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How I built an effective blog comment spam blocker – Snook.ca I indipendently discovered some of these tricks, and added a test for subject==username which caught more. Nice to see spam-awareness rising. (tags: spam blogging antispam commenting) The Notes of Japanese soldier in USSR This site holds [his] records about internation in prison camp, located

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I remember these fondly from the Fudge Shop in Aber; thanks, Mel, for documenting the recipe: Bean Sprouts: Elephant Pancake Put a pancake on a large plate. Spread tinned cherry pie filling on top. Put another pancake on top and place tinned pineapple chunks on that. Pour maple syrup over the pineapple. Put another pancake

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I run Growl as a notification daemon on Mac OS, but ever since updating to Leopard I have suffered problems – notifications pile up in a big block, are posted literally minutes after an event, the daemon eats tons of CPU and crashes occasionally, stuff like that. I still don’t know what the problem is,

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A Molecular Gastronomy FAQK Are Pringles molecular gastronomy? No, Pringles are junk food. What’s the difference? About 30 bucks an ounce. 🙂

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CharlieDC mailed this to me – fantastic article about a musician, music “piracy” on Bittorrent, iTunes, and (essentially) why he prefers the former, since its (essentially) an effective business model for him. Pirated by iTunes, Artist Turns to BitTorrent The Flashbulb, aka Benn Jordan, became so outraged when he discovered that iTunes was effectively pirating

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…looks like with Meg’s departure, EBay has decided it is not a social network of sellers, but actually a “sales platform provider” or something – where people can say only nice things or nothing at all: EBay to ban negative seller views Online auction site eBay has said it plans to overhaul its feedback system

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Friend and former colleague Keith Watson tells the sweetest tale: My daughter (two and a half) comes running into the living room this morning clutching a large book. “Daddy, I want to read this.” “Sure, sweetie. Which book do you have?,” I ask, not noticing what she is carrying. “This,” she replies and shows me

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Route Scanner – UK Traffic news and speed cameras personalised for your journey Route Scanner uses live traffic information (e.g. accidents, roadworks and delays) combined with a route planner to calculate which incidents could affect that particular journey. It combines the power of Google Maps with the real-time information provide (tags: Travel motoring cars motorcycles

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Linux.com :: Seamlessly integrate XP into Linux with SeamlessRDP Seamlessly integrate XP into Linux with SeamlessRDP? (tags: linux windows vmware virtualization rdp) Scott H Young » 7 Tips for Morning Alertness Without the Caffeine In my recent article on morning rituals, I mentioned how I wake up at 5:30 each morning. A few readers asked

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Argh. New Arbitrary TSA requirement: all electronics out of your bag (cables, too) Wow, flying out of SFO just became much worse. While traveling this morning I surprised to find out that TSA is now requiring that you remove all electronic devices from your carry-on bags, including cables etc. and place them in a separate

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Can you guess what this is? The Archbishop of Canterbury decried it as unethical, a commission set up to investigate it even ruled it should be regarded as a criminal offence and the practice was driven underground. (tags: ethics religion politics) Macworld | JVC HD Everio camcorders output at 1080p60 possible camcorder? (tags: jvc everio

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…you’ve gotta watch this: Ham and Apple Sauce… yum.

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