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I’ve found that many installations of SpamAssassin work well, but end-users don’t optimize them to train their Bayesian filters on false negatives (i.e., spams that get through). A LearnAsSpam IMAP folder is a great solution for this, which even works with Exchange users (they just need IMAP turned on at the server).
I wrote up directions for installing this on the SpamAssassin wiki.
It’s a trivial annoyance, but I’ve never liked that the default for viewing NYT articles is a multi-page format. Whenever I start an article, I always click on the Single Page icon so that I can digest the rest of the article without waiting for any page reloads. Now, with the the Firefox extension Greasemonkey, this is done for me. I still prefer Single Page view to Print view, because it includes pictures and occasionally links to popup sidebars. Besides, with Adblock installed, I never see any advertisements.
Here’s the script, which is based on one for Print pages from Evan Martin.
More publishers are becoming familiar with AdSense as a revolutionary business technology for monetizing eyeballs (i.e., for generating revenue from the viewers that spend time perusing your site). Here are the directions for adding AdSense to your MediaWiki 1.4 installation. You can see the results at PWS Notes, a wiki on a rare genetic disorder that I administer for my sister-in-law. I’m only using text ads and I place them under the rest of the options in the navigation column, so as to be fairly unobtrusive.
This info was inspired by these directions, which work for Mediawiki 1.3 but not for 1.4. Note that if you use the highly recommended Firefox extension Adblock, you need to hit Shift-Ctrl-B first to disable it and see the Google ads.
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I highly recommend switching to Firefox, which is a much better browser than Internet Explorer. To really get the value, I recommend installing a bunch of extensions. I took the time to go through the ones currently available, and here is what I’m currently using:
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