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Silas Notes

Stop Spam, Read Books

Posted by Doug Nelson on May 25, 2007

A great idea: reCAPTCHA uses the spam-filtering “type the words you see” technique to get site users to transcribe old books for the Internet Archive. Ideas like this are what make the internet all warm and fuzzy.

( via the ever-helpful LifeHacker )

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Subtle Touch in Google Reader

Great design in a very small (545 bytes) package
Posted by Jacob on May 22, 2007
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Kintera may open up

A rumour, but an encouraging one
Posted by Jacob on May 10, 2007
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No Jargon in Your Navigation

Posted by Jacob on May 8, 2007
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Improving Wordpress along side Spress

A simple way to manage spam from Joe
Posted by Jacob on May 6, 2007
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