I just installed the 2.0.2 update to Wordpress, and I’ve installed “Did you pass math?” which is supposed to help block spam.
Basically, it’s supposed to ask a simple math question, on the assumption that spam bots will fail the test.
I just saw a new gatorade commercial. It shows many soccer players and fans, in various scenes.
In the background, “take me out to the ballgame” is playing, and the commercial ends with “it’s a whole new ballgame”.
It just looks wrong to me….
Speaking of commercials that need more, the Spring commercial where the customer is looking [...]
I’ve temporarily turned comments to members only, due to a rate of one spam comment per 5 minutes. I know that only one person (I’m looking at you weasel) has an account here. it’s pretty easy to register an account, however, it’s one more name/password combination to think about, so I understand if you don’t [...]
Last Sunday, the 23rd of April, we had a surprise birthday party for my mom. She was really surprised. My dad brought her down to the boat, saying he just wanted to look at a few things. They had been on vacation up at Mammoth all week long, so they were both pretty tired. We [...]
Curses. From this morning till now, 88 spam comments trapped in moderation. None got through to the regular posting, but it was quite a bit more than I’m used to for a day.
[update] curses, more spam! 25 more messages between 3:22 and 5:09 pm *grumble* Maybe I should turn off comments, or only let registered [...]
…. Things change.
I was going to be going out this evening on the late crew, taking camping gear and scouts to camp. I get a call at 3:37 from Gary, asking where the early crew was. Chris and Adnon were running late. I rush over there to cover, and Chris and Adnon were there. [...]
I’ve done some behind the scenes work on the Liberty website. Cleaned up some of the spam on the forums, updated the crew listings, and added Google Analytics. I’ve also finalized pricing information for T-Shirts for the boat, and will hopefully have that in progress tomorrow, with the shirts to arrive sometime next week.
My parents [...]
To those of you who lurk out there, I see you! Why don’t you say hello here, and drop a note. Real names or fictitious, I want to know who you are!
2 hour rain delay, and the Dodger game is on!
And I was about to go to bed too…..
Do you have:
(1) your own cell phone
() a television in your bedroom
(3) an MP3 player
() a photo printer. Nothing for only photos…. and in fact, I don’t have a printer right now.
(4) your own phone line
(5) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder… am building one
(6) high-speed internet access
( ) a surround sound system in [...]
