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Comment Spam Revisited

Strangely — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:10:07 +0000

For no reason …other than a try-out and also the current anti-spam plugins miss the odd bit of comment spam, I’ve now switched off TanTanNoodles’ Spam filter and am giving WP-SpamFree another try plus another plugin, AVH. I’ve left Akismet running regardless. WP-SpamFree This now promises a lot, so it’s worth another shot. Two years ago when I [...]

Astronomer Royal Cock-Up on Flikr

Strangely — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:15:04 +0000

Introduction Some time ago I tried out Flickr, ultimately deciding to host my own pictures on-site. I don’t the idea of someone having MY picture resource at THEIR beck and call… Whatever. FlickrHQ sent me an email today (from “The Flickreenos” by gad!) introducing me to something they call, People in Photos. As they say, People in Photos is a [...]

The Hell of Incessant Suffering and the Land of Tranquil Light

Strangely — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:00:04 +0000

The Hell of Incessant Suffering and the Land of Tranquil Light Note: This was originally published here http://buddhastate.co.uk/blog/?p=30 on Sunday, September 24th, 2006 at 4:28 pm and filed under Buddhism.. The link has been dead for quite some time, looks unlikely to re-appear, so I’m showing the words here as they are so wonderful because they [...]

Please Read: How Summer Camps Could Change Britain

Strangely — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:12:36 +0000

Introduction This is a follow-up to Colony Holidays and Tubby the Tuba where I talked about Colony Holidays (the CCHS), Chris Green’s part as Tubby the Tuba, and my fond memories of such a formative part of my life. Recent News Chris Green, one of the two full-time driving forces behind the original CCHS, is now using his [...]

Ashcroft: Assurance or Promise most Likely?

Strangely — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:35:25 +0000

“Lord” Ashcroft Then It’s ten years since Ashcroft “gave assurances” that he would reveal his er.. something or other, to William Hague -- according to William Hague in his famous Paxman interview -- See Below: “Lord” Ashcroft Now Today’s news is that if the tories win the forthcoming election, (and in a statement today, he finally confirmed he [...]

Peace, Culture, Education

Strangely — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:00:51 +0000

—- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT —- “Of course, you’re free to live your lives how you like, but don’t forget the fundamental path of life. “The Soka Gakkai teaches us this fundamental path–a path for accumulating good fortune, helping others, and working for peace. That’s why we now have so many members around the world, and why our numbers [...]

Whale States the Obvious

Strangely — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:51:49 +0000

On Thursday, a young woman was killed by a whale. She’d wanted to work with whales ever since she was a little girl, and got her wish fulfilled. Now, since Dawn Brancheau’s death, there has been gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands, pointing of fingers and loading of guns, because this particular whale has now been [...]

Less Spam Today

Strangely — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:49:52 +0000

I had about half the usual quantity of spam this morning. Maybe this is a consequence of Microsoft’s action against a huge list of domains which have been thought to be controlling thousands of computers in a botnet? Dubbed Waledac, the botnet is thought to have chucked out 1.5 billion spams from ~90k computers controlled by [...]

What? No Google! Use Robert Allen Instead!

Strangely — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:06:26 +0000

Introduction Spring, last year, was when I first stumbled upon Pacific WebWorks (PWW) and their nefarious schemes. That was when I happened upon Google Treasure Chest, one of their many scams. This then ballooned into a miasma of a web of crime which frankly astonished me. Then, across the globe, many people fought against the scammers and there [...]

Awake but not Aware

Strangely — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:30:08 +0000

I was staggered to read the contents of this news article today; Vegetative state patients can respond to questions Apparently, new research shows that people previously thought to be in a vegetative state can respond to questions “in a funny way” by being prompted to think of things as a way of answering the questions. The [...]

Megrahi Innocent of Lockerbie Bomb?

Strangely — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:06:39 +0000

Introduction Last April (9 months ago), I contrasted the sling and arrows of fortune as they applied to an admitted mass-murderer and one convicted of mass murder who always protested his innocence. (see Megrahi and Calley Compared and Contrasted) Now, fully 9 months after the wholesale shock in the West at Megrahi’s early release (the personal recollectionally-challenged [...]

Lookalikes

Strangely — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:24:21 +0000

Much merriment is being made about the Spanish presidency website being hacked and Mr Zapatero’s image being replaced by that of Mr Bean. See Mr Bean replaces Spanish PM on EU presidency site However, the images also seem very similar to those of France’s President Sarkozy. Are they all, in some way, related? Amazon Related: Sports Face Flannel [...]

Some Words are Just ‘Right’!

Strangely — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:42:16 +0000

I woke up this morning ……and read two small passages, both written by Buddhists, one of which quotes one of “The Buddha’s” last works, the Lotus Sutra. What struck me, was that sometimes, this Buddhism that I do can get a bit confusing, and then suddenly – suddenly someone says something that brings everything right back sharply [...]

Top Cat Dies

Strangely — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:52:48 +0000

Arnold Stang Dies The voice of Top Cat, the excellent cartoon series of my childhood has died at a good old age. He’s also in one of my favourite bits from the film “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” About half-way through the clip below he’s one of the two gas station attendants who witness and [...]

Crawling Chaos Dishwasher

Strangely — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:39:43 +0000

Via some Google Alerts I’ve got set up, I came across the weirdest definition of “Crawling Chaos” that I’ve seen for quite some time. This is the complete web-page on the right and it’s source, the link below: http://bathroomgirl.tumblr.com/post/276368760 In essence, it’s a long list of weird photos; some disturbing, some funny, many thoughtful, not so many, dumb. [...]