Category Archives: Programs and Software

Spambot Experiment

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

On August 28, 2011, I started a spambot experiment on my website. One inaccuracy that I want to clear up before I begin posting the results: About a month or so into the experiment, I changed the difficulty of the … Continue reading →

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Did you know? If you Middle-Click a FireFox tab, it will close.

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra
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New Changes to Zylblog

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Hello Everyone, Over the past few years since the beginnings of Zylstrablog on Blogger.com, and later private IP-based hosting through a free domain redirect (anyone remember zylstrablog.co.nr ? Still works…), and then zylblog.info and now zylblog.com, my interests in computers … Continue reading →

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Adblock Plus: Morally right?

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Many people believe that using ad blocking software like Adblock Plus is morally wrong. But is it? Can using Adblock Plus on a website that operates off ads be considered stealing or of poor moral fiber? I’m not so sure. … Continue reading →

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Stop all spam to your website, blog, or forum

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

The Internet is a great way to share your information with others, whether it be useful information related to computers or health, or the less-useful specialized information like training poodles (of which, I have no fear in offending anyone who … Continue reading →

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The Sims 3 Online Play

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Note: August 6, 2012, this has become the third most popular article on Zylblog. EA is testing out a new technology developed by Gaikai with the Sims 3, allowing you to play The Sims 3 online, over the Internet, very … Continue reading →

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Adventures back into the Windows realm

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Windows 7 is on my laptop again. One year of Linux — that was a very long time. I can say I have successfully tested it, and that I can have an unbiased viewpoint of how it met or did … Continue reading →

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Fedora Linux Adventures Continued:

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

I am starting to wonder if Fedora is really the distribution I feel like sticking with long-term. But, now that I have the WiFi driver figured out, I figure I might as well give it a little longer. I’ve noticed … Continue reading →

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Linux Distributions: Fedora 15

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

I’ve been a fan of Ubuntu for a very long time, but lately I had been questioning the direction they were heading in — especially regarding Unity. Unity is the latest desktop interface shipped with Ubuntu 11.04. It is based … Continue reading →

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Speeding up your Computer

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Republished. Previous date March 2010. Much as we like to purchase new computers because the one purchased last week is already running slow, things can be done to (honestly) speed things up quite a bit. Besides having a good, updated, … Continue reading →

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