Geek Drivel has been getting a steady stream of comment spam almost since its inception, but it has really been bombarded with it over the last week or so. Spam Karma 2 does an excellent job of filtering them — in a year and a half, I can count the ones that have gotten through [...]
Archive of entries posted on November 2008
“Tron sequel already in production”
It’s about freakin’ time!
“Princeton Scientists Discover Proteins that Control Evolution”
I’ve always been a big proponent of the theory of evolution. It’s certainly not perfect, but it’s the only answer that doesn’t rely on supernatural forces to explain life. But in all the debates about it, it seems that those opposing it focus on two things: irrational religious convictions, and that it relies on random [...]
Doing What You Love
It’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. – Sally Kempton It’s hardly a secret to anyone who knows me, but I have a confession to make to the rest of the world: I am addicted to developing software. As GoddessJ can attest, if I don’t do some kind of development [...]
Congratulations, President-Elect Obama…
…now all you have to do is fix the economy, win the war on terrorism, and part the Red Sea, and you might just be remembered as something more than the first African-American US President. Good luck. I suspect you’re going to need it.
Vote! Even if it means choosing “between the Antichrist…
…and the only guy that scares the piss out of the Antichrist.” (With thanks to today’s Dilbert Blog entry.)
“Last IPv4 blocks are given out”
It’ll be interesting to see how the Internet copes with the IPv4 address squeeze, until IPv6 finally makes enough inroads to make a difference.