Comment spam critters fly into our face at the rate of 200 a day. Now that’s a lot of bugs and this considerably slows down the approval of new and legit comments.

Can anyone recommend a good plugin that automates the purging of crap?

Spammers, may this happen to you:

http://mosnews.com/news/2005/07/25/spammerdead.shtml

Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment
Created: 25.07.2005 13:14 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 16:14 MSK

MosNews

Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head.

Kushnir, 35, headed the English learning centers the Center for American English, the New York English Centre and the Centre for Spoken English, all known to have aggressive Internet advertising policies in which millions of e-mails were sent every day.

In the past angry Internet users have targeted the American English centre by publishing the Center’s telephone numbers anywhere on the Web to provoke telephone calls. The Center’s telephone was advertised as a contact number for cheap sex services, or bargain real estate sales.

Another attack involved hundreds of people making phone calls to the American English Center and sending it numerous e-mails back, but Vardan Kushnir remained sure of his right to spam, saying it was what e-mails were for.

Under Russian law, spamming is not considered illegal, although lawmakers are working on legal projects that could protect Russian Internet users like they do in Europe and the U.S.

Past few days I’ve had immense problems sleeping because cicadas decided to take up residence next door and croon the entire neighborhood. It’s like little nails shooting at your eardrums!

My friend Bert recommended the HoMedics SoundSpa Acoustic Relaxation Machine, which is advertised for $12.99 at Toolsforwellness.com. I expected a treat of blissful sleep but instead found the sounds very electronic (fake),

To its credit, it has a number of sounds, including a waves and heartbeats.

In my opinion, ocean waves sounds the most natural… but for the money, I think I’ll just settle with the cicadas. At least they sound realistic.

The WRT300N router based on the draft N pre-standard offers a mountain of features: configurable routing, stateful firewall, wi-fi multi media and greater speed such that you can download multiple files without interrupting your VOIP and YM chatting.

Sounds cool?

I DON’T RECOMMEND IT!

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Linksys WRT300N Review

Got chump change and craving some good karma?

Before forking over the bills to some “charity foundation”, pull in charitynavigator.org. They evaluate and rate charities so you’ll know you’re not indirectly funding the arms trade into Iraq.

A cool feature of charitynavigator.org is that it showcases a top-ten list, and breaks down foundations into intriguing categories like ” celeb-related charities”, and “poor fundraisers”

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Charity Navigator Review

Think of Badware as the nightwatch copy keeping an eye out for nasty sites and applications.

Have you been scammed? Report it to them and cackle in glee as BadWare pegs the site into its popular blacklists (after thorough analysis of course).

Google recently partnered with StopBadware.org to keep surfers from visiting danger zones before real damage is done.

By the way… did you know AOL ended up in the lists?

Guess why?

Visit StopBadware.org now!

Pentax’ K100D and K110D digital SLRs hit the market May 2006, aimed as a straight replacement for the *ist DS series ; these two SLRs are designed to appeal to the affordable end of the digital SLR market but don’t scrimp on features. Essentially, this SLR leapfrogged the ‘prosummer’ segment and placed SLRs directly in the hands of the average joe.

The difference between the K100D and K110D are that the K100D includes Pentax’s proprietary CCD-shift type ‘Shake Reduction’ system, where as the K110D does not. The primary differences between the K100D with the *ist DS2 are the slightly redesigned body, a shift to a Penta-mirror viewfinder optical system (as per the DL2, the DS2 has a Penta-prism), a reduced continuous shooting buffer, P-TTL only flash metering and release of in-camera Shake Reduction. Not even the Canon EOS 400D boasts these features. Continue Reading »
Pentax SLR K100 Review

Olay, that brand grandmothers just seemed to love, is taking the market by storm. P&G recently overhauled their aging flagship cosmetic product and came up with something looking this cool:

And check out the promises:

The power of 7 vitamins and minerals that fights 7 signs of aging.

Total Effects 7X Visible Anti-Aging Vitamin Complex has more power to fight 7 signs of aging. Infused with 7 vitamins and minerals - vitamin C, zinc, titanium, magnesium and VitaNiacin, an exclusive formulation of vitamin B3 (a niacin derivative), vitamin E and pro-vitamin B5.

Total Effects 7X Visible Anti-Aging Vitamin Complex:

Diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Smoothes skin texture - visibly and to the touch.
Evens skin tone for younger looking, more balanced color.
Improves surface dullness, giving skin a radiant, healthy glow.
Minimizes the appearance of pores.
Visibly reduces the appearance of blotches and age spots.
Soothes dry skin, hydrating with Olay moisture.

On account of the advertising blitz alone, I decided to try good ole granny’s brand.

I got my first bottle 2 weeks ago off Walmart.

Delightful little packaging.

I ripped it open very carefully.

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Olay Total Effects Review

I’m surprised that many webmasters still put a great deal of importance on “Alexa Rank.” For those not in the know, alexa rank is a number that the SE assigns to your site.

The lower the number, the “higher” your popularity. A site with 200,000 ranking is considered average. Those with over 800,000 might as well go home.

You’re a big shot once you hit the 1 to 100,000 mark.

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Alexa “Boosters” - Crud of the Month - January