Geek/Tech

Installed a WordPress plugin to use the Google "rel=nofollow" hack.  If a spammer puts links in my comments, they will not be indexed by Google.  The links will have no effect on their Google ranking.  I'm tempted to say "Die spammer scum, DIE!"

Fresh off the press, a Mac Mini for $499.  A Mac people have a hope of affording without mortgaging the cat, one you can use with your existing monitor and peripherals, one that looks oddly like a biscuit tin or a toaster, but way cooler and much better in the

Commodore finds new lease of life. The once-famous Commodore computer brand could be resurrected after being bought by a US-based digital music distributor. New owner Yeahronimo Media Ventures has not ruled out the possibility of a new breed of Commodore computers. It also plans to develop a "worldwide entertainment

On my old blog, I had about two comment spams, probably because there was no automated way to blanket spam the blog.  I had my first comment spammer today, shut him down after about nine hits.  I hate spam.  I'm researching spam blocking plugins.  The sooner they allow

Sehlat sent me an email last night saying "Your blog's disappeared!"  It's all back now.  Sehlat gets a gold star for finding the blog in the few minutes after I renamed the old directory and before I created the new one while I was

Apparently the war on the Ivory Coast isn't affecting business quite so badly, anyone wanting a 15% share of "Fiftenn million,seven  hundred thousand United State Dollars" should wake up and smell the 419 scam.  Spelling errors have been left in this noxious piece of spam

Hmm. Normally I don't post these things, but I've not seen anyone else with this result: Which File Extension are You?