectiveness over time. His observations are interesting. … [Read more...] about Spam Assassin Rule effectiveness
Search.ie soft relaunch
I've been trying to get the new look search.ie online for the last couple of months in my spare time. However, due to a number of factors, this has been dragged out for an inordinate length of time. I decided to launch it this afternoon (soft launch :) ) as quite a few people had been emailing me about link submissions. There are probably bugs and issues, but I can deal with … [Read more...] about Search.ie soft relaunch
Phishing Stupidly
I've mentioned phishing fraud in the past. Most of it is quite well done and almost looks genuine I got one today that was really badly executed The first sign of it being fraudelent was the "from" part. Instead of saying "paypal" or "PayPal" they used "PaYpal", which is incorrect capitalisation. A company the size of Paypal is unlikely to make that kind of mistake The other … [Read more...] about Phishing Stupidly
SEO Spammers taking semantics to extremes
Some people's efforts at SEO are simply annoying. Spamming people after grabbing email addresses using some badly written bit of software is not the way to win friends online. Unfortunately some people obviously missed that message: Hi, I took a look at your site a couple of hours ago... and I want to tell you that I'd really love to trade links with you. I think your site … [Read more...] about SEO Spammers taking semantics to extremes
Stumbling – an alternative way to browse
Paul pointed me in the direction of another firefox extension the other evening called Stumble Upon The concept is very simple. You choose your areas of interest and can then "stumble" from one site to another using the little button in you firefox toolbar. As you view sites you can express your approval or disapproval. It's a great idea if you like finding new and interesting … [Read more...] about Stumbling – an alternative way to browse