Pictures of Cats

April 1st, 2009

It seems clear that Internet users have grown to expect a certain minimum of cat pictures to be present on any worthwhile site. Unfortunately, the aforementioned fare has been decidedly scarce on this domain. Today I seek to remedy this lack by posting a small number of carefully selected [...] Continue Reading…


7 Firefox Addons For Viewing The Web Your Way

March 28th, 2009

The Web is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to … oops, wrong reference.

Still, the Web really is huge, and in addition to all the well-designed and accessible sites you use [...] Continue Reading…


Better Popularity Metrics For Twitter

March 20th, 2009

Imagine two Twitter accounts. One has 100 followers, the other 200. Which account is more popular? And yes, this is a trick question.

At first it might seem like the answer is braindead-simple – users with lots followers are obviously more popular (on Twitter) than those who have just a [...] Continue Reading…


How To Open .MDF Files

March 18th, 2009

What is a .MDF file anyway?The .MDF file extension usually designates a proprietary disk image format used by Alcohol 120%. Like ISO files, MDF files contain an exact copy a CD or DVD. This format is typically used for backing up discs and also for sharing the “backups” over [...] Continue Reading…


Comment Spam : Eliminate False Positives With Akismet + reCaptcha

March 17th, 2009

The recent WeblogToolsCollection post about a new antispam plugin “WP Mollom” got me thinking. What’s the main problem with Akismet? It’s certainly good enough at catching spam – it only misses about 4 spam comments per month on this blog and has nearly 99.9% accuracy overall. However, the situation [...] Continue Reading…