Month: January 2008

  • Spam

    Recent WordPress Spam: The Lazy: ‘Payday Loan’ and ‘Faxless Payday Loans’ The almost Celebrity named: Allison Hannigan, yeah, I don’t think so. pwnz0red by teh englihs: Bill… Good up the good work…. Thanks to akismet for stopping over 100 spams, but still letting me see them for the comedic value.

  • Batch Rename Digital Photos by Date

    Lifehacker posted a note about Namexif, a quick and dirty tool to rename your digicam photos based on EXIF date info. It’s a feature that you can get via other means (Irfanview and Picasa have ways to do it) buf if you don’t use either of those, you can try this. The comments on that…

  • Lifehack Your Leopard Mac

    I know I have at least a few Mac readers based on my site stats, so this one’s for you. Lifehacker has a conglomeration of tweaks for Mac OS X Leopard, from killing the reflectivity and transparency of the Dock, to customizing Quick Look and Time Machine. Take a look, they may have a solution…

  • InterGalactic Medicine Show

    If you are a fan of science fiction, you should check out Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, which is an anthology of stories from OSC’s web magazine. Two friends of mine have been published there (Ty Franck and Scott Roberts) and would make the compilation well worth it.

  • Google Search Tricks

    You may know some of these already, but Lifehacker has a handy guide for getting more than just your normal search results from Google. Since many of us have Google as our homepages (or use the Google toolbar), it’s a quick and easy way to find out when a movie is playing, check the weather,…

  • 100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year

    The BBC News site has a list of 100 things we didn’t know last year. Here are some of my favorites: 5. Cloudy apple juice is healthier than clear, containing almost double the antioxidants which protect against heart disease and cancer. Hmm, exactly the opposite of urine. 17. Two cups of spearmint tea a day…

  • A Post 9/11 Perfect Storm of Overused Words and Phrases

    A yearly list out of Lake Superior State University’s PR department highlights words and phrases they consider overused. Included are the above mentioned ‘perfect storm’ and ‘post 9/11’, as well as ‘x is the new y’ and ‘surge’ (not the drink). I have to apologize, though, as I will continue to throw things under the…

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