WordPress and ThumbnailsWordPress and Thumbnails
I have just had a lot of trouble with Thumbnails on one of my blogs. It turned out that I had to install the package php5-gd and restart Apache before[...]
Category: Blogging
Posts about blogging
Lazyweb PostsLazyweb Posts
A common practice in the blog space is to write posts that ask a question in the hope that someone else will answer it via a comment or a post.[...]
Blog Copyright InfringementBlog Copyright Infringement
I have previously written about some of my efforts to counter sploggers [1]. Since then I have had a particularly brazen splogger copy one of my posts entirely and claim[...]
Dreamhost and the DMCADreamhost and the DMCA
Dreamhost have refused my request (under the DMCA) to be correctly identified as the author of content copied from my blog. I am publishing this so that anyone else who[...]
I Am #40 in Don Marti’s ListI Am #40 in Don Marti’s List
Don Marti has written his own equivalent to Technorati based on links from blogs that he reads, and my blog comes in at #40 in the list (last place) [1].[...]
Blogging and DocumentsBlogging and Documents
It seems that the majority of blog traffic (at least in blogs I read) is time-based. It is personal-diary entry posts, references to current events, predictions about future events, bug[...]
Upgraded to WordPress 2.3Upgraded to WordPress 2.3
I just upgraded to WordPress 2.3. When using Konqueror (my favourite browser) the comment approval is slightly broken (when I tag a comment as spam it usually just turns red[...]
Blogger is Not for Serious BloggingBlogger is Not for Serious Blogging
When I started blogging I used Blogger [1]. After some time I decided that it did not offer me the freedom I desired. I could not easily make changes (I[...]
Multiple DNS NamesMultiple DNS Names
There are many situations where multiple DNS names for a single IP address that runs a single service are useful. One common example is with business web servers that have[...]
Categories for Best and Most Popular PostsCategories for Best and Most Popular Posts
I have just added two new categories to my blog, one is for the most popular posts [1] (as indicated by the number of hits on the permalink pages). The[...]