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google takes a new measure in fighting comment spam. they implemented a new attribute for hyperlinks - rel=“nofollow” - which prevents links from being spidered. so when google (or any other search engines that support the attribute) parses a link with that attribute the links don’t get credits in the rankings of the catalog. this is one of the first measure to make blog-spamming really uninteresting.

many (blog)systems are already able to cope with the new attribute, i installed the nofollow plugin for MT , so spammers can sod off!

some time ago i deleted the archives in the sidebar, because the were using up too much screen-realestate. since people complained that my archives are hard to grab, i spent 20 seconds implementing a nice trick posted over at scriptygoddes : drop down month archives .

just paste the code below there where you want your dropdown list to be, rebuild your site and have a go with it.

the code is a simple javascript, so should work in all browsers with fresh flavour, leave a note when not so.

when i was visiting some page, this iq-test popped up, i do not know where. in the end i could not resist to fill out the whole test and ended up having an iq of 133.

how much can you make?

(and keep in mind that a) english is not my first language, so some questions were really far off and b) i used google once, for the question with the “what does NAGEDLN mean?)

i’ve already mentioned some mash-ups , here comes one more, not exactly a mash-up, but a band that mixes metallica and beatles songs: beatallica . all 11 songs can be conveniently downloaded as a torrent-file or as single .mp3-downloads. get them while they last.

oh, and just to make this post more complete (or actually post a real mash-up), did i ever mention the beastles ? an excellent mash-up between the beatles and the beastie boys.

this reminds me of the old days on the internet, where one was able to steer a model train via a remote interface [1]:

use google to find “vunerable” security cams. if you take a look at this google search then you will find a huge amount of unsecured webcams, most of them might be security cameras. pretty much all of them can be controlled via your browser [2] so you’re free to spy on all different kinds of things, may it be car rentals , laundromats , japanese hotel lobbies or bays or a whole friggin list of things !

i’ve been thinking about uploading all the images to flicker, but then thought it’s probably better to upload them to the /pics-section: the pictures from our new-years-eve-party in tinus lodge are now online. but watch out, it’s mostly for our amusement, because most of the pics show slightly drunk people and might be extremely boring to you…

i again have got to give 4 2 1** no invitation** to gmail away. if you want one, leave a comment.

i’ll give away the invitations to the four out of the first ten to comment which give me the best cause to give ’em a gmail-invitation. so be creative and dont just write “i want a gmail invitation!!”. make me laugh and i’ll give you an invitation!

jan-o-plastic (and his photoshopping monkeys and fran) made a funny little calendar (i wrote a post about it some time ago) with members of the swiss parliament. now mrs ruth metzler thinks she’s more important than all the other stuff that is going on in the world now (christmas and new years eve are just wee bits among it) and sends piece a cease and desist letter to take down the “offending image ” (which has been mirrored already)although one can be different opinions on how the image is of artistic value different questions spring to mind: