Daily Archives: Saturday, December 16, 2006

Two rexblog technical items – Akismet and the Snap preview feature

When the rexblog director of hackology Patrick (Scriptalias) Ragsdale migrated this blog over to WordPress recently, he included a plug-in called Akismet that he told me would help filter out comment and trackback spam. The plug-in is magic. It has … Continue reading

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Why they call him Pacman

Right here in one article, one can see how Pacman Jones got his name. Like the videogame, he can be heading in one direction and pivot instantly into reverse. First item: He recently spent two warm and fuzzy hours at … Continue reading

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Juicy, fruity news from France

Just ran across this day-old news, “Orange and Apple reach MacBook deal.” Actually, this news item from Macworld.co.uk is significant only because the writer was able to get through the entire story with no puns about being squeezed or seeding … Continue reading

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links for 2006-12-16

Top mistakes made by new online publishers | OJR.com Quote: “Don’t fall into the traps that have left too many other journalists muttering that ‘no one can make money online.’” (tags: blogging) 19 ways to make social sites pay | … Continue reading

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