Since September 3rd, a bot at Yahoo (68.142.195.81) has been repeatedly, as in 45,266 times and still counting, polling my web site. I’ve finally added the magic line in .htaccess, but it’s annoying that there’s no way to contact a human being at yahoo to kick this thing in the pants. Their bot is requesting […]
Search Engine Optimization gone amok Read More »
If my site seems slower than usual, it’s because I’m being deluged by a bunch of referral spammers hawking their link farms. At least they have a sense of humor about it and are referencing my entry on referer spamming.
80.77.86.206 and 80.77.86.237 (among others) Read More »
My dryer is now acting out for attention by leaving rust colored marks on my clothes. It will have to be replaced. Consumer Reports’ recent review suggests either a GE model DPSB620GCWW (bear with me here) or Sears/K-Mart Kenmore model 7699/7698/7697/etc would be a good match for our staggering laundry production. I wanted to compare
King versus Super Sized Read More »
I first tried moving to a CSS-based layout a couple of years ago to shed my use of multiply-nested tables used for positioning. While I was ripping everything apart, I added some fancier stuff. The site looked great in Firefox, Safari and even Opera. My enthusiasm was folded, spindled and mutilated when I previewed the
Least common denominator browser Read More »
In a mobius loop of ads, Gmail is offering RSS headlines in the spam folder: Spam burritos seem so … wrong.
Today was the first day of a three-day industry trade show. This one is much tamer than ones I’ve done in the past, but I’m still thankful that being an exhibitor is not a major component of my job responsibilities. Past trade show gigs basically played out like this: Arrive at [random city] the day
Tredecillion talked about a horror of my current role: filling out compliance and regulatory forms. Requests for these come up about once a week, when my salespeople or I are working with a enormous company, government department, or research facility. The Bureau of Self-justification (BS for short), which has ensconced itself in the purchasing loop
Two Rows and Eighty-five Columns of Pure Terror. Read More »
I’m the self-appointed team captain for the Bike to Work Commuter Challenge (BtWCC). It’s an offshoot of Bike to Work Day, realizing that if people try biking more than once, they’re more likely to stick with it. During the company meeting, someone asked how we were doing. I pulled some quick numbers and sent out
Tuh-may-toe, toe-mah-toe Read More »