Tag Archives: blogging

Akismet Works For Me

Posted on November 10, 2006 by Geoff Lane

I wanted to follow up on my previous post about dealing with blog spam. I installed Akismet and it has worked flawlessly. It has caught dozens of blog spam posts so far. I have had no false positives and no … Continue reading →

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How Do You Deal With Blog Spam?

Posted on November 2, 2006 by Geoff Lane

I assume that many of my readers are technical people and as such are likely to be bloggers themselves, so I post the question to you: How do you deal with blog spam? I’m currently getting on the order of … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2 Favorite Features

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Geoff Lane

Firefox 2 is just around the corner. With the recent release of Firefox 2 RC2 I’ve started using it more. It has a number of new features that you can read about in the release notes. I’ve already written about … Continue reading →

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Javascript Code Formatting

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Geoff Lane

Seek and ye shall find. I posted yesterday about the trials and tribulations of code formatting. While I’ve solved the basic problems of displaying code, we spoiled programmers have gotten really used to syntax highlighting. Syntax highlighting offers a lot … Continue reading →

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WordPress Code Formatting

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Geoff Lane

I finally got tired of dealing with reformatting that Wordpress does in its attempt to be “user friendly”. In general it does the right thing, but when you deal with code snipits inside <code> tags a lot it can quickly become a problem.

In just a few easy steps, the problems can be solved. Continue reading →

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