They’re back. Those odd spammers that I wrote about in January. The ones that look almost legitimate but somehow still smell. If it gets bad enough I may switch to moderating all comments for a while or require some sort of manual login before you can comment. Just wanted to give you a heads up. … Comments »
My apologies to those who may have come looking for a Daylight Saving Time post that I had up very briefly this morning. It was a reblog of an earlier post of mine, the first time I’d tried a “self reblog,” and I discovered several shortcomings I didn’t like. I could add a comment only at the end; I’d have preferred an introductory comment. The comment I added was restricted to one paragraph; paragraph breaks were automatically stripped out. The original “featured image” (the one that appears on the home page) did not get picked up as such, so I had to go in and manually designate it. And finally, the categories assigned to the original post were stripped out, as were any new ones I tried to insert manually. All in all, unacceptable. WordPress Reblog fails again.
… Comments »I’ve noted in the past that one of the best blogs focusing on seniors/retirees is Time Goes By by Ronni Bennett. I may not have mentioned, and you may not have noticed, her lengthy blog roll of writing by individuals 50 years of age and older. I’ve not explored it at length, but I keep it in mind as a place to explore the thoughts of older, presumably wiser minds. … Comments »
(Updated 2:30 pm, Jan. 13, 2012) It’s an old but ongoing discussion — WordPress’s Reblog feature. Many of us have complained to WordPress for several years that we don’t like it, that it makes it much too easy for other bloggers to borrow/steal/take our material. I’ve discussed it before, and not much has changed in … Continue reading Suggestion: A paid Reblog Opt-Out
As my post about Gamma Acosta’s “Crayons” mural reaches the end of its rotation on Freshly Pressed, I’d like to thank readers for their overwhelming response. It was gratifying to see so much interest in this remarkable piece of street art and so many thoughtful comments. They reassured me that my initial reaction was no fluke. … Continue reading Thank you, ‘Crayons’ readers
I’ve recently noticed a new kind of spam getting through Akismet and into my comments. It doesn’t contain a lot of links, doesn’t come from email addresses or URLs containing commercial names, and isn’t full of nonsense strings of unrelated words. Nothing so obvious. Nor does it all appear to come from the same URL, … Continue reading New kind of spam on WordPress
