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Quitting Yahoo! Messenger

26.Jan.08 | 6 Comments

I can’t log on to Yahoo! Messenger without getting spammed into oblivion. What makes it easier for spammers on Y! when compared to the other IM networks?
Regardless, I don’t intend to log back in anytime soon. Rather cheesed me off.

Defensio Counts Differently Than I Do

25.Nov.07 | 9 Comments

I’ve been experimenting with the latest Anti-Spam WordPress plugin: Defensio. In general, it seems to work pretty well, but I have noticed some oddities.
Honestly, it really does work well. At first it didn’t seem to be learning very quickly — even marked one of my own comments as spam! Ouch, that hurt a [...]

Current Crop of Plugins

11.Jul.07 | 14 Comments

I think I might have a somewhat painful addiction to plugins — whenever I see one that looks interesting and I just can’t resist giving it a try. Many come and many go, but here’s the current crop.
Warning: I have a ton!

Show Top Commentators — I added this one just today. Since I’m no [...]

Windows Live Writer vs. Bad Behavior - Solved!

06.Jun.07 | 4 Comments

Last week I wrote about my battle getting Windows Live Writer Beta 2 to work with the (indispensable) Bad Behavior plugin.
I'm pleased to say that I've found a simple little work-around. Maybe not a permanent solution but for now it will definitely suffice. Easy to do, too!
There's a file included with Bad Behavior, [...]

WLW Beta 2 vs. Bad Behavior

31.May.07 | 9 Comments

In yesterday's post about the new Windows Live Writer Beta 2 I mentioned that I was getting some HTTP 403's when trying to publish. Tonight I decided to dig a little deeper into that.
First, I disabled mod_security on my web server. No difference.
Second, I disabled the Bad Behavior plugin that is a key [...]

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