Umm.. because new technology comes along and we want to take advantage of it? Geesh…
George Wallace. “Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we’ve been bombing over the years been complaining?” [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]
New Year’s Resolutions. Though I’d fallen out of the habit of making New Year’s resolutions, Mark Pilgrim’s ardent, purposeful choices inspired me to reflect upon what I hope to achieve in 2003. Here are my resolutions: Write about things that are closer to my heart Photograph thoughtfully, as I used to Live each [Jonathon Delacour]
What bright idea will hatch next?.
The local paper today has an article on the trends to watch:
- Spam – it’s bad
- Blogging – it’s big
- WiFi – it’s growing
- Online games
- Wireless gadgets
- Open-source software
I especially like the sections on blogging and open-source, where chasing referrer logs and Apache are prominently mentioned. 😉
Hmmm, I wonder if the News and Observer chases their referrer logs?
[Sam Ruby]
Apache logging directly to MySQL. Someone just asked how I log my web traffic into MySQL. The timing couldn’t be better, because the article I wrote for Linux Magazine is now on-line so I don’t need to explain it again: Getting a Handle on Traffic… [Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]
spam fighting gone a little too far. Entire ISP blacklisted because SNET doesn’t have an abuse@ email address.. *bad* idea.. why? The mail server I use is… [kasia in a nutshell]
You can take it with you. One of the really annoying ways that cellphone companies have managed to get away with poor customer service, dropped calls, etc is that switching carriers means getting a whole new number, which is a big hassle. But starting next year (on November 24th to be exact) the wireless carriers are going to forced by the FCC to make cellphone numbers portable. It was supposed to go into effect this month, but the carriers managed to get an extension on the deadline. Let’s hope that this is the last reprieve they get and that by this time next year we’ll all be able to carry our numbers with us. Read… [Gizmodo]
I get a shitpot full of spam every day. I recommend, and use, the SpamAssassin plugin for Outlook in order to manage all of this. It’s pretty effective.
This article addresses many of the big beefs that I have with the whole spam blacklist system – I don’t believe in blocking ISP IPs other than those sending spam simply because it doesn’t make a good business practice. I also don’t believe in some of the little dictatorial cabals out there that run some of the blacklists, such as SPEWS… If you want to do it, own up to it.
My big beef is really with spamcop. They have their own defination of spam that I happen to disagree with…. Double-Opt-In? Keep the records?
Some of the anti-spam folks are serious conspiracy theorists….