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Pretty much like everybody I was getting spam with my personal email. I ignored it for quite a while because I don’t use that email address a lot. Then it turned into a torrent of phony email, and I thought I’d have to abandon that address. Instead I installed Thunderbird, the email client that is a companion to Mozilla’s Firefox. ...

For some time we’ve been getting a little trackback and comment spam on FISpace. Suddenly this week it turned into a flood, and some of it links to naughty sites. So I’ve reconfigured FISpace so all comments and trackbacks are held for my approval before they are posted. If you make a comment, it won’t appear immediately. I’ll check for ...

From USA Today: Medicines can’t work effectively if patients don’t follow their dosing schedule — a problem researchers hope to overcome by delivering drugs using an implanted microchip linked to a wireless control outside the body. Researchers for MicroCHIPS Inc. say they’ve successfully controlled drug doses for up to six months in dogs that received implants in an experiment. Inside ...

NPR broadcast a story this morning about schools in Great Britain requiring three years of Mandarin Chinese, with additional years optional. The showcased program is in the East End. It was great to hear kids with heavy East Ender accents talk about how excited they were to learn and gain a skill for their future. Besides being prepared for the ...