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Testing WordPress for iPhone

This is just a test, only a test of the iPhone WordPress application.

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2008 11 17 snolan WordPress Comments (1)

Removed the is_human() module

Though it was a good attempt, the is_human() WordPress module was a failure for me, so I pulled it off my website. It was blocking way too many legitimate comments and did absolutely nothing to address the hundreds of trackback and linkback spams showing up daily. I am sad, as I had hoped it would […]

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2008 10 20 snolan WordPress Comments (0)

The is_human() filter

Just a reminder folks, if you are going to comment here, you must answer the multiple choice question displayed as a required field in the comment page. I am seeing some comments get rejected that look legitimate, because the question was left unanswered.

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2008 09 30 snolan WordPress Comments (0)

Wow, the is_human() module works great

I have is_human() coupled with Akismet and together they knock out all the comment spam I was getting. The other interesting little factoid, is that nearly all the spam I was getting was coming from only three IP addresses… hurray for blacklisting. I’ll share the nefarious addresses so you can firewall them out if you […]

2008 09 21 snolan Computer Security
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Implemented is_human() Word press Plugin

Akismet alone was not stopping enough comment spam, so I have implemented is_human() which asks a random multiple choice question, answers are in a drop down and it should be easy for humans to comment, but difficult for machines. Sadly, the marker for a required field did not get enabled initially (now fixed) and a […]

2008 09 15 snolan WordPress Comments (3)

Fantastic writing of Stephen Retherford

If you are not reading Stephen Retherford (aka Sisyphus, Hoosier in Virginia) regularly, you should be. He has posted the most thoughtful, well researched, and interesting stuff I am reading on the web for quite some time, very consistently and with remarkable insight. He’s changed my mind a few times, and would have more except […]

2008 05 15 snolan Comments (0)

WordPress 2.5

Used Dreamhost’s easy to use one click install to upgrade to WordPress 2.5, and it looks much easier to edit on the fly with embedded HTML code. The dashboard is very different, may take getting used to; but it puts the most important stuff on top (useful on a short, wide display like a laptop). […]

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2008 03 31 snolan WordPress Comments (2)

Eating Locally Produced Food

Waldo has been encouraging us to eat locally for some time, for both health and reduced carbon footprint, and liberalrage has shared an incredibly useful link for making that easier, no matter where you live. http://www.localharvest.org We’ve found that many local foods taste better, because rather than being selected for ease of transportation, they can […]

2007 10 21 snolan Environment
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Damned Spammers!!!

Vermin spammers! Over the weekend they figured out how to get by the older versions of WordPress with older versions of Akismet spam filter module/plug-in, so I came home from dance competition to discover hundreds of spams in my WordPress blog’s moderation queue and thousands that had been blocked. Making things worse a few guest […]

2007 03 26 snolan Web Hosting
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Added Gravatar plugin

The php was a smidge tricky in my comments.php file, but I finally got gravatars working in my WordPress blog. Woo hoo! So comment already so I can see your gravatars!

2006 07 19 snolan Fun Comments (3)