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Some problems with CAPTCHAs
Mr. Tozier was kind enough to get in touch with an example of a CAPTCHA image (see right) generated by the plug-in I’m trying out, and I must agree with his assessment that only a “scarce class of psychics, known for their ability to read around the corners and edges of computer windows” would be [...]
Posted in Computing, Weblogs and CMS Comments closed
I’ll show you mine…
PeeZed got quoted in a Nature article on the new Google Base system, which is way cool for all of us that get to happily bask in his fame and glory. But I don’t think Nature wants to be interviewing me as a “bioinformatician”, either. I’m at best a dilettante in that area and would [...]
Posted in Computing, Science, Weblogs and CMS Comments closed
Simply how one lives
Yesterday I ran across this great bit from LeRoi Jones‘ (later known as Amiri Baraka) book Blues people (here he’s talking about the 1950′s and early 1960′s in the U.S.): …because the black middle class confused legitimate political and economic desires with their shame at not already having attained these goals, they thought this meant [...]
I smell a trend…
On the same day that I (finally) post about my biking accident, PeeZed has an unfortunate interaction with a ladder and leaves. While the casual observer might not make a connection…I smell a conspiracy! Think about it – there are just too many connections to ignore. PeeZed and I are the only two publicly blogging [...]
Posted in Events, Mildly amusing, Science Comments closed
CAPTCHAs rock!
The CAPTCHAs seem to be working really well. I haven’t had a single piece of comment spam since I installed it, and several “real” people have been able to leave cool comments (so we’re not keeping the good people out). It’s a little weird to not have all the spam coming in; it’s a bit [...]
Posted in Computing, Web development, Weblogs and CMS Comments closed
And that’s the one that didn’t hurt
As I mentioned a bit ago, I wiped out pretty enthusiastically on my bike on my way in to work about two weeks ago, just 20 to 30 yards from my office (in the traffic circle by the Science loading dock). Several x-rays later it was determined that there were no broken bones, but I [...]
3 pieces of silliness
In an effort to ensure that people don’t actually think I have something meaningful to say here, I thought I’d share three pieces of complete silliness brought to my attention by Sub-Evil Boy. So, because I know that you don’t have any real work to do (I know that I don’t) you might want to [...]
We have CAPTCHAs! (I think)
First, my apologies for the lengthy silence. Things have been very busy, and I wiped out pretty hard on my bike two weeks ago (all is well now…more later…maybe?) and that slowed a lot of things down at a time when I really couldn’t much afford it. Sigh. The happy news is that in a [...]
Posted in Computing, Events, Weblogs and CMS Comments closed
A fun working holiday