Starting today, and once a week, I have decided to publish all the offending IP addresses that keep sending me junk via TypePad's comment system – spam, porn, crap, garbage. I am also including those IP addresses that send me trackback pings to buy porn, crap, garbage.

I want you to copy and paste these numbers in your respective ban-lists. This has to be a group effort. Ok? Please help me, help you, help us. I do realize that IP addresses are sometimes created dynamically so this may be just an act of sheer futilty, but I must try and do something about this scourge.

So, here we go:

10.136.156.11
66.246.218.30
219.144.61.105
68.226.184.86
68.115.255.153
66.32.156.53
70.187.249.240
24.6.32.150
172.140.173.177
172.132.242.173
201.241.59.17
68.63.51.245
211.48.47.39
201.140.65.102
200.77.221.148
62.141.231.169

I am plunging head on and buying into the hype that is TIGER, the new operating system Apple will launch on April 29. But I am doing it at a discount through Amazon.com. Click this link to get your copy of the upgrade at $35 off the sticker price. Apple will charge you $129 (free if you buy a new computer of course), so I think $89.99 is a pretty good deal. Should keep the beancounters at bay. Clicking the link also helps Tiffinbox make a little cash. So, thanks in advance.

Here is what I am looking forward to in TIGER: SAFARI, Apple's web browser with a built in RSS reader, so I can keep up with my email and my news all in one place. I am eagerly waiting to see AUTOMATOR in action; especially churning out images in bulk. DASHBOARD and the accompanying widgets are fun but I am not so sure about that just yet. I never took to Konfabulator, so DASHBOARD appears like technology that's a bit of a johnny-come-lately. Then there is SPOTLIGHT; an internal search engine on steroids. Woohoo!

So long competition. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Or, have them join you. Adobe 1, Macromedia Zilch. That's right. The newscasters aren't lying to you. I heard this from Jason Kottke first. Adobe is buying Macromedia for $3.4 billion. Hey, it's just money. But I am curious what this means to image makers and Flash content producers, among many other products Macromedia has up its sleeve. Will they work independently or will Adobe assume all titles and Flash will be called Adobe Flash and Dreamweaver, Adobe Dreamweaver. It will take some getting used to, I bet. But in the end if we win, who cares right? For more info click here, though the last few tries have been futile. I suspect Adobe's site is down thanks to the barrage of hits it is getting just about now.

For a bit of a desi angle on this story – Shantanu Narayen “will remain President and Chief Operating Officer of Adobe.” You go boy!

Gel2005 is a rather interesting conference that will be held in New York city on April 28 & 29.

Speakers will “explore what it means to create a good, meaningful, or authentic experience.”

The theme is “good experience”: how it's created, and what it means in art, society, media, community, business, and technology.

Here is the motley two-day schedule. At $1200, it's pricey.

For Apple Macintosh aficionados any major update to the operating system is received like the second coming of Jesus H. Christ. I know I get down on my knees and give thanks. Ok, hyperbole aside, since iPod, Apple has been on a roll and well, as a bonafide fan I am a few degrees shy of entering a giddy spell knowing that on April 29, “TIGER,” the new operating system will be released to the public. The upgrades are usually better, slicker and more efficient than the last version. I could stick with “Panther” or cough up the $129 to move on up to “Tiger” [or Wombat or any other silly animal that creeps into your psyche].

I know the majority world uses Intel-based PCs. Fine by me. I have been using a Apple Macintosh system for almost 20 years and I am not about to give up on the company just because it lacks the majority market share that Microsoft's clunky OS basks in. For designers and photographers worldwide, the Apple Macintosh has come to symbolize style, elegance, simplicity and efficiency. For me, you can add – pleasure.

Tiger's new features are a boon. I look forward to seeing them all in action. Make the switch today [if you are in the majority] .