Passing Blog Comment Karma

I am often reminded of the phrase

"You reap what you sow". 

The concept being if you want good things to come to you, you must act, behave, and think about giving on to others. Not surprisingly this applies to blogs as well. Is it reasonable to expect people to come and write wonderful comments on your blog, if you don't write wonderful comments on others blogs. Indeed it could be said that the entire blog commenting system is based on the idea of Karma. If you think going around to others blogs and spamming them will help get you more blog traffic, you may be right. You may get lots of "Attractive" blog spam. But is that what you want to reap from the fruits of your labor? Before you think about what good things you would like to come to you. First ask yourself

"Have you passed on any good Karma yourself lately?"

Now before you go off commenting willy nilly, Be sure to ask yourself these questions 1) Have I actually read the article I am commenting on? 2) Do I have some useful information or questions to ask about the posting? 3) What are my intentions for writing a comment (Do I really have something to say) 4) How good is the quality of my comment. After you have written it have you previewed it for changes before submitting? 5) If someone does post a comment on your blog please respond to it. Especially if they are asking you a question or clarification. Again, if you think of it, these are the things you would want others to think about before commenting on your blog right? Push out good Karma and it comes back to you. Push out bad Karma and it comes back to you as well. Happy Commenting. And watch out

Happy Halloween

In this weeks podlet, I wish everyone a safe and Happy Halloween. I know that I am very excited this Halloween because it is the 1st Halloween that my daughter seems really excited about. We tried to take her out last Halloween 'Trick or Treating'.Read More... http://www.bwebcentral.com/blog/2/613

Happy Halloween

In this weeks podlet, I wish everyone a safe and Happy Halloween. I know that I am very excited this Halloween because it is the 1st Halloween that my daughter seems really excited about. We tried to take her out last Halloween 'Trick or Treating'.

Play the audio file below to here some of my thoughts about Halloween, how it has changed, and to listen to a funny irish folk song from Marc Gunn.




Here's some funny Halloween photos to watch while you're listening

And don't forget about. It just wouldn't be Halloween without..

The Monster Mash

Arrogant Worms in Fredericton Nov 2

Get it on iTunes (Canada) Get it on iTunes (USA)

The Arrogant Worms will be in Fredericton this Nov 2, 2007. You can get your tickets for $25 @ the playhouse (

http://www.playhouse.ca/) (458-8344)

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Attack on Blog Commentors - Watch out

One of the blogs I frequenly comment love to comment on has posted a warning about "Fake blog commentors" Those Sneaky [Explitive Deleted] Spammers!


It appears someone was attempting to use my email address to post fake comments on the sites I frequently visit. Apparently it can be difficult for current anti-spam methods to easliy figure this out, so you may see comments that appear to be from me but are actually fake.


As I thought about this more, it reminded me of something else. Often, when commenting on a blog there is a checkbox to subscribe to blog comments by email. This can be a nice feature because it allows you to easily follow the conversation as it evolves. A few times, I noticed I was recieving blog comments on threads that I had not subscribed to. I just blew this of as a "bug" in the blogging software and never thought anymore about it. Now, however, I wonder if someone was adding comments as me, using my actual email address.


Has this happened to anyone else out there?


I am thinking of working on a new script using some form of OpenID and/or PGP to validate form comments, but until then here are a few suggestions:


Tips For Webmasters:


I know you are busy enough waving through thousands of spam messages already. But please watch out for "fake" commentors. You can usually discover this by checking the url submitted with the comment (is it a normal url used by this person), is it the right email address?, is the commnent coming from an unusual IP address.


Add the URL's of known spammers to your automatic spam plugins


For the commentors:

Keep a list of the blogs you are commenting on and watch out for people using your name/email to spoof themselves as a valid commentor.


If you do find this is happening to you, please be sure to let others know including the blog you are commenting on, so that this can be resolved quickly

3 Trivia Questions

Perhaps they are a bit lame? Perhaps they will stump you? Either way, here they are. If you've seen the related cosby show episode you've already heard them..




Either way Enjoy !

Wifi T-Shirt for your Christmas wishlist

Your might be a geek if...

Okay, so your in a new area, you crack open your laptop turn it on, turn on your wifi, and are sadly disappointed to see there is no Wifi access. Of course you could have one of those keychain wifi detectors, but who remembers where you left your keys anyway?

Now, you can just look at your Wifi detector T-Shirt
(Yes, it really works). For that lazy geek inside all of us.

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