Should’ve installed MT-Blacklist sooner. I’ll see how well it does blocking spam comments. If it ain’t good enough, I’d have to change the name of my comments file (as suggested here).
Update: Hey, it works:
And combined with today’s spam crackdown, things are looking much brighter.
From the land that gave us Björk comes LazyTown, a new kids series dedicated to promoting physical fitness. It debuted this past Monday on Nick Jr., perhaps to coincide with the Olympics. The show is the brainchild of professional athlete and aerobic champion Magnus Scheving, who also stars as Sportacus, a jock superhero. His sidekick is Stephanie, a perky eight-year old, who I thought at first was a Japanese pop star with her crazy pink hair and pink outfit. Lazy Town is a mix of live action, CGI and puppetry and stylistically is reminiscent of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. And with its techno-pop tunes, it appears like an over-extended Aqua Barbie Girl music video.
One other kiddie show that promotes physical activity is Boohbah on PBS. If you thought Teletubbies was weird, this one is just plain out of this world. From what I remember in one episode, it had non-speaking, phallic-like beings whirling in a dervish fashion. And soon after that, they take off into ethereal heights like out-of-body souls entering the astral plane. Let’s wait and see if Jerry Falwell has a cow over this.
I discovered an interesting weblog through the comments section of my post about my Mac speaking in Tagalog. Tagalog Translation is where Joseph, who lives in Barcelona, Spain, chronicles his work as a professional translator of the English/Tagalog/Catalan/Spanish languages. Linked from his site is another Philippine language blog, Salita Blog. It is Washington, D.C.-based Christopher Sundita’s site “dedicated to his thoughts about the language situation and the over 160 languages in the Republic of the Philippines.” Check ‘em out.
I guess it’s all about wi-fi today.
Ryan left a comment on my reviews of free hotspots in my area, giving me a heads-up on his other site, BayAreaFreeFi.com. Available for download from the site is the wiPod, “an iPod-based guide to free wi-fi in the San Francisco Bay Area.” Cool. I am now downloading it and will install it on my iPod momentarily.
