Blogging

These posts are mainly for me to help keep track of changes to the site and in some cases to share techniques I’ve used to create and manage the site. Similar entries may … Read more

Looking back I find that I first installed the MT-Blacklist plugin about a year ago. Since then the amount of comment and trackback spam has done nothing but increase, seemingly with no end! … Read more

I updated the site to the latest version of MovableType, largely to better fight comment spam by using the MT-Blacklist plugin. The upgrade went well as did the installation of MT-Blacklist. I’ve missed … Read more

htmlArea, a free program from interactivetools.com, provides a cross-platform WYSIWYG editing tool that works on both IE and mozilla/firewhatever and on windows, the Mac and linux! This forum thread has more info about … Read more

Just a housekeeping note to indicate that I’ve successfully updated the site to Movable Type 3.0. I had debated between upgrading to MT3 or switching to WordPress, and in the end decided to … Read more

Though busy packing and getting ready for our upcoming trip to Kansas I did find time to figure out how to use the moblog capabilities of my (neglected) TypePad site. I can take … Read more

Reacting quickly to vociferous feedback from a very engaged customer base, Six Apart today offered clarifications to their previously announced licensing terms. From what I can tell, the major issues have been addressed, … Read more

I find it very interesting how an export file from a mysql database, as created by phpmyadmin, is a self-contained, self-expanding unit. It’s not just a file containing the text of your blog … Read more

Actually, because I simply forgot, the domain registration for mike-sheryl.com lapsed today about 4:30PM, PDT. This means any emails sent to anyone at mike-sheryl.com are currently (11:30pm) bouncing. Since I recently moved this … Read more