Category Archives: Internet

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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Jackass of the Week

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Robin

I’m going to take a leaf out of the Book of Gruber. Mark Cuban is the Jackass of the Week. Ars Technica has everything I would say in response to this article so I’m not going to go over it … Continue reading →

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Last.fm Targeted Ads

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Robin

Now that I’m browsing without Adblock, I’ve noticed the ads that Last.fm sprinkles on its pages, and I thought of something: What if the ads were targeted specifically for your music tastes? It probably wouldn’t be too hard — Last.fm … Continue reading →

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FoxTrot RSS Feed

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Robin

A long, long time ago, I made an RSS feed for FoxTrot by Bill Amend, but it had since fallen through a crack in the pipes. Not to mention Bill Amend stopped doing dailies, and is now only doing a … Continue reading →

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