http://boakes.org nice of you to drop by. tea? Fri, 02 May 2008 11:13:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding en http://boakes.org/b0rked/ http://boakes.org/b0rked/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:43:07 +0000 Rich hit approximately 25000 trackback spam messages fielded 7000 trackback requests trackback access log 1 24447 update 5 helped reduce the load too the sooner blame my helpfully rotated log files automatic htaccess level banning working home www boakes org logs grep c reduced the load average http://boakes.org/?p=740 http://boakes.org/b0rked/feed/ http://boakes.org/worst-offenders-for-wordpress-25/ http://boakes.org/worst-offenders-for-wordpress-25/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:26:55 +0000 Rich spam anti spam akismet wordpress worst offenders http://boakes.org/?p=738 http://boakes.org/worst-offenders-for-wordpress-25/feed/ http://boakes.org/akismet-billion/ http://boakes.org/akismet-billion/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:12:05 +0000 Rich akismet billion automattic spam anti spam comment spam http://boakes.org/akismet-billion/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/automattic/automattic' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
It’s only 15 months since I mentioned the rocket-like acceleration of Akismet which went from a standing start to the point where it had fended off a million spam messages for its users in just 4 months. If things had continued at that pace it would have squashed a cool 5 million spams by [...]]]> http://boakes.org/akismet-billion/feed/ http://boakes.org/gifts-for-geeks/ http://boakes.org/gifts-for-geeks/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:40:45 +0000 Rich geek gifts fsf gnu wikipedia christmas presents presents for geeks charity charitable donation geek charities http://boakes.org/gifts-for-geeks/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/xmas/xmas_stocking' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
What are the best alternative presents for a geek? The typical geek has carefully selected and purchased their gadgets of choice, has a computer that’s tuned to perfection and needs no software purchased (because their entire suite is open-source) - so aside from comedy tee shirts with clever slogans that can only be understood by other [...]]]> http://boakes.org/gifts-for-geeks/feed/ http://boakes.org/xara-linux/ http://boakes.org/xara-linux/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:47:48 +0000 Rich open source xara xara x xtreme xara studio corel xara vector art SVG http://boakes.org/xara-linux/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/xara/x' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
I count myself lucky that I discovered Xara’s drawing tools many years ago. When Xara Studio was released it caused real consternation among the businesses that were producing vector art packages because it was years ahead of the competition in both features and (most importantly) speed. The main competition (Corel) was so worried, that it [...]]]> http://boakes.org/xara-linux/feed/ http://boakes.org/analytics-bbpress/ http://boakes.org/analytics-bbpress/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:06:29 +0000 Rich bbpress wordpress analytics google plugin google analytics forum http://boakes.org/analytics-bbpress/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/urchin/urchin' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
The plugin system on BBPress is still rather rudimentary (you create a folder called “my-plugins”) and any php that exists therein is considered to be an activated plugin. The good news here is, that (a) it works and (b) it’s so similar to the WordPress that many plugins will magically work without modification. [...]]]> http://boakes.org/analytics-bbpress/feed/ http://boakes.org/bbpress-released/ http://boakes.org/bbpress-released/#comments Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:25:58 +0000 Rich BBPress WordPress Forum Software Automattic Akismet http://boakes.org/bbpress-released/ http://boakes.org/bbpress-released/feed/ http://boakes.org/akismet-htaccess-extension/ http://boakes.org/akismet-htaccess-extension/#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:57:57 +0000 Rich akismet htaccess spam anti spam comment spam http://boakes.org/akismet-htaccess-extension http://boakes.org/akismet-htaccess-extension/feed/