Scribbled on October 21st, 2007 - filed under WordPress Stuff.
Excerpt:
After updating the WordPress plugin for Akismet to version 2.0.2, I noticed a broken link in the dashboard where it reads “Akismet has protected your site from x,xxx spam comments”.
I found a workaround here where it says (quoting):
Search in your “akismet.php” for
clean_url(”$link?page=akismet-admin”)
and replace it with
“$link?page=akismet-admin”
(end of quote)
Worked fine for me.
Scribbled on October 16th, 2007 - filed under WordPress Stuff.
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On some blogs, you might have already noticed an icon displayed before the author’s name in the comments area - a so-called avatar.
I always wanted to implement this feature on my blog, too - but I never really knew how this was done.
Actually, I thought that this would be a really difficult task.
Was each of [...]
Scribbled on October 15th, 2007 - filed under WordPress Stuff.
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We all know this situation: you would like to edit a comment you have made AFTER you pressed the “Submit!” button (maybe because of a mistype, maybe you want to add/delete something).
Normally, visitors to a WordPress blog will not be able to edit a comment once they have pressed the “Submit!” button - unless they [...]
Scribbled on October 11th, 2007 - filed under Fun Stuff.
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Hilarious!
–> www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJqPNpUhxPY
Scribbled on October 11th, 2007 - filed under Around The Web.
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While I was reading the German translation of “The Code Book” by Simon Singh (a very interesting book for people who want to get an overview about how encryption works), I stumbled across the section where Singh mentions a novel that was written without any appearance of an “e” (which makes the novel a lipogram). [...]
Scribbled on October 8th, 2007 - filed under Around The Web.
Excerpt:
On October 1st, 2007, “Joost® Beta 1.0″ went public
(see this post on the Joost blog).
From now on, you will no longer need any invitation to join this service.
If you still don’t know anything about Joost, yet - which would be quite unbelievable - you should check out the “What’s Joost?” section of their website.
Official Joost® [...]
Scribbled on October 6th, 2007 - filed under Firefox/Thunderbird.
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I came across a nice Firefox extension (quoting):
The Firefox extension WordPress Helper helps you working with WordPress by providing useful help and tools. The extension eases the fast and simple access to develop-relevant pages of the WordPress Codex. (end of quote)
“WordPress Helper” for Firefox:
www.schloebe.de/firefox-extensions/wordpress-helper/
Scribbled on October 6th, 2007 - filed under Around The Web.
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“AxCrypt” is a nice freeware for Windows that lets you encrypt/decrypt files, e.g. if you want to send them via eMail or IM securely.
“AxCrypt” for Windows on sourceforge.net:
sourceforge.net/projects/axcrypt/
Scribbled on October 6th, 2007 - filed under Around The Web.
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Imagine you want to sell your old PC. Of course, you do not want to give away your data, so you go and format your hard drive via Windows…
Well, you should be aware of the fact that formatting the hard drive this way just erases the content table (i.e. the location where the information [...]
Scribbled on October 4th, 2007 - filed under Music Stuff.
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Due to the release of their “first ever live album“, R.E.M. have lauched a new website.
R.E.M. Live Fanzine:
remlivezine.com
