Comment spam on the rise
FYI, I started getting comment-spammed out the wazzu last week — several hundred a day, and some of them started slipping past my spam filters (HashCash and Akismet.) Apparently I need to load up the armor a bit more, so until then, I turned moderation ‘on’ for all comments so that these pesky spammers don’t get through.
If you have any suggestions on other WordPress spam filters, please let me know!
Cheers,
Erik
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phone spam after new domain registration
Some guy from a hosting company just called the administrative contact phone number I listed on a new domain registration I did using the Yahoo Small Business domains service last week. I don’t normally use Yahoo’s registration service, but I thought I’d give it a try since the price is pretty good ($10/year) and they give you full control over DNS records (as they should) so you don’t have to actually host it with them. Occasionally I have a bad habit of registering domain names that I think would make good email addresses, but I’ve never actually had a tele-marketer try to sell me hosting services before (I guess they didn’t actually ping the domain to see that it was running.) Hopefully this isn’t a trend for Yahoo-registered domains.
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A few books I'm reading now:
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Practical Django Projects (Pratical Projects)
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Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People 2nd Edition
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The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields
-- Sort of a cliff-notes version of "How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits", but I thought I'd buy them both.
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How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits: (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops)
A few books I'd recommend:
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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan -- A fantastic overview of the field of Economics. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson -- a true tale of scientific thinking throughout history. You'll be amazed by how much we still don't know.
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner -- a fun read offering a somewhat different way of looking at society. Answers questions like "Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?", and what qualities in a parent matter for the success of a child later in life?
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen. I'm a bit of a GTD freak since reading this, but productivity == $$ (whether you can simply get more work done in a given time, or work less by focusing on the right tasks.)