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I need a WordPress Captcha plugin

It needs to: Be plug-and-play with WordPress plugins Work with WordPress 2.0.1 and up Work without using ttf fonts (imagettftext is not supported on my server) Work with Akismet Work with the “Welcome back” thing that WordPress does I looked at seven different Captcha plugins today. I spent a long time trying to customize Nio’s…Continue Reading…

Animated Favicons

Animated favicons are the most annoying thing in the world. (boriel.com is currently using one.) Is there a way to disable this in Firefox?

Doki Doki Panic and Hammerspace

I went from Slashdot to an article on similarities between Mario Bros. 2 and Doki Doki Panic. This made me laugh. BOM You’ll recall that when a bomb explodes in Mario 2, the explosion reads “BOMB,” just so there isn’t any confusion as to what just exploded. In Doki Doki Panic, the explosion reads “BOM,”…Continue Reading…

Japanese Space Exploration

I heard mention about one of Japan’s failed space missions. Until now, I’ve been largely ignorant that space exploration existed anywhere outside the United States. So I looked it up. The first site I found is NASDA, the “National Space Development Agency of Japan.” Along with awkward English, their front page says: We hope that…Continue Reading…

Vitamin A, For X-ray vision

I picked up a Yoplait nouriche SuperSmoothie from the 167 Cafe, and under the cap, the seal read: Vitamin A For X-ray vision Intrigued, I went to Google and typed in “vitamin a” “for x-ray vision” Only four (4) results were returned. Thank goodness for MySpace blogs (I never thought I’d say that!) — the…Continue Reading…

500 Words: Grand

I’ve been thinking about Joel Comm’s “500 Words” service for awhile now, and I’m going to give a try. I’ll keep you updated on how it goes. I bought “Grand”. Just one quirk: after previewing the ad, clicking the “Buy” button brings up the error that I have to agree to the terms — even…Continue Reading…