Tag Archives: technology::internet

Bloglines

Bloglines allows me to keep up to date on my blogroll from any where in the world, and no more overlap between disperate machines. My public blogroll on Bloglines: http://bloglines.com/public/augie/

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Plogress.com

Plogress.com RSS feeds for your favorite politicians. Here are my Federal representatives: Barbara Boxer Dianne Feinstein Lynn C. Woolsey

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WordPress Hashcash

WordPress Hashcash 2.2 – Elliott Back Comment SPAM is a terrible blight on the blogging world (blogsphere), but WP-Hashcash totally eliminates comment SPAM. A simple challenge is presented to a visitor’s browser using JavaScript (which most SPAM bots won’t be … Continue reading

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Dynamic BlogRoll from Blogroll.com

Using BlogRolling’s PHP option on your PHP enabled weblog. They have a nice bit of code that allows me to update the BlogRoll in just one place and have it update everywhere.

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Project Honey Pot

Project Honey Pot allows you to easily help fight SPAM by helping them collect data on spammers. Install a honey pot on your web site, or donate an MX entry if you can.

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GeoURL is back.

I have blogged about GeoURL before, but I finally added it back in since the move to WordPress; thanks to this GeoPlugin. In the (new) “Buttons” section to the right you can see the new GeoURL button: Which you can … Continue reading

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Sender Policy Framework

Sender Policy Framwork (SPF) is an excellent protocol for eliminating SPAM. It works by eliminating the ability of spammers to lie about who they are. No longer would you receive email from a spammer claiming to be your bank. The … Continue reading

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Community Networks

Community networks are the latest trend on the Internet right now. They involve organizing individuals together into groups through the use of a single website as a medium. Sites like Friendster.com and MySpace.com put you at the center of your … Continue reading

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MT-Blacklist

If you use Movable Type then you should download and install the MT-Blacklist plugin. We had a few spam comments that I promptly deleted, but this plugin will hopefully stop them before I have to deal with them. Installation and … Continue reading

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Localfeeds

If you are like me, then you probably read blogs written by your friends, or by people with similar interests, but what about reading blogs by location? That’s where www.localfeeds.com comes in. You can use localfeeds to search for syndicated … Continue reading

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Nice Titles

Nice Titles are a wonderful addition to any web site. If you have the right browser you may hover over certain links on this page to see what exactly Nice Titles are. Here is an example from our site with … Continue reading

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Nice Fonts for Mozilla

This site has a few recent mozilla builds (Linux) with real nice fonts. http://www.scottbolander.com/mozilla-xft.html

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SPIM

As seen on Slashdot there is an interesting Washington Post Story about an unsettling and growing trend in instant messaging called SPIM; which is IM SPAM. I recently had enough of this junk, and finally turned on blocking on my … Continue reading

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What’s Your Candidate Running?

Linux Journal answers the question: What’s your presidential candidate for 2004 running for a web server?, in a recent article. Apache does currently hold 64% [netcraft] of the web server market, so it should be of no surprise that most … Continue reading

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World’s Longest Domain Name.

Have you ever wondered what the world’s longest domain name was? Googling [def.] for it brings up many results two of which are web sites claiming to have the world’s longest domain name: www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com www.thelongestdomainnameintheworldandthensomeandthensomemoreandmore.com With 69 characters and 72 … Continue reading

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Blaster Worm Arrest

The author of one of the Blaster worm’s variants was arrested Friday. Many sources are reporting it, but this is the article I read. My favorite part of the story is how this big dummy got caught. Apparently his modification … Continue reading

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SPAM

According to this Technology Review article [google cache here] 40% of email in 2002 was SPAM, and that number is on the rise! The article talks about what people are doing to stop spammers. Filtering is currently the only weapon … Continue reading

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Mozilla 1.4 released!

mozilla 1.4 was released today, so go get it! the open source browser features: built-in spam filtering, pop-up ad blocking, image resizing, tabbed browsing, and a bunch of other cool features i can’t remember right now. highlights for this release … Continue reading

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