The War Against Spam II

See the previous post The War Against Spam I if you haven’t (and you care).

La Polla Defaced

Yes, comment spam hits popular blogging systems such as WordPress all the time. But how about little, innocent, low traffic, 100% custom coded websites made by some random little guy? Surely, these websites are not targeted by spammers. It’s not worth the effort.

Wrong.

My two little soccer pool websites FIFA 2006 World Cup Polla and La Polla America were hit by comment spam. Not kidding. In order to post to these forums, someone (a spambot, I’m sure) had to go in there, open an account with a password using fake info and then go back and post. Unbelievable. I deleted the spam, but captured a screenshot to prove it. It’s both flattering and annoying. Click to zoom in.

Next on this series… Jinuj.net, Akismet, and a worthy CAPTCHA.
to be continued…

Primavera 0

Fluorescente azul
Luz que baña mis sentidos
Donde todo empieza a ser real

Siempre vuelve a dar
Nuevas chances
Una vuelta mas
Entera

Nena tal vez fui
Un sueño de otro
Un rumbo incierto
La verdad es que nadie vive sin amor

Y ahora estoy aqui
Temblando frágil en la multitud
Y la espero

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El avión se va
Recuerdos del futuro juntos
Goles suenan a la distancia…

Te espero

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Lindt Excellence 99% Cacao

“La couleur : noirissime – la senteur : sublissime.
En bouche, la force du cacao presque pur, puissamment aromatique.
Un chocolat de connaisseur.
Laisser-le fondre sur la langue et vivez un plaisir d’exception…”

You may or may not have read a recent post on my newly found addiction to extremely dark chocolate (but not to chocolate, that’s been there forever).

That was before my recent trip to Miami, FL. In the Aventura Whole Foods Market I saw an intriguing little white box: Lindt Excellence 99% Cacao.

This is the only chocolate bar I have ever seen that comes with eating instructions. It tells you to work your way up from the less concentrated varieties before you try this one. You should start with a small piece. Avoid chewing. Accompany with coffee. And it was great. Too bitter for most people (like the first time you try beer) but then you get hooked. I’ve been craving for more. The %80+ sissy stuff is not doing it for me anymore.
The problem is, now I can’t find it anywhere. I called a bunch of places in Austin, I sent Jaco back to the store in Florida (it’s gone!) and I’m afraid of placing an order online! ($60 for a box, that will arrive in who knows what condition in the central Texas summer heat).

Please help me.

Oh, and I want to add a note about the newly found health benefits of chocolate: Since I switched to the ultra-dark stuff, I can hear very faint noises far, far away. The clot in my brain dissappeared so I can think clearly again and see out of my left eye. I also grew 3 cm.

Update (Jul 22, 2007): Found it at World Market in Lakeline Mall! Thanks to Carolina for the tip.

La Polla America: Winners


serge shows his loot

After almost a month of excitement and sleepless nights,the tournament has come to an end and so has La Polla América.

The first place went to papichulo and gringo. One of them is a Tigres fan and the other is American. This proves that knowledge has little to do with who wins these things. It’s all luck.

The restitution goes to serge, who gets his $15 back.

You can see the final standings here.

Congratulations and stay tuned for future Pollas!

La Polla America: Health warning

Two games before La Polla América comes to its end, the current leader reports via MSN Messenger of the detrimental side effects of playing in La Polla (English translation here):

  • sirrony says: shalom motek
  • Salo Mongol Dman says: que pasó
  • sirrony says: nada Marcos, ya no vuelvo a entrar a una polla… si me llego a ganar la polla voy a tener que meter todo mi dinero para arreglarme la úlcera que me esta dando del ansia
  • Salo Mongol Dman says: no cantes victoria, aún no es demasiado tarde para que “se caiga el sistema”
  • sirrony says: esta muy cerrado
  • sirrony: pero neta no he podido dormir los ultimos dos dias
  • sirrony: y no de la emoción sino del nervio e imaginándome que podía pasar en los partidos

No ugly people were harmed making this blog.