Random Thoughts

Comment spam and you

I’m already getting comment spam. Then again, maybe it’s just that the spam-bots are so much more pervasive than they used to be. Blogs have proven to be a great way to get indexed, and the most recent studies show that a substantial number of blogs are abandoned every day - some with only one [...]


Grains of wheat on a chessboard

I don’t know if you’ve ever heard the fable about the advisor to a king who, having provided particularly valuable services, was told he could have anything that he asked for. Now this was a very clever advisor and he knew that if he asked for the kingdom, his wish would be denied - but [...]