I've noticed that for some reason the Akismet spam filter on my WordPress Blog has got the habit of sometimes filtering out legitimate comments out as well as correctly filtering out spam comments.
I don't know if this is Akismet related or WordPress related, but thought I would post about this problem.
Roland
Friday, 22 October 2010
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Desktop Edition vs Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat Desktop Edition (Follow up) UPDATED
Due to a request in a comment to the original post I'll be doing a full detailed review of both Ubuntu Lucid Lynx and Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat including an upgrade review and a comparison review over the weekend and it will go live on my Blog sometime on Monday.
Due to unforeseen circumstances I'll be starting work on my full comparison review tomorrow and will be posting the review on Wednesday at the earliest
Roland
Due to unforeseen circumstances I'll be starting work on my full comparison review tomorrow and will be posting the review on Wednesday at the earliest
Roland
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Is Twitter Value Spam
I've noticed a search on my Blog asking is twittervalue spam.
Twalue is not spam but a site that converts your twitter account into a $ value that is your twalue and gives you a choice of posting your twalue to twitter or not. It's just for fun though.
Roland
Twalue is not spam but a site that converts your twitter account into a $ value that is your twalue and gives you a choice of posting your twalue to twitter or not. It's just for fun though.
Roland
Spam Comments On Blogs (Follow Up)
I'm having this rant today because when I checked my Blog this morning I found out that WordPress had found three lots of Spam Comments.
When I checked the Spam folder I found out that the Spam Comments were the same, just on three separate Posts, and these comments were all advertising the same Porn website.
Now I have no problems with people looking at Porn if they want, but what I have a problem with is advertising this porn in comments on my Blog especially when none of the posts that were subjected to were even talking about Internet porn.
Luckily WordPress has a spam filter so I was not notified that I had got Comments that needed approving. I know people use Blogger because they can make money from using Google Adsense to advertise on their Blog which makes it superior to WordPress but if Blogger doesn't filter comments then I'm glad that I chose WordPress even though I can't bake any money from my Blog I can at least stop crap infesting my Blog in Comments.
Rant over
Roland
When I checked the Spam folder I found out that the Spam Comments were the same, just on three separate Posts, and these comments were all advertising the same Porn website.
Now I have no problems with people looking at Porn if they want, but what I have a problem with is advertising this porn in comments on my Blog especially when none of the posts that were subjected to were even talking about Internet porn.
Luckily WordPress has a spam filter so I was not notified that I had got Comments that needed approving. I know people use Blogger because they can make money from using Google Adsense to advertise on their Blog which makes it superior to WordPress but if Blogger doesn't filter comments then I'm glad that I chose WordPress even though I can't bake any money from my Blog I can at least stop crap infesting my Blog in Comments.
Rant over
Roland
Monday, 18 October 2010
Spam Comments On Blogs
I'm writing this post to highlight a new spamming trend that I have fallen victim to, and that trend is spam comments on Blog posts.
I've received many spam comments on my Blog recently, I don't know if it happens on other Blogging services like Blogger, but it happens on WordPress but thanks to the anti-spam feature on WordPress I don't get notified by email about these spam comments and can delete them from my WordPress Blog Control Panel.
I'll be really upset if spam comments on Blog Posts gets out of hand an ends up ruining Blogging like it has done for email.
Rant over
Roland
I've received many spam comments on my Blog recently, I don't know if it happens on other Blogging services like Blogger, but it happens on WordPress but thanks to the anti-spam feature on WordPress I don't get notified by email about these spam comments and can delete them from my WordPress Blog Control Panel.
I'll be really upset if spam comments on Blog Posts gets out of hand an ends up ruining Blogging like it has done for email.
Rant over
Roland
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Otter BOX Defender Series Case Vs A Normal Case
After purchasing an Otter BOX defender Series case for my BlackBerry Curve 8520 I've got to say it's well worth the money as it feels a lot stronger than the generic Hard case that I bought.
The clear cover that goes over the keypad protects it from getting dirty and bits getting in to the phone through the keypad, The Hard shell feels a lot stronger than the the generic hard case that I was using previously and I like the clear protector that goes over the camera lens to protect it from getting scratched and the silicone outer skin is a lot stronger than a normal form fitting silicone skin and I like how their is a flap that covers the Micro USB port and the headset socket to protect them from letting dust into the phone. The only open parts of the case are just the microphone on the bottom of the case and the speaker on the top of the case as well as the handset speaker for non headset or speaker phone calls. The provided belt clip holster is a nice addition to the package as the Otter BOX makes the phone very bulky and heavy. The plus point of having a heavier and bulkier phone is that you are less likely to drop the phone compared to an un protected Curve as they are very light.
Roland
The clear cover that goes over the keypad protects it from getting dirty and bits getting in to the phone through the keypad, The Hard shell feels a lot stronger than the the generic hard case that I was using previously and I like the clear protector that goes over the camera lens to protect it from getting scratched and the silicone outer skin is a lot stronger than a normal form fitting silicone skin and I like how their is a flap that covers the Micro USB port and the headset socket to protect them from letting dust into the phone. The only open parts of the case are just the microphone on the bottom of the case and the speaker on the top of the case as well as the handset speaker for non headset or speaker phone calls. The provided belt clip holster is a nice addition to the package as the Otter BOX makes the phone very bulky and heavy. The plus point of having a heavier and bulkier phone is that you are less likely to drop the phone compared to an un protected Curve as they are very light.
Roland
Monday, 11 October 2010
My move from Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat Netbook Edition to Windows 7 Ultimate Edition
After suffering technical issues with the Release Candidate of Ubuntu Maverick MeerkatNetbook Edition I decided not to Download the final version and instead decided to go back to Windows 7 Ultimate Edition.
As Windows 7 supports all of my hardware except my Umax Scanner it made more sence to go back to Windows instead of staying with Linux, especially as it takes less messing about to geteverything working correctly and seems to suffer less glitches in rebooting, shuttingdown etc. Ubuntu would sometimes refuse to shutdown, reboot or hibanate but instead log me out and I'd have to hold the power button down to power off.
Roland
As Windows 7 supports all of my hardware except my Umax Scanner it made more sence to go back to Windows instead of staying with Linux, especially as it takes less messing about to geteverything working correctly and seems to suffer less glitches in rebooting, shuttingdown etc. Ubuntu would sometimes refuse to shutdown, reboot or hibanate but instead log me out and I'd have to hold the power button down to power off.
Roland
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