The Flamenco Search Interface project

Worth checking out: The Flamenco Search Interface project Their focus is on the display of category based metadata from large data sets. Obviously this is an exploratory project, but they are doing some interesting things. From their site: “The Flamenco search interface framework has the primary design goal of allowing users to move through large information spaces in a flexible…

Next up on the list: referer spam

I think I finally have comment and trackback spam under control, so next up on my list is referer spam. I have tried the .htaccess solution that Tom Sherman mentions in his post below (go read the whole thing, he offers up a well-thought out proposal to the problem) but I am still getting specious referer traffic. From Tom Sherman’s…

Getting rid of trackback and comment spam

I had this idea the other day that I would turn comments back on after shutting them down from some months due to the flood of comment spam that was hitting my site (and email box). I was inspired by the release of a new version of MT and their guide to fighting comment spam. The approach I took basically…

Missing in action

I have been missing in action from this blog for some time. I thought it was about time I reconnected and let people know what I have been up to for the past few months. In November I joined HighBeam Research as their Director of Content and Editorial. I’m not the only blogger that has joined the team. Shortly after…

Links: 2004-12-21

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Links: 2004-12-20

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