Over a quarter of a million SPAM hits on my site to date…. quite a statistic for a moderate blogger like me ;p It amazes me the lengths some people will go to in order to get their links, products, trojans and viruses across… I guess I should feel special that so many ‘bots’ and the odd rare individual would want to spam me in the first place =D

Ok….I crumbled but this is the growing trend in the world of blogging, not just personally but professionally too…it seems I am not a true geek without a ‘Twitter‘ account…

So, the last earthquake which I felt and spoke about on this blog not only was the largest in New Zealand in 78 years, but apparently it also moved New Zealand a foot closer to Australia. According to news reports, it’s a shame this is unlikley to affect the airfare between here and there!

In other news, I am giving myself another Linux crash course this weekend. In order to make use of a redundant PC I have had as a doorstop for ages…

It would appear that this is a favourite every year now, and after a little bit of digging I have confirmed that the fact is Mars will NOT appear as big as the moon this August, and also that it only ever has under the aid of a telescopic view.

KINGSIZE MARS

Fills in all the gaps for you, just remember if you receive an email in the next few days from a friend about the magnificent views of Mars this August, you can set the record straight; and educate them as to just how guillible they are! (myself included…meh!)

It was indeed a spectacularly close pass for Mars back in 2003; though this was still not close enough to rival our own moon. This year 2009, it is likley to reach 1/60th of the size of the moon - and will be best observed from the Southern Hemisphere (yay for me!!) as the brightest thing in the night skies over the next couple of months

In other news….I am still fighting off the black plague (fanks Rachael) though it’s my own fault so not after any sympathy…really!! Also Since this is a technical post how about a Geeky joke for you all??

“This SQL Query walks into the bar, approaches two tables and says… ‘may I join you?’….”

….sorry….