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Spam fight continues, with new spammers
It’s called “negative SEO,” the ad agent for a California law firm tells me. When someone gets a decent presence in blog mentions and other placements of ads on-line, competitors take a legitimate...
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Busy, unproductive summer; some photos and rambles a-coming
Dallas Moon, June 7, 2014; sure it’s copyrighted, but please use it with abandon. I got a pretty good shot at the Moon back in June, considering it’s just a 200 mm telephoto, and I was shooting...
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Does a name seal one’s geographic fate?
A site out of Utah that compiles a list of blogs based in Utah County, around Provo, lists Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub as one of the local products. It’s tough to complain. The site doesn’t drive much...
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Your missing comments?
Spam comments on this blog abated for a couple of weeks, but they’re back with a vengeance. Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub is collecting from 1,500 to 5,000 spam comments daily over the past week. Doesn’t...
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Early history of EPA: Pesticides regulation and DDT
This is an excerpt from EPA’s official shorthand history, online since the 1990s. I include this part here, dealing with the EPA’s famous regulation of the pesticide DDT, because I refer to it and...
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WordPress glitches
Apologies, Dear Reader: WordPress is glitching. The usual list of important articles, just below the masthead, has disappeared. I’ve got no notice on it, and it appears the WordPress “help” button may...
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5 million, counting slowly
Is the heyday of the blog over? Or did I just foul it up? At one time Millard Fillmore’s bathtub got about 2,000 hits per day. In the last 16 months, that’s dwindled to just under 1,000 per day. Still,...
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Thank you, readers! 5 million views
Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub passed the 5 million viewers milestone between 9:45 and 10:00 p.m. Central time, March 5. Thank you. SaveFiled under: Administrivia, Blogs Tagged: 5 million, Administrivia,...
View ArticleCatching up on January historical events
January flies by, especially when there is so much other stuff going on — new year to start, tests to prepare for, choirs start up from the holiday break, etc., etc. There are a few key historical...
View ArticleWelcome, students and teachers!
Welcome students and teachers, today from the Port Washington-Saukville Scholl District on Long Island, New York (Mrs. Reetz’s class), from the University of Kansas on Blackboard, and from the group...
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