I have spent some time tweaking this site in the last couple of days. In doing so, I have (again) realized just how nice WordPress — the software this site runs on — really is. I have installed a new Captcha plugin to deal with comment spam (I use reCAPTCHA). I upgraded the WordPress version, [...]

Spam has become a fundamental problem of the Internet. Without the extremely efficient spam filters available these days (such as the excellent service provided by Gmail), email would have become completely unusable a long time ago. As sad as it is, though, everybody has simply gotten used to email spam. What fascinates me, though, is [...]

I always have this feeling that nobody reads what I write here… Then again when I actually talk to people they start nagging me to write more. Now which one is it? If you want me to write, you guys should write, too. I am sure you are aware of the fancy ‘comments’ feature that [...]

Finally, comment spam has started to hit me. I am getting quite a regular stream already — and only now understand what bloggers mean when they complain about how annyoing it is. Ah well, I guess it just means I am an official part of the blogging world now. The only good part is that [...]

Now being in my trimester abroad I finally found the time to redesign my website. In the course of this I have made a number of rather radical changes. Most importantly, this site is not handwritten HTML anymore but is now powered by WordPress 1.5 and basically converted into a blog. I do not use [...]