Specifically, they point to the heavy load of comment spam we get: disabling access to the commenting script seems to solve the problem completely. I remember hearing news that other servers have had to remove MovableType because comment spammers were causing it to crash their servers. It seems the same with us. There is a new version of MovableType with better spam fighting features, but it'd cost me a few hundred dollars.

So here's the deal: I'm going to migrate people to use WordPress instead of MovableType. It's nifty. It also has something called comment moderation; comments will not appear unless the owner of the blog tells them to. Once approved, theoretically the person who posted the comment never has to be reauthorized on that particular blog again.

I haven't heard too much of WordPress spam crippling servers, and with comment moderation it's not really a in the spammer's best interest to attack WordPress, so hopefully this will work.

I'll set up a communal test blog for you all to check out soon.

Specifically, they point to the heavy load of comment spam we get: disabling access to the commenting script seems to solve the problem completely. I remember hearing news that other servers have had to remove MovableType because comment spammers were causing it to crash their servers. It seems the same with us. There is a new version of MovableType with better spam fighting features, but it'd cost me a few hundred dollars.

So here's the deal: I'm going to migrate people to use WordPress instead of MovableType. It's nifty. It also has something called comment moderation; comments will not appear unless the owner of the blog tells them to. Once approved, theoretically the person who posted the comment never has to be reauthorized on that particular blog again.

I haven't heard too much of WordPress spam crippling servers, and with comment moderation it's not really a in the spammer's best interest to attack WordPress, so hopefully this will work.

I'll set up a communal test blog for you all to check out soon.

(Note: Jeff's DM, I play Dorin, and Julie plays Elin.)

Well, how about watching the first nine minutes of the movie, streamed from the net? You'll have to let it install the Vividas plug-in, but it took less than a minute for me and it worked fine with Firefox. Check it out! And please go see the movie if you like it so they can continue the series! ;-) (Can you tell that I like Firefly?)

[Note: Reports indicate that this doesn't work in Linux, but it does work in Mac OS X, and of course, Windows.]

As a friendly reminder about why DRM should not mean Digital Rights Management as much as it should be Digital Restrictions Management, the IFPI (an international version of the RIAA) seems to have come up with a music CD that doesn't play on computers unless it runs Windows. After people have complained, this is what Tommi Kyyrä, head of IFPI Finland has said (translated):

"Now, we need to understand that listening to music on your computer is an extra priviledge. Normally people listen to music on their car or through their home stereos", says Kyyrä and continues; "If you are a Linux or Mac user, you should consider purchasing a regular CD player."

I maintain that DRM is not inherently a bad thing. But it is getting abused by greedy and short-sighted corporations, and this is a clear example.

(Incidentally, I turned 21 yesterday. Hurrah for survival!)

Serenity is the movie from the awesome Firefly series by Joss Whedon. It was an ill-fated series cancelled by Fox; they aired the episodes in the wrong order and pre-empted several episodes with baseball playoffs. But Firefly maintained a now legendary fanbase which showed through DVD sales that they were willing put money to their hopes. So they decided to make a movie out of it.

A bit more background? Part western, part sci-fi, Firefly is set in the future post galactic-civil war. It's about an eclectic crew's adventures about the galaxy while the core worlds are in a police state. In the future, there's been a fusion of cultures, leading to some very colorful worlds and where everyone knows how to swear in Chinese.

I hadn't seen it while it was being aired, but so many people mentioned how great it was that I checked it out. How good did I think it was? Let's just say that I ended up buying the DVD set too. I've never done so with any other show.

Browncoats rise again! Thanks to Keith Devens for the announcement.

It's a more full-featured web browser than Firefox (if you don't want to bother with extensions) and includes an email client. It's also very fast and supports web standards. Try it out. Save the web developers! Use anything other than IE!

• Store keys, digital certificates, passwords and data securely in hardware
• Enhance network security
• Protect online commerce transactions
• Help protect against viruses, worms and other malicious attacks
• Protect digital identities
• Provide authentication between systems and networks
• Allow for single sign-on to systems
• Enable digital signatures for financial and other transactions
• Support regulatory compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and other federal requirements

Trusted Computing sounds good, doesn't it? [lafkon.net] Check out a well-done animation why it's not [lafkon.net].