Various things

Things to read over the holiday. We’ll be on the road to the in-laws later today, and tied to dial up for the entirety of the weekend, so don’t expect there to be much around here. These links should hold you over…

Dave Kearns : Ease of use wins over security.

MT ‘Mail this entry’ used for spamming

Ed Foster: The ‘Yes you can spam” Act of 2003

Bill Gearhart: Nine reasons NOT to use MS-Access to power a DB-driven website
-for what it’s worth I agree with him, despite the fact that I use Access on this site. I use it for comments, and comments alone. I’m not using it in any sort of intensive use scenario, which is what he’s talking about.

Weakness or misalingned strength?

The geography of Scotch whiskey

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