This entry is only applicable if you use MovableType. 🙁 Are you getting spam comments in you MovableType blog? I see this as a growing problem among many bloggers. A lot of the bloggers are so fed up that they stop comments altogether. I think that’s too extreme. I’ll give you a Anti-spam solution for MovableType that I put in in place (it was suggested to me by a friend :-)) for my MT blog and that has been working 100%. What’s the trick? Adding a new, custom, hidden field on the comments form and checking for it when the…
Technology
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I’ve been watching Mozilla struggle for years now. With each release, I was saying to myself, these guys are never going to get it. I’ve been seeing some good things from them, but never as good as Internet Explorer. Things have changed, however. With the upcoming release of Firefox 1.0, I think Firefox is better than Internet Explorer. I’ve made it my default browser. There are a couple of reasons why I like it more than IE. First, it is a whole lot more customizable. With the developer support that Mozilla is getting, you can get a good number of…
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I’m sure that almost everybody experienced their computer running slower and slower as more programs are added. Or simply just by using the computer. So how do you keep your computer running at maximum speeds? I’m going to give you my top reasons that should keep you computer running, well, let’s just say, up to its potential. (And, yeah, I wrote this little guide myself.) 1) Add RAM (Random Access Memory): if you don’t have at least 512MB, add more! This is the single, most important thing that will improve your computer speed. Believe me, you’ll see the difference! This…
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Audible.com is a fairly cool service where you download audio books. You can then put those books on a CD or on your compatible MP3 player. It seems like they have a big selection of books. They also have a subscription service. They have two types of subscriptions. One, for $19.95 per month, where you get any two books in that month. And second, where for $15 you get a book and a periodical (daily, weekly or monthly magazine). I consider this a pretty good service for somebody like me, who commutes for more than 1/2 hour to work. (It…
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If you don’t have an anti-virus installed on your computer, and don’t want to pay for one, you might want to try one of these, free ones. Alwil Avast 4 Home Edition: VB100 and ICSA certified, on-access and on-demand scanning, e-mail scanning for Outlook and POP3/SMTP, automatic updates, e-mail technical support, 7.1MB. Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus System: VB100 and ICSA certified, on-access and on-demand scanning, e-mail scanning for Outlook and Outlook Express, automatic updates, 5.7MB. H+BEDV Datentechnik AntiVir Personal Edition: ICSA certified, on-access and on-demand scanning but no e-mail scanning, automatic updates (after fairly significant configuration effort), 3.8MB. Softwin BitDefender Free…
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I’ve recently come across two very cool RSS readers: Pluck and Bloglines.com. Both are free, by the way. 🙂 I”ll explain how I use them and which one I like better. What is an RSS reader? RSS is the new, cool way to distribute your blog, or your website content, i.e., news. I have several news sites that I read and several blogs, so, using an RSS reader I can do it in one place, without going through different sites. It almost feels like reading email: all of the posts that you read are marked accordingly, so you don’t have…
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I love books and I buy a lot of them. (I would say I’m buying a book per month.) Do I spend a lot of money on them? I guess I do, but before I buy any book I do the following to make sure that the book I’m buying is a good one and that I’m getting it at a good price: 1) Read the reviews2) Find the best price available 1: Read the reviews I use Amazon.com to find out what other readers think about the book. If the book does not have at least 4 stars, I…