{"id":71,"date":"2004-09-12T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-12T00:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/?p=71"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:51:33","slug":"downhill-from-the-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/12\/downhill-from-the-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Downhill from the start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I got my first comment spam today. The only thing to be happy about is the delay it has taken. It was on <a href=\"http:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/blog\/footprints.html\">my old blog<\/a>. I saw it because I have an RSS feed of the <a href=\"http:\/\/haloscan.com\">HaloScan<\/a> comments I used with <a href=\"http:\/\/blogger.com\">Blogger<\/a>. It&#8217;s been quickly deleted so I hope the search engines didn&#8217;t index in the last ten hours. I don&#8217;t want some dodgy place getting the benefit of my blog. If I like a dodgy place then I&#8217;ll write about them and let them get the bonus to page rank that way. I looked but failed to find a setting at HaloScan to disable commenting. It&#8217;s been long enough that all those comments should be closed, but still readable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Changing the subject, I have a cold coming on. Last night I noticed I had a dry cough. I had trouble sleeping and woke up a few times. This morning it has reached my eyes and nose. Looking at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internethealthlibrary.com\/Health-problems\/Cold%20Flu-AtaGlance.htm\">symptoms<\/a> I realise what I thought was a mild tension headache yesterday was part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cold Symptoms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Starts gradually<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slight temperature after first 24 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Normal appetite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slight headache<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stuffed up or runny nose with sneezing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sore throat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feeling tired<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not what I want to experience. I guess starting the week this way is better than starting the weekend this way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got my first comment spam today. The only thing to be happy about is the delay it has taken. It was on my old blog. I saw it because I have an RSS feed of the HaloScan comments I used with Blogger. It&#8217;s been quickly deleted so I hope the search engines didn&#8217;t index [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-day-to-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":93,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/25\/page_problems\/","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":0},"title":"Page problems","author":"Brian","date":"25 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week I created a static page on my blog. 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