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Scott Jennings

TAKING SPAM MOUNTAIN BY STRATEGY

Google has some good ideas on how to alter the way HTML works to defeat Google spammers at their own game. Expect that tech to be deployed here momentarily, although some aggressive filtering makes that less of an issue now. Sadly, the same is true of my email, which is

IS GREENSPAN HAVING FUN YET?

The Economist has an article this week on as they put it, links between real and virtual economies. Note that if you don’t subscribe, reading this article will cost you $3. (I already subscribe to the print version, since I like news magazines that don’t talk down to

GAMES FOR WHITEFOX BURRFOOT

As seen on Q23, this Second Life blog posting will probably trip every work content filter in existence. I mean, look at the URL, for crying out loud! It’s like the people in IRC who used to “grief link” Doug Winger pictures. The first time, you screamed and tried

WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE THE POWER. WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD’S STRONGEST CHEAT CODES.

From Kotaku, probably the most trouble anyone ever endured to avoid looking things up on Gamefaqs.

BLOOD AND SOULLLLSSSSSS!

Our friends at Landover Baptist Church (who want to save you, just as long as you know, you’re properly dressed) are bringing the good word to the people of Azeroth. Billy has what gamers call, a Level 57 Undead Priest with Holy Focus. “I’m also in one of

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, ROYAL VERSION

So Bonnie Prince Harry went and wore a German Afrika Korps uniform, complete with ahistorical swastika armband, to a party. Whee. How relevant is THAT to this blog, anyway? Well, this. Apparently Germany is proposing that, to prevent such acts of bad taste from occurring in the future, the European

HOW I WON THE WAR!

Paradox released its latest magnum opus last week, Hearts of Iron 2. Short version: you like wargames? Go buy it. Long version? Paradox’s earlier effort, Europa Universalis, and especially its successor, Europa Universalis 2 (which is really EU 2.0, but we wont’ complain) is probably the best strategy