Announcing Bad Bits

I’m pleased to announce a new member of the Bits & Pieces family…. Bad Bits.  It was quite the dilemma getting it up and running, but it’s finally here.

While scouring for Bits and Pieces and Bits of Wisdom I was running across things that were terribly funny but inappropriate for the audience that these sites had [...]

New comment spam filtering

I’m trying out a new comment spam filtering plugin for WordPress.  It’s called WP-SpamFree.  When I logged on this morning I had more than 600 spam comments just from overnight. There seem to be a lot more the last few days.   WP-SpamFree promises to virtually eliminate comment spam, especially bot generated spam and not delete real comments.  [...]

Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love

From artstechnia.com

Did you know that blocking ads truly hurts the websites you visit?

There is an oft-stated misconception that if a user never clicks on ads, then blocking them won’t hurt a site financially. This is wrong. Most sites, at least sites the size of ours, are paid on a per view basis. If you [...]

Reblogging

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Hooters happening II

Three of us finally connected. (L to R – Gary, Me and Infidel)  I was inside waiting for them and they were outside waiting for me.  (Why wait outside when I could be inside drinking beer and seeing the ‘sights’ – DUH!.)  I had Gary’s phone number, but I had left it in my hotel room, [...]

Hat’s off to Scott

I hope the rest of you are enjoying the wittiness of Scott’s cracks… wisecracks that is, as much as I am.  He adds a lot to this site.  I especially enjoy it when he gets on a roll with a particular ‘theme’.  I enjoy everyones cleverness, but Scott goes above and beyond.

Thank you Scott and keep [...]

To Blog Or Not To Blog

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We get spam

I’ve been thinking about making a post about the spam comments I receive here on B&P.  I’d say I get a couple hundred a day.  The WordPress plugin I use catches probably 98% of it and puts it into a spam folder.  I go through it (quick scan it anyway) a few times a day [...]

Now I can blog all night

What? You haven’t heard of Party Rats! You’re kidding, right? They’re the best thing to happen to partying since the mirror ball. People of all ages are putting these colorful, plastic, rodent lights on their fingers and waving their hands in the air like they just don’t care. Each 1-3/4″ long rat sends out a [...]