Revenge of the Spammers

For a month or two now, since I installed an IP ban program, the number of spam posts have gone down significantly.  The number of real comments was climbing well ahead of spam comments. Last night, they fought back. The ban program tracks attempts to access by banned IP’s. Yesterday, Read more…

Three Month Review

Today marks three months since I decided to try this blog experiment.  This almost marked post number 100, but will be post 102. I’ve made it a point to try and make a post every week day. Sometimes I’ve done more than one, sometimes I’ve done some on the weekend. Read more…

Stupid Netflix

Really Netflix? You’re splitting DVD’s into it’s own company called Qwikster? I was okay with the prices going up, but splitting the company? A) It’s a stupid name. B) I don’t want to have to maintain two queues. C) I’m okay with paying for the joint subscription even though I Read more…

Twitter

I’ve resisted it for a long time, but I’ve decided to give Twitter a try. This post is a test of the cross posting widget I just attempted to install.

Polite Comments

I’ve started seeing some unusual comments lately. Comments will appear that will say something simple, like “Nice post, I really liked it” or “Great information, I’ll subscribe to the RSS”. The poster will have a name that seems internet normal (ie not the name of a product or website) and Read more…

Do they have a flag?

It seems the Rebels have surrounded Tripoli. And they appear to have brought a flag. I believe Eddie Izzard can summarize it best. Underling: “Oh, I’m – oh, oh…” Gaddafi: “What is it, Lieutenant Sebastian?” Underling: “It’s just the Rebels, sir. They’re here.” Gaddafi: “My God, man! Do they want tea?” Read more…

Comment Spam

It has been a week since my last genuine comment. I made a comment today on one of John Scalzi’s blog posts. In the time it took me to write the comment, the total comments went from 4 to 28. It now stands at 221. I could never follow that Read more…

Computer, run a level 4 diagnosis…

My desktop is having unexplained issues. It will occasionally freeze up and crash, often with an accompanying Blue Screen of Death. This usually occurs shortly after I start up STO or LOTRO. Not after playing for awhile. If it’s going to happen, it happens early. The crash is preceded by Read more…

Blah Blah Blah

I’m coming up on having been writing on this blog for one month.  In that time I’ve made 30 posts in the following categories: 12 Games 6 Geekery 8 General 1 Life 5 Politics 2 Writing I started this blog for a variety of reasons. One reason was to give Read more…