Category Archives: Internet

Binary Bonsai on Habari

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Robin

After being one of the most famous WordPress-run blogs for what seems like forever, Binary Bonsai is making the switch to Habari. I downloaded the 0.5 release to test it out, and I was surprised with how far it’s come. … Continue reading →

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No Spam Filters

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Robin

Although I’m about 13 hours late, Pacific time, I’ve turned off all spam filters, including Akismet and Bad Behavior, in an attempt to see just how much spam filtering plugins help. I’ve also disabled DoFollow, for obvious reasons. There’s more … Continue reading →

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Peter Ha

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Robin

Why does Peter Ha write for CrunchGear? Or, a more accurately phrased: why does he still write for CrunchGear? TechCrunch, the massively popular blog about all things web 2.0, posted a recap about the week on CrunchGear. Here’s the part … Continue reading →

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Spam Filter-Free Day

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Robin

As stumbled upon through the Akismet blog, Jesper Rønn-Jensen is planning to completely disable his spam filters on December 15. While that may sound a bit crazy, it’s an interesting experiment to see just how much time tools such as … Continue reading →

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Oh, the Idiocy

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Robin

Ladies and gentlemen, we are in the presence of immense amounts of idiocy. If you haven’t been around the tubes for the past few days, here’s a recap: Someone posing as “malcor” (blog since removed) claimed to have hacked Glenn … Continue reading →

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