Yearly Archives: 2005

Anti-Spam Fight Successful for a Change

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Nils

For a couple of days several of my – and [some](http://www.lautgeben.de/2005/12/11/dmmlich-penetranter-trackbackspam-aus-deutschen-landen/) [other](http://www.sichelputzer.de/2005/12/13/extremes-blog-spamming/) [people's](http://www.dyingeyes.de/2005/12/08/reise-spam/) – websites were the victim of “my” first serialized weblog comment spam. About a week ago, and after deleting at least a dozen of the travel-related spams, … Continue reading →

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Horrible Discovery

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Nils

Yesterday, as I was shopping for some bread, milk, and cold cuts, I discovered something horrible at my local supermarket. They started selling Ben & Jerry’s. They already had an okay selection of Haägen Dasz ice cream, but now, near … Continue reading →

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Having a Website

Posted on December 17, 2005 by Nils

> If you couldn’t handle the simple facts I presented, then maybe you shouldn’t have a website. > > Mike <nomail@nomail.coms> (IP: 65.35.177.157 , 157-177.35-65.tampabay.res.rr.com) @ Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:01:46 +0100 (CET) Mh. Why do people think that simply … Continue reading →

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Cool Snow

Posted on December 17, 2005 by Nils

I began my vacations very appropriately, by working on a Spelljammer setting until like 4:00 or so (I didn’t check the time). Went to bed, slept til 12:30pm. I finally dragged myself out of bed, shaved and showered and went … Continue reading →

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Finally, Vacations!

Posted on December 16, 2005 by Nils

Well, I am off for the rest of the year – short as that may be. I normally don’t really care about Xmas vacations, but in about November 2004 I was urged to give a plan of all my vacations … Continue reading →

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More Weird ICQ Contacts

Posted on December 14, 2005 by Nils

The [ICQ-Flood](http://nils.jeppe.de/2005/12/11/icq-conatcts/) that [others](http://chris.quietlife.net/) have [also](http://www.teemow.com/2005/12/14/icq-spam/) reported is continuing, if at a lower rate. But that might simply be related to the fact that the weekend is over. Last night a “Suzane” from the Czech Republic messaged me, and of … Continue reading →

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Nice toys

Posted on December 13, 2005 by Nils

I just asked a supplier for a price quote for an 8 Terabyte SATA Raid. For our backups at work, of course. Nice toy. Not too expensive either. Unfortunately it’s way beyond what I can afford privately. And so I … Continue reading →

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Spam, Spam, Spam, Lovely Spam….

Posted on December 13, 2005 by Nils

Recently, my weblogs have been spammed by some guy who runs pure add sites. Naturally, I complained to various persons – the ISP which he used for dialup (T-Online), the Ad-Provider (cpase.de) and the hoster of the site in question … Continue reading →

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Teekanne Tea Experiments

Posted on December 12, 2005 by Nils

Lately, I have started drinking tea again. I started off by testing a bunch of teabags by the German brand “Teekanne” (literally translates to “tea pot”) that I had accumulated. * **Rotbusch**: Okay, not great. But drinkable. * **Limette**: Horrible … Continue reading →

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ICQ Conacts

Posted on December 11, 2005 by Nils

Over the weekend, several oddballs have contacted me via ICQ. I don’t know any of them. Some say Hi in German, some in English. One simply added me and never said a word (a Romanian girl named Miki, if the … Continue reading →

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