Monthly Archives: September 2009

Oops – Mea Culpa!

Just discovered a bug in my new anti-spam WordPress plugin that made it impossible for anyone to comment. It’s been fixed, but this of course brings to the front the critical need for a proper testing environment! testing-fixed-brings

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Trying Some new Anti-Spam Techniques

If you’ve been paying attention to my Akismet counter on the sidebar, you’ve probably noticed the number trending upwards quite rapidly over the last week. Apparently the spambots have found me. Akismet’s done a superb job of preventing you fine … Continue reading

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India or Bust!

So, I’m going to India. When? Dunno – 3 or 4 weeks, maybe 5. How long? Dunno – 2 weeks? Maybe as much as 4. Why? Because the company I work for is expanding into the Indian market. We’ve got … Continue reading

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Apache on Windows: Serving Files From the Network

Recently I had a problem: Without going into the “whys” here, I found myself on a Windows XP system needed to parse and serve PHP files in Apache from a network share. Sounds easy enough, right? Unfortunately, the obvious answer … Continue reading

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The Day the World Ended

nickmccabe RT @jennispinner 2000yrs ago we lived in tents and had to catch/kill our food. Now, we curl up into the fetal position when Gmail’s down. myself-lived-access I’m sure you already know Gmail went down today. Well, to be precise, … Continue reading

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