phil ringnalda

Turning a link to some fixes and instructions for Movable Type comments into a pro-open-source rant, in five easy paragraphs.

Self-promotion by comments? I say, go right ahead. Just make sure there’s a real, relevant, useful comment to go with the self-promotion, to keep it from backfiring.

Nothing like asking your victim how to victimize him.

In which I suggest banning by IP, and then try to make you think twice about it.

You can’t even have a strict parser for the simplest, and most basic and essential part of HTTP, without hitting a Prisoner’s Dilemma.

A wee change to the MT 2.661 throttle, taking it from a simple throttle for simple spammers, to a harsher throttle that’s been burned by proxies before, and doesn’t want to be burned again.

1. Search 2. Blog entry 3. Follow link 4. Hidden treasure

If you are going to spam blog comments, at least do it well.

Best not to close off signups when the reviewer from PC Magazine comes calling. Also, an unheeded warning from the days of my youth.

On some subjects, your blog is pure genius. On others, you’re a raving lunatic. Same with mine. Now if only we could tell Google which is which.