Tired of getting spam instant messages on MSN, AIM, Yahoo, etc? Most likely it’s because you’ve posted your IM address on a website and a spam bot has picked it up and is now bombarding you with all sorts of annoying messages. Well fear no more, you can protect yourself.
Granted, this is a Pidgin-only fix. Pidgin is an all-in-one chat client that lets you merge all of your instant message programs into one high quality solution. Learn more from their website: Pidgin IM Client
So what’s the fix? It’s called Bot Sentry and it’s simply a plugin for Pidgin. You can download it here: Bot Sentry
All you have to do is install bot sentry, then configure your plugins in Pidgin. What this program does is sends a message back to anyone who messages you that is not on your buddy list. If they can answer it, their message goes through to you. You can customize the message – the default asks them to spell the number 10. Simple and effective, highly recommended.
5/5 Stars for simplicity and awesomeness.
Via geekpress:
Here are some pretty awesome pictures of the Sun…my favorites: 5 and 17.
THE SUN
For those of us who use Windows Media Player, it has a pretty neat feature that I found by accident. I was browsing my media library and wanted to exclude a certain type of song…so I thought, “Maybe, just maybe…” and typed in:
“NOT remix” (To exclude songs from ocremix.org) and voila, they were gone! So I did some other tests, and sure enough, Windows Media Player supports advanced search options like NOT, AND, OR. You can even use ratings like “Rating:5″ or “Rating:5 AND aerosmith” to find all my top rated Aerosmith songs. Just remember, those key search specifiers need to be in ALL CAPS in order to work right.
Here’s a nice article detailing what you can do:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/howto/mp11/search.aspx
And by classic, I mean no later than the SNES. No Atari games – never owned one, unfortunately. Enjoy!
NES
Anticipation
Battletoads & Double Dragon
Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest
Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers
Duck Hunt
Excitebike
Ghosts ‘n Goblins
Q*bert
Tetris
Zelda
SNES
Aladdin
Contra III
Donkey Kong Country II: Diddy Kong’s Quest
Gradius III
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Tetris Attack
