Batten Down the Hatches

Continuing the effort to fight against comment spam in this blog, I just installed, configured and tested the anti-comment-spam filter known as MT-Blacklist. A quick review of the system reveals some obvious weaknesses, … Read more

Between a Rock …

In addition to some insightful comments on the current Semantic Web Debate, Shelley offers up some mighty fine images of a mineral collection that’s taken years to assemble. The okenite image is very … Read more

Mac Terminal Tip

Note to self: if you’re trying to set a terminal’s name via “File->Set Title…” then by all means, please be sure that your /etc/bashrc file does NOT contain code similar to the following: … Read more

Trouble with Dates

I’ve been wanting to try and take advantage of the iCal program that is part of Mac OS X. My minimal calendaring needs were met in the past by simply using the calendar … Read more

Virtual Desktops

Like a lot of folks, I updated my Mac to run Panther this weekend. It was mostly uneventful, though I did have to upgrade Kung-Tunes in order to keep posting the most recently … Read more

Great Google Tips

More and more people use google for an ever increasing number and variety of searches. Most of the time, searching with just a couple of keywords is enough to generate a number of … Read more