Defeating blog comment spam - an experiment (2008)
I’m getting a lot of spam comments on here, even with Akismet and other spam filters enabled. I’m going to try a little experimentt for a week – if you want to comment, you’ll need either an OpenID or a login with Vox, Livejournal or Typepad.Also, once you post a good comment on my blog (or at least a non-spam comment), I’ll manually add you to the list of trusted commenters, and your post will appear instantly.Anyway, if you’ve left a comment in the past, please try and leave a comment on t
BBC iPlayer on GNU/Linux without Flash using only free software (2008)
**Please note. This will only work if you’re in the UK. **A bit of background to this. The [BBC is funded by every single household](http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/policies/charter/) with a TV in the UK (except old people). [iPlayer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_iPlayer) is a platform for watching BBC shows you’ve missed. Initially iPlayer was Windows XP only, and [we had a protest about it in London and in Manchester](http://defectivebydesign.org/iPlayerProtest). Then, they released a Flash ve