2.5 + spam anyone?

Has anyone, like me, found a barrage of spam not being trapped by Akismet over the past few days since 2.5.1 came out? Being somewhat too busy I am only getting round to the 2.5 -> 2.5.1 upgrade now. But first - a bunch of spam to hand pick out of the comments. Shows how […]

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Try ScribeFire - it’s nice

Finally - I’ve succumbed to a browser plugin editor for WordPress. I’m an old fashioned guy and tend to stick to the core admin theme, and core editor just… because. But frustration at switching accounts and waiting 20 minutes for the ‘add hyperlink’ panel to appear (ok I exaggerate) started getting to me. So this […]

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new window, or not new window

I got in a heated argument in the pub last night about hyperlinks. I know. Geek. Capital G.
Anyway. Apparently I’m an egomaniac because I sometimes target links at a new window. I’m up there with war criminals and drug dealers. I am, not to put too fine a point on it, evil.
In my defence I […]

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Wordpress Tshirts

Nice article about old WordPress Tshirts here. I’m forever being told to throw out of shirts by by other half, she just doesn’t understand the value of a genuine urban jungle tour ‘lips’ Rolling Stones tshirt.
Found [here] while searching for Wii shirts.
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google analytics gets facelift

A morning surprise is always welcome, this screenshot shows the new face of Google Analytics. I know one of my accounts isn’t updated yet, so if you are one of the unlucky users not to get an immediate update - look what you’re missing. The Google take on it is over here.
Much more interactive, and […]

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Wordpress guy is one month old

This blog has been up and running for one month now. The first post went live on 21st March 2007, following a couple of days of ‘Hello World’, technorati claim posts, and theme tinkering. I thought now would be a good time to thank everyone who has been so encouraging along the way, and […]

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Sponsored themes. Well now…

I’ll try to keep this brief as I’m sure the debate is hitting overload for everyone. , and I have to say, I agree with him on most points. If you read one paragraph about sponsored themes, make it this one from Matt:
“Finally many of these themes try to legally disallow you from removing the […]

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opinion : licensing and / or protecting your blog

A couple of things have happened over the past couple of days to make me think about the licensing of this site.
Firstly I’d like to thank Aaron and Scot for letting me know about this site, which is republishing everything posted here. Word for word. Using my work doesn’t bother me, I’m here to draw […]

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Finding WordPress Plugins

One great way to find WordPress Plugins is when you aren’t even looking for them. You see something being done well on a blog, you check to see if it’s running WP, then you have a peek at the source to check for any plugin credits. Sometimes they are there, sometimes not. When not I […]

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