Archive for 'Tech'
What did we do before the Internet?
I’ve used online systems of one sort or another since I first got to Georgia Tech in 1983, so you’d think the “Wow!” factor would be pretty much gone for me by now. But every once in a while, I just have to stop and marvel at what an INSANE amount of information is available [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2007 under Tech.
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You can now edit your comments after you post them
I added a new WordPress plug-in tonight. It’s supposed to let you edit your comments for up to fifteen minutes after you post them. If you see anything weird, let me know!
Posted: July 2nd, 2007 under Tech.
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Inundated by comment spam!
I switched off my anti-spam plug-ins a month or so ago because I was messing around with my WordPress template. Then I got crazy busy, so template development fell by the wayside. Wow. We’re talking HUNDREDS of spam comments a day, to the point that real comments were almost getting lost in the shuffle. Well, [...]
Posted: April 13th, 2007 under Tech.
Comments: 5
Shiny new plugin added
I added the Now Reading plugin to my blog today. It requires a widget-friendly template and the Widgets plugin, but in general, it was very easy to install. I used to have the Library Thing plugin, but their site’s stability problems were causing that part of my page to drop out or just take forever [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2007 under Tech.
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Career suicide, or was it?
Kristin Nelson posted this week about an email she recently received, in which a writer blamed her for destroying his (or her) dreams and said that he was deleting his manuscript. Yeah, we’re always hearing how crazy writers are, and for all I know, someone may really have done this. But something Kristin said about [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2007 under Tech, Writing.
Comments: 4