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Calling All Pundits

20 Apr, 2005 – 04:49

Do you know a Blogosphere pundit? Pickled Pundit has created a blogroll that consists of all pundits, but he needs your help. With a blogosphere of 8-10 million blogs and counting the pundits are multiplying like rats on Viagra.
Briney, the proprietor, currently lists 69 pundits but needs help insuring the list is complete, so stop [...]

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Got a Blog? They’re After You - Again

16 Mar, 2005 – 05:57

This time from “down under,” land of kangaroos, blonde hotties, great beer, and “hey you, better ’sign’ that blog!”
Bloggers and spammers could be forced to put their names to political commentary in a bid to close a loophole in the nation’s electoral laws.
Roused by last year’s furore over anonymous political websites such as www.johnhowardlies.com, [...]

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Beware the “Evil” Blog

23 Feb, 2005 – 22:14

We are all aware of the spam-bots that infest our systems via comment and trackback spam. For the most part, whatever software used, it can be defeated through various hacks, plugins, and htaccess tricks.
I have a question for you. How many blogs do you visit that include enhancements to their sites with features such as [...]

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By marc | Comments (3)

Clean your comments, sir or ma’am?

8 Oct, 2004 – 15:45

I’ve got a WP client who I have admin access to and had left my own email address in the admin section. So, needless to say, I get the moderation queue notifications. Recently, that blog has been getting postively harrassed by permutations on one theme. They all go to something-top-pharmacy (dot net), and I’ve seen [...]

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in Geek moments | Comments (2)

Another moved to Word Press

17 Jun, 2004 – 08:04

Says Uncle, with some help from yours truly, has moved from MT to Wordpress. Seems he got a bit tired of 45 minute rebuilds. Can’t say I blame him!

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in Navel gazing | Comments (1)

Pardon our Dust!

23 May, 2004 – 12:03

On The Third Hand has now moved to Word Press.
Thanks to:

Carthik for the very helpful post on Moving from movable type to WordPress.
Mark at Web Log Tools Collection for a lot of hacks and plugins that I’m about to install.
Scripty Goddess for the show more plugin, plus being a veritable font of [...]

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in Navel gazing | Comments (5)