Defensio

7 Nov 2007 – 12:46
By adam | Posted in blogging | Also tagged | Comments (5)

Defensio launched their public beta today. I've been part of the private beta for a couple months now, after openly criticizing Akismet. Defensio is a similar tool, so it does fall prey to the same "wisdom of crowds" weaknesses. Defensio's usability ...

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I ♥ Redirection

9 Sep 2007 – 3:12
By adam | Posted in geekery | Also tagged | Comments (2)

No, not the aging project in my portfolio. The WordPress plugin for managing .htaccess rules without cringing in horror, or wondering whether they're actually working. my first stabs at hacking .htaccess were alright, ...

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Are you sure?

10 Jul 2007 – 10:26
By adam | Posted in blogging | Also tagged | Comments (4)

No sooner did the words "i'm quite pleased with akismet" cross my keyboard, than it started failing miserably. Not just: oh, it missed a couple, re-check queue for spam. Akismet has been asserting that my spam is, in fact, ...

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Importing a wordpress.com blog into an existing blog

15 May 2007 – 12:56
By adam | Posted in blogging | Also tagged | Comments (1)

I've merged my geek blog back into my main blog, so watch your step. wordpress.com readers may want to bookmark my feedburner feed, as i don't think i'll be triple-cross-posting for long.
Sometime last year i started maintaining a separate geek blog, where i was posting all the ...

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for the obsessive theme switchers

15 Apr 2007 – 8:33
By adam | Posted in blogging | Also tagged | Comments (1)

I'm prepetually unsatisfied by themes. it's not the theme authors' fault, i'm just restless. alex king pointed to more advice: From Install to Pimped Out that sounds like the advice i found when i started using wordpress. but for anyone who does, or might, change ...

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