Archive for June, 2007

Microsoft’s new slogan: If the shoe fits… »

Microsoft hasn’t learned from the scandals surrounding their paying bloggers to promote the Zune. Now they’re doing it with a new corporate slogan: People-ready business.
And, I kinda thought, I know of something that fits that bill better. It’s called Joomla, and it’s the swiss-army-knife of content-driven websites.
So, I figured I’d embrace and extend Microsoft’s slogan.
Social [...]

Defeat Caravan.Ru Comment Spammers »

I’m seeing people coming here looking for help the same way I was trying a few weeks back.
I was operating under the mistaken impression that temporarily blocking Caravan.ru IP blocks would take care of the problem, but every time I lifted the block, they came right back, usually within seconds.
Here’s what you do:
1.) Get APF. [...]

Safari Available for Windows »

If you’re like me, and have had to develop websites for an Apple-oriented client, and you use a mix of WinXP and Linux, you are probably stoked by the fact that Apple has released a version of Safari for Windows users.
I remember one project I did where the turnaround time in communicating by e-mail, phone, [...]

Joost Invites for Joomla! »

Played around with Joost a little more today. While I still feel the User Interface is a case of too easy actually being too hard, the overall experience is pretty incredible, and I can’t wait to see what else is in the pipeline from these guys.
That said, I have an unknown quantity of Joost invites. [...]