Archive for May 26th, 2008

I’m feeling pretty cocky about my mileage »

By William M. Hartnett on May 26, 2008 in featured, oddities | 0 Comments

Careful readers will know that I’m a bit obsessed with tracking the mileage achieved by my occasionally loathsome 2001 Volkswagen Jetta, and with mileage standards and automotive technology more generally, and with regularly straying far from this site’s ostensible focus on journalism and cat pictures. Not that the car is anything other than exceedingly average [...]

I’m not trying to feed you spam, honest »

By William M. Hartnett on May 26, 2008 in geekery, meta | 1 Comment

Seems like about half of the comments I’ve left on WordPress-powered blogs running Akismet lately have been diverted into the spam queue. Maybe it knows something I don’t, but I’ll just put out a friendly reminder to check your spam folder every now and then for legitimate comments.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wmhartnett.com%2F2008%2F05%2F26%2Fim-not-trying-to-feed-you-spam-honest%2F’;
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Paper View Monday: Austin American-Statesman »

By William M. Hartnett on May 26, 2008 in newspaper buildings | 0 Comments

Let’s stay in Texas this week and have a look at the Austin American-Statesman in Virtual Earth/Live Maps. The Statesman, I suppose it should be noted, resides in the same benevolent corporate bosom as my employer.

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addthis_title = ‘Paper+View+Monday%3A+Austin+American-Statesman’;
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