From here it looks like the comment spammers have finally declared out and out war on bloggers. For the past three days I’ve had a constant stream of spam comments added to this site. This morning there were 400 new ones. The comments all seem to point to randomly generated URLs, so I think that… Continue reading Comment Spam War
Month: December 2004
Hungry Rats
In the tube station on the way home last night I saw a few of these posters. They have a large picture of a rat and a link to the web site www.hungryrats.com. This turns out to be a link to the people who run the “Keep Britain Tidy” campaign. The thrust of the argument… Continue reading Hungry Rats
Advance Warning
It must be a quiet news day. I really can’t see how the announcement of the publication date of a children’s book can be considered news. I suppose it can be considered advance warning that the news in July will be full of children explaining why it’s vitally important that they queue all night outside… Continue reading Advance Warning
Bibliotech Brothers
There are rumours abounding that the brothers who (mis-)managed Bibliotech when I worked there in 2002 have finally been removed by the shareholders. It’s a couple of years too late for me but I hope that the few people left there can turn the company around and make it work.
Christmas Shutdown
It’s the time of the year when the UK starts to close down for Christmas. I estimate that there were about two thirds of the usual number of people on my tube this morning and that number will fall further during the week. From what I’ve heard around the office, Tuesday and Wednesday are popular… Continue reading Christmas Shutdown
Comment Spam (Again)
Good piece by Ben about the increase in comment spam which is apparently crippling some servers running Moveable Type. This site runs on MT and I get quiet a lot of comment spam, but it doesn’t seem to be having a major impact on the site’s performance yet (I hope no-one sees that as a… Continue reading Comment Spam (Again)
Priorities
blech points out obvious differences in the priorities of two of our daily newspapers. Because if you’re a Daily Mail reader then you’re not interested in global catastrophes. you’re only interested in how political correctness is destroying the traditional British christmas.
The Arrival of the King
My copy of the extended edition of The Return of the King was waiting at home when I got in last night. It was a day early thanks to the vagaries of the British postal system. Now I just need to find about ten and a half hours to sit and watch all three films… Continue reading The Arrival of the King
Pride and Prejudice
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any article about Pride and Prejudice must start with the words “it is a truth universally acknowledged…”. The Guardian likes the joke so much that they used it twice today. In a real news story and also in a feature.
God cut from Dark Materials film
This makes me really angry. I was really happy that they were planning to make films of His Dark Materials but now it seems that New Line Cinema have decided that the subject of the trilogy (an attempt to overthrow god) would impact its saleability in the US. So they’ve decided to replace god with… Continue reading God cut from Dark Materials film