Archive for January 23rd, 2008

Comment spam I really wish was real »

By William M. Hartnett on Jan 23, 2008 in meta, oddities | 0 Comments

Recent comment spam from my new best friend, a delightful fella named “Garden Centers in Kentucky,” not caught by Akismet:
Why didn’t anyone tell me about this blog earlier? Lol. Seriously, awesome work on this post (along with your other posts…) Keep it up!…
I almost approved it just because it was so cheerful and encouraging. Hey, [...]

links for 2008-01-23 »

By William M. Hartnett on Jan 23, 2008 in daily links | 0 Comments

Three tips to protect your WordPress installation - Matt Cutts
“Here are three easy but important ways to protect yourself if you run a WordPress blog.”
(tags: wordpress security)

Simple Simon - Slate Magazine
“What the auteur of The Wire doesn’t (and does) understand about the newspaper business.”
(tags: newspapers slate david-simon)

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The unwanted home-delivered free weekly newspaper: Worse than famine, war, hair loss »

By William M. Hartnett on Jan 23, 2008 in newspapers | 8 Comments

There’s a chain of free weekly newspapers called Hometown News that circulates in six counties here on Florida’s east coast. Three weeks ago, without prompting, they started dropping their stupid paper on my doorstep. For three weeks, I’ve tried to convince the Hometown News that I do not want their stupid paper dropped on my [...]