Software Use as little software as possible. Use software that allows you to easily save your work on your computer. Learn how to use your software. Take classes. Read the help. Read the manual (if one exists). Don’t be afraid to use forums on the web to ask for help. Create two User accounts on […]
Archive of posts filed under the Technology category.
WordPress 2.6.1 Login Headaches
Earlier today I started upgrading my blogs to the latest and greatest WordPress, version 2.6.1. I did full backups, both the SQL database and the html of the web site. I then tweaked my upgrade script and started plugging away. After the old files were archived, the new files were in place, I ran the […]
Technorati’s Lame Survey of the Blogosphere
Technorati emailed me today (for the first time since April 2007): Bloggers, Technorati has been tracking the Blogosphere for the past several years through our State of the Blogosphere study. This year we have decided to expand our study beyond the sheer size and characteristics of the blogosphere in order to hear more from you, […]
I Took It!
And so should you. The 2008 A List Apart Survey for People Who Make Web Sites.
URLFan.com The Latest Content Thieves
I just got a notice via a Google Alert that URLFan.com is stealing the articles from my web site. I’ve submitted a complaint to them. Hopefully I won’t need to file DMCA notices on them. Losers. See Search Engines: Three to Beware at Plagiarism Today for a bit more on this group.
How to Make the WordPress Login Cookie Last Longer Than Two Weeks
One thing I loathe about WordPress 2.5 is login cookies only last two weeks. So every two weeks I get prompted to login again. It is extremely disruptive to have to log in again, when just a few hours earlier I was logged in. The cookie logic should be tweaked that if you haven’t logged […]
Showing the Post’s Time on the WordPress Edit Posts Page
I prefer having the time listed on the “edit posts” page under the WordPress admin area, instead of just the date of the post. Usually the URL you see this is something like (WP-base)/wp-admin/edit.php. I don’t see a hook to manage this format, so I couldn’t write a plugin. (If there is a hook, please […]
Verizon Updating Their TOS Again
I just received an email letting me know that Verizon is again changing their terms of service. It’s interesting that the first item listed below means they are changing their privacy policy and are going to share your account and identifying info if they even think you’re doing Bad Stuff. I wonder what was wrong […]
Comment Spam Rate
As I mentioned yesterday when I noticed I passed the 30,000 spam comment threshold, the comment spam rate on the blog has gone through the roof. I dug out some of my old backups of my WordPress database and generated this chart showing how many spam comments I’ve received. This chart is from December 14, […]
Akismet 30,000th Spam Comment
I just deleted my 30,000th comment spam. I have no idea how high the count would have been had I not put into place several techniques that automatically block bad commenters. Those that fall into my traps don’t even get entered into the Akismet system, and so aren’t counted. (Addendum 9:32pm: The count is now […]