Category Archives: Web browsing

User control of the Blogger comment form

This post is about a bookmarklet that I use when submitting multiple comments to a blog run on the Blogger platform. It standardizes the input window. This functionality isn’t of much value unless you’re submitting several comments in succession, for … Continue reading

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Is that site down?

Have you ever sent out a message to your friends asking, “Is it just me, or is such and such a site down?” If you want a quicker answer, try http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/. It’s a simple, no-frills website that does just one … Continue reading

Posted in Great sites, Web browsing | Tagged great site, internet connectivity | 4 Comments

Why “username at domain dot com” isn’t fooling the spammers

A long time ago, when the World Wide Web was in its infancy, all the web developers used a “mailto link” like username@domain.com for e-mail addresses on their websites. A reader could simply click on the link, and her favorite … Continue reading

Posted in Entering giveaways, Web browsing | Tagged e-mail address, spammers | 7 Comments

A quick way to sign your blog comments

I’ve entered over 3,700 blog giveaways to date so a number of my posts over the next month will be related in some way to entering giveaways. To enter most of these contests, you leave a comment(s) on a blog … Continue reading

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