Uebelhart . Net

Did some updates to the site this morning - mainly got rid of bad menus on some of the versions you can choose.

Here’s another trivia/fact/link for today:

You know that the government confiscates knives, scissors, screwdrivers, etc when you are at the airport. Ever wonder what they do with them?

They sell them on ebay!
Here’s the link to the NTSA’s auctions (some of the prices are great!): NTSA on Ebay

The ongoing tweaks and works continues.

Now on the site you’ll see an area/menu called “Themes” or “Switch the Look”. From there you can pick how you want the site to look. I am still tweaking those and changing header images, etc. Also I’ll be adding some and taking some away as time goes by.

Images from Italy added on some of the themes (Amsterdam, Desert & Jakarta)

I’m testing and learning a new way of putting pictures online.

Here’s the first mini-album, basically a repost of the Italy- Pont De Angelo pics:

New Album

Second mini-album, pictures from Ely, UK in 2003:
Ely Day 1

As you can see, the blog/site has a new format and is coming together.
With the new software and setup, I have the site arranged with about 6 different “looks”, which I will switch between occassionally to keep everyone from getting bored.

I’m organizing things and still tweaking a bit here and there. (adding pages, etc).

Also, this site might not look right on some older browsers (mainly older versions of Internet Explorer from 2000 or earlier). But that’s the way progress is. I am mostly (95% in my personal use, and about 40% in my business use) using Firefox now (free from Mozilla). It’s better than IE when it comes to viruses, spyware, security, and ease of use (tabbed browsing is the best!).

I updated the blog software and am doing some other things behind the scenes to hopefully kill the spammer.

I’ll update the layout of this blog in the near future to something less generic and more pleasing to the eye.

I’ve temporarily turned off comments to the blog. I have to figure out a way to stop a comment/trackback spammer from using this blog. So far he’s been trying to get through with about 50-60 messages a day.

UPDATE: Comments are back on (hopefully). I’ve done some creative editing to block the spamming robot and it seems to be working. We’ll see.

UPDATE 2: Nope, the things I tried did not work. Got about 60-70 more spams since then.
I’ll be redoing the site sometime this week (or weekend) with a newer version of WP (the blogging software), and hopefully that will help.

You’ve seen them elsewhere on the net, now you’ll see them here, maybe.

I’ve joined Google’s ad program and the page now has ads on the left side below the menu. They are not obtrusive, so it shouldn’t bother most of you.

I will be upgrading this page soon to a new format and program (Wordpress 1.5), and the ads may become a little more visible then.

I still get lot’s of comment spam on this site for Internet Poker & Texas Hold ‘em.

Comment Spam is when they post a comment like y’all can do, but fill it with spam like you get in your email.

99% of it is never seen by you though, since I have a pretty good set of filters that “catch” the spam and won’t let it show unless I approve it. Needless to say, I don’t approve it.

If one does show up, I urge you not to visit the links they provide. Don’t make those immoral bastards win your page views.

If you WANT to play poker online, try Yahoo’s game areas. They have free poker rooms where you can play against others. You’ll occassionally find me there (usually with the name Steelsun).

Well, I have someone trying to spam my site again, all day today (about a dozen total). This one’s a pirate/offshore drug company, and they are too stupid to realize any post with multiple links usually gets hidden from view and awaiting moderation.

I think I’ll add a new bit of code soon, like the one seen here: http://www.syndic8.com/~jeff/blog/index.php?p=103 , It’s a bit of verification if you want your comment to be processed. I’ll make it simple, like “2 + 3=?”

Well the Texas Hold Em spammer is back trying again, but the comments are being caught for moderation. We’ll see how it goes.

I’ll be changing the right side picture again soon. I’ll be adding in an image of a filmstrip with panels of differant images. Hopefully it’ll be up by this weekend.

edit 11/10: It’s done. Since it’s actually a BG image, I can’t make them clickable (unless I really go at it to learn CSS positioning and coding)