current observations

Month: April 2011

  • Mollom :: sorting the ham from the spam

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    OK, please humour me with this nerdy post but sometimes I can’t help myself. Up until recently and like most self-hosted WordPress bloggers I was using a spam blocking service called Akismet… it’s not bad but I had to extend my spam prevention by also adding a CAPTCHA to my comment box. This worked great…

  • Decorating for easter

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    I made these cute eggs and bunnies a couple of years ago from a download courtesy of Sidsel at Spagat Blog. You can view all her downloads here which includes the Easter decorations. I misplaced them last year, I think they got buried in the bottom of the Christmas box. This year we found them…

  • Flickr three :: stone

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    My stone finds are from top: Stone Tower III by Keith Bloomfield, Stone Wall by Chris Jones, painted and carved stones by Jos van Wunnik