#FridayFive: Silly Spammers July 31st, 2009 @ 7:04 am PDT
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Personal Library Hack August 25th, 2008 @ 11:54 am PDT
Here’s a little trick to help you keep your books from getting lost forever. If you’re like me, you get a ton of snail-mail spam, what we used to call “junk mail”. Lots and lots of companies — especially those concerned with getting your money to save the whales, the environment, the lives of endangered […]
Cell Phone Spam July 15th, 2008 @ 6:06 pm PDT
I have gotten over a dozen phone calls today from (949) 374-5125 and (208) 650-4253. I had been answering the phone on the first or second ring and there would be nobody there. At first I assumed it was just some moron repeatedly calling the wrong number. But just now a call from the first […]
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 May 28th, 2008 @ 10:20 am PDT
Free Virus Scanner
Akismet Works April 2nd, 2008 @ 6:09 am PDT
I installed Akismet here at the beginning of the Fall of 2006. I really don’t know how I lived without it. I emptied the queue about seven hours ago, and when I got to the office this morning there were already almost 1500 comments, pingbacks, and trackbacks flagged as spam. Akismet has protected your site […]
A Chick with Problems Big and Small August 8th, 2007 @ 12:04 am PDT
Wow. You have got to feel bad for Kaitlin Corcoran. She’s got identity issues; she’s unclear on what her middle name is. She’s dating two guys at the same time, and they both have drastic problems with their anatomy. And she feels the need to tell me — a complete stranger — all about it. […]
Turn On Links February 20th, 2007 @ 6:21 am PST
One of the world’s worst, most-annoying spam-prevention systems is the one in my current version of Outlook — Microsoft® Outlook® 2003 (11.8002.6568) SP2. I’d say about one out of every three times I attempt to click on a link in an email, I get a warning telling me that all links in the message have […]
AmericanGreetings Valentine Virus February 14th, 2007 @ 6:18 am PST
If you get an email with the subject line “Valentine’s Day eCard !” that looks like it came from AmericanGreetings <services@americangreetings.com>, it’s most likely a virus. I’m not even going to take a chance by clicking the link. The link appears to be to the americangreetings.com domain, but if you hover your mouse over it […]
Akismet and Comment Spam January 11th, 2007 @ 9:00 am PST
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Weight Spam November 3rd, 2006 @ 10:30 am PST
I receive an incredible amount of spam. I have a dozen or so email accounts and I manage about two dozen websites. Plus I run the IT department at my office. I get about 500 spam comments and 1500 spam pingbacks and / or trackbacks on blogs each day, and that’s with Akismet and a […]
