Inveterate dabbler in business, travel, gadgets & life

Scraping sites

Current list of IP addresses I have banned, for scraping, using WP-ban

72.249.103.154
69.41.230.8
74.50.109.2
69.93.233.66
74.86.179.154
72.52.244.148
78.110.160.130
216.255.185.178
74.86.186.66
70.87.226.18
207.226.183.66
74.52.59.130
74.52.67.146
69.89.31.61
72.36.144.34

Most persistent scrapers are, with number of attempts:-

69.41.230.8 110
74.50.109.2 4
72.52.244.148 2
74.86.186.66 4
207.226.183.66 9
78.110.160.130 6
70.87.226.18 2
74.52.59.130 4

Thank goodness for the excellent plugins like Spam Karma and WP-Ban.

A good list of comment spammers can be found at Scott McGeriks site.

Geoff’s Twitter Updates for 2008-03-21

  • Off to do some skipping on Parkers Piece – Wonder how many others will be there. #
  • Sally at opening of the new Links store in Cambridge – photo at http://twitxr.com/geoff/updates/17762 #
  • Sally good Friday skipping on parker piece – photo at http://twitxr.com/geoff/updates/17769 #
  • @emjo Cake totally yummy – all gone now – at least my half 🙂 #
  • Love the story of Sebastian Horsley at the aptly Orwellian named Liberty airport in the USA . http://tinyurl.com/36rxbw #
  • Love the story of Sebastian Horsley at the aptly Orwellian named Liberty airport in the USA . http://tinyurl.com/36rxbw #
  • Love the story of Sebastian Horsley at the aptly Orwellian named Liberty airport in the USA . http://ping.fm/YqZlU #

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iPhone testing week

First the poor iPhone slipped out of my pocket and disappeared into the loo (clean water :-)) It took about three days to recover, interestingly the last thing to return to work was the on/off switch!
iPhone with water ingress

Then today I went Good Friday skipping at Parkers Piece, Cambridge and accidentally gave the iPhone a shocking experience, check out the video below:-