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Controls on Comment Spam and You

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If you post a legitimate comment on an article here and the system rejects it, sending a rather unpleasant email I think (default/built-in content, not mine), please let me know via email (jbala at jimbala dot net).

I’ve recently installed new comment spam software and I am still adjusting its settings. Recently, several IP addresses showed up in the blacklist and I didn’t receive any notification that those comments had been rejected/deleted; it’s supposed to notify me when any comment post is deleted.

If your comment, not being spam, was rejected/deleted, I apologize for the trouble. I’ve significantly decreased the software’s sensitivity level but I still don’t have any real idea what will or won’t trigger a automatic rejection/deletion. But hopefully it will behave more nicely now and still catch most or all of the spam comments.

Scobleizer: Tsunami news

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Last night I was talking with Keith Pleas. Keith is a developer that I’ve known for more than a decade now. He worked on the help system in Windows 95. He also owned a furniture shop where he imported from around the world, particularly in the Asian Pacific. So, he’s well connected in that part of the world.

Last night he told me that we haven’t even heard how bad the tsunami was. He told of one island where 20,000 people used to live. He said he heard that only 600 lived.

Today the death toll was increased to 116,000 (thanks to Memeorandum for the link). That’s a number that’s beyond my comprehension.

One of Keith’s friends, Susi, who lives in Bali and travels frequently to Indonesia, has started a blog: the Aceh Aid Bucket Brigade.

You know, I started out the week by being insensitive. A boor. I said that blogs had missed the initial story. They had. The mainstream press had gotten the original story first. But blogs, like Susi’s, are now helping build new kinds of relief networks and news networks.

By the way, Susi reports that Continental Airlines is opening its doors wide. Corporate giving is really important at times like these. It’s where corporations can show they are important parts of our society. Congrats to eBay, Google, Amazon, Apple for linking to relief efforts.

Microsoft is late to this party. B

…excerpt from: radio.weblogs.com…

How I Learned French in One Year || kuro5hin.org

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How I Learned French in One Year || kuro5hin.org…
Riding on the coat-tails of an earlier article about emigrating to other countries, I present to you a small summary of my experience rapidly learning French to pass a standardized test for Canadian immigration. Since I live in the middle of the US, far removed from anything resembling a Francophone environment, I had to resort to various online and offline resources to accomplish my goal, managing to learn enough to score as “advanced” in several categories in just 10 months. Even if you don’t wish to emigrate, this article may be useful, as I go into full detail describing the techniques and methods I used. Or, at the very least, read and be amused.