24 December, 2006
First Spam Through the Filters
Ironically one of them was for male-on-male rape porn. Also the first bulk spam – 26 in one go. Previously I was getting 1-2 per day. It’s downhill all the way from here. 😦
BTW, I anyone sees any spam in an otherwise inactive thread, please bump it to make sure that we see it. I want to keep this place as spam-free as possible.
16 December, 2006
First Blogrolling…
…not counting Creative Destruction, which I did myself.
Thanks TS, I’ve alreadly got you ‘rolled.
But my links are way cooler than yours, because I’ve got these nice pop-ups when you hover over them.
15 December, 2006
First Blog-related Nightmare
As I was lying in bed, hovering on the edge of consciousness, I had this feeling that a vicious flame-war had erupted in the comments, and I wasn’t there to moderate it.
14 December, 2006
First Intercepted Spam
Hot on the heels of my first search engine hit, my first Akismet-intercepted spam message, telling me that “google.com” is the best search engine. I’ve noticed a lot of spam recently purportedly for “google.com” over at Creative Destruction.
I don’t think Google is really spamming. I can think of two explanations for it.
1. The spammer is testing software, spamming strategies or blog defences.
2. The spammed URL isn’t “google.com” at all, but one or more of the letters has been replaced by a visually identical character.
11 December, 2006
Open for Business
This blog came into being when I joined CD, because at that time, WordPress automatically created a personal blog for you when you opened an account. At that time, I had a feeling that I wanted to do something with it, but I didn’t know what. I do now.
So with a new look and a new sense of purpose that I declare Daran’s Blog open for business.