I just saw a post about someone looking for the most prolific bloggers (via). The criteria they're using is quite simple: 1. It must be a blog. 2. It must be a legitimate blog...that adds content, any kind, to the blogosphere. 3. There must be 1,000 or more posts at ONE blog, not a total of 1,000 at two, three or more different blogs. 1 - That's easy enough 2 - It depends on … [Read more...] about Prolific Bloggers?
Blog Awards 2007 Winners
Maman Poulet has posted the list of winners from last night's blog awards. Nice to see that Damien Mulley finally got an award! Bernie gave him the "best contribution" award, which was a lovely gesture. Bernie also won the best technology blog, which is good to hear. Unfortunately I didn't make it this year - I was meant be doing a lot of things over the last couple of weeks, … [Read more...] about Blog Awards 2007 Winners
mod_rewrite tricks
Mod_rewrite is an incredibly powerful tool and a lot of us would be very lost without it! A couple of quick "tricks" using mod_rewrite - partially to help myself find them again in the future: Redirecting domain.tld to www.domain.tld RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.tld$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.tld/$1 … [Read more...] about mod_rewrite tricks
Yet Another WordPress Security Hole
Wordpress is beginning to become a little like phpbb2 - a security nightmare. Last night I got a "heads up" from one of our sysadmins that there was another security release, as the Wordpress download servers had been cracked! Lovely! I upgraded this install as soon as I heard, but of course I forgot to update some permissions etc., which is why it was a wee bit broken until a … [Read more...] about Yet Another WordPress Security Hole
Can You Spell?
Spelling and basic grammar and punctuation drive me mad. This is due in no little part to my grandmother, may she rest in peace, who was a language "nazi". She had zero tolerance for bad spelling, punctuation, grammar and pronunciation. Since I spent so much time in her company as a child it was only inevitable that it would rub off on me to some degree. Other members of the … [Read more...] about Can You Spell?