Tag Trouble

A New York Times Oopsie?

So, the NYT has an article about housing in NYC, and they framed it around a rediculous post on Craigslist — a mattress in a hole in a wall 8 feet off the ground. Of course there was interest, and the NYT checked it out. Check out the caption: Now check out this snippet from [...]

My Newest Pet Peeve: Focus-Stealing Banner Ads

I’ve seen this guy a few times, and it irks me each and every time, and I’ll tell you why. When the ad loads, it uses Javascript to grab your cursor and put it into the first field in the form. This has two negative effects (one of which I can’t believe the hosting sites [...]

Comment Spam == Out of Control

So far today I’ve gotten a few hundred comment spams. This is a periodic thing; every couple of months the bots hit the site hard. This is interesting to me because this site has a fairly low readership, which confirms the idea that the spambots aren’t even being selectively pointed to blogs upon which comment [...]

Email Problems…

I’m having some domain issues, and one of the results is that email isn’t working well. If you need to get a hold of me, try emailing me at tim (at) cloudking (dot) com.

Rove: Oh SNAP!

So it’s pretty much confirmed that Karl Rove was the one who leaked CIA agent Valerie Plame’s name to the press, and despite the White House’s frantic attempts at spin, CBS reminds us: For two years, the White House has insisted that presidential adviser Karl Rove had nothing to do with the leak of a [...]