TheMann00

If you have a blog or website of any kind that allows comments, you have probably received spam at some point. Spam is such a kill joy. I have not written in my blog for a bit, because I get a few emails each day with “comments that need moderation” (if you have never been approved, then I must approve your comment for the first time) — and they are all spam. When you only visit your own site to delete spam comments, you start to resent your site, and stop writing.
Enter G.A.S.P. – GrowMap Anti-Spambot Plugin. This is SUCH a simple plugin (that’s free) it hurts. By adding a client-side check box, spam bots aren’t able to see and click it 99% of the time. So when someone tires to comment on a post- there is an extra 2 seconds of time I request to ensure no more spam comments!

As allergies have kept me under the weather the past few days- I am skipping this weeks weigh in. Not sure if it’ll be low because I’m losing about 2 to 3 pounds of snot an hour, or if it will be high, because I’ve lifted the soda ban- as this helps me feel a bit better, and get my work done.

But that isn’t to say that I have not been doing some form of Heavy Lifting.

This is the Compaq nx9600. The 9600 references how heavy it is… 9.6 pounds.

The thing is a beast – and it is  touted as a desktop replacement. This isn’t the laptop you waltz into Starbucks with, to check your email and facebook pokes, but a portable workhorse. The full size keyboard is great- if you use the 10-key a lot, and it boasts a fast P4 3.4 ghz processor, with plenty of room for RAM upgrades. This all coming from 2005- to give a little more perspective on what it was for the time.

Sadly- this one is no more. Bad video both on the display, and output to an external monitor means the system board is done. So goodbye giant laptop. Hope there is room for you in that briefcase on high.