Whisper it softly, but I’ve turned comments back on. Actually, they were only off for about twelve hours. But it seems to have done the trick. Since I turned them back on I’ve had one piece of comment spam (as opposed to hundreds every hour). If you get overwhelmed by comment spam then simply removing… Continue reading Comments Back
Greater Intolerance
Lucy Mangan makes a plea for greater intolerance in the world. Now that the season of goodwill has passed, let’s make a plea for greater intolerance (carefully directed) in the world. The next time a woman (and it is always a woman – men have many flaws but at least they prefer to seek the… Continue reading Greater Intolerance
I Surrender
Last night, this site came under a massive comment spam attack which effectively crippled the server. Until I can think of a better solution, I’ve disabled comments. Whilst I like giving you all the ability to comment on my entries here, it’s far more important to me that the other services on this server run… Continue reading I Surrender
Getting Things Done
I was going to get a lot done during the christmas break. I finished working at Outcome before Christmas and I start a contract (hooray!) at Guardian Unlimited next Tuesday, so that left me over a week to get a lot of little jobs done. But I reckoned without the flu bug that was going… Continue reading Getting Things Done
Comment Spam War
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
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)