Category Archives: Administrative

Coming soon: More(?) of me running my mouth

I have more than 50 draft posts queued up on this blog. Some are quite old and stale at this point. Obviously, having so many posts in the queue isn’t helping anyone. If they’re to have any impact, I’ve got … Continue reading

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Under re-construction

I’ve upgraded this blog to the latest version of WordPress per my previous post. It didn’t solve the problem of “hidden” comments (when not logged in), so I’m switching the theme. I’ll be playing around with themes and plugins, so … Continue reading

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Hang on, change is coming

Thanks to my readers who’ve emailed to alert me to the problem with displaying comments on the site. It’s not intentional, and I was aware of it. I’m not certain what the problem is, though I figure it’s due either … Continue reading

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Login here with your OpenID

If you have an OpenID, you should now be able to login with it at gavinbaker.com. If you use OpenID, please feel free to test it out, and let me know about any errors in the comments.

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Anti-spam update: Akismet active

After a pointless and frustrating false positive by Bad Behavior locked me out of my own blog, I’ve disabled Bad Behavior and activated Akismet. For what it’s worth, Bad Behavior had slowed comment spam to a trickle, but it’s too … Continue reading

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Short downtime now resolved

The site briefly went down due to my forgetful failure to pay for hosting. Sorry about that. Everything should be back to normal now.

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Anti-spam tools now in effect: Bad Behavior active

The comment spammers recently have started hitting this site hard. This wastes my time on moderating comments and wastes my bandwidth with my host. I’ve installed Bad Behavior to address the problem; hopefully it will help. This shouldn’t inconvenience any … Continue reading

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