Monthly Archives: December 2004

Off for two weeks

I’m away for a two week break – no computers are going too be (ab)used by me during this time – consequently, my next post on this blog will be on January 3rd. Until then, enjoy the break. Tom.

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How to secure your PC

Bruce Schneier, founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., has written an update to his earlier article on securing home PCs. The updated article is full of useful advice such as recommending that you don’t use Microsoft Windows (“Buy … Continue reading

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Google Suggest Beta

Google have released Google Suggest as a beta release and it looks good. What is Google Suggest? In Google’s own words ” As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you’re typing and offers suggestions in real … Continue reading

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AuthImage not displaying image

The initial AuthImage install didn’t go according to plan. When the plug-in was installed, no image appeared – therefore no comments could be left, genuine or otherwise. After scratching my head for some time, I remembered that this blog is … Continue reading

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Stopping WordPress blog comment spam – the conclusion!

Renaming the wp-comments-post.php file had a drastic effect on the comment spam – it appears very many blog comment spammers go directly to this file to submit their spam. After changing the name of this file, not only did the … Continue reading

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WordPress comment spam yet again

Unbelieveably, I am still getting comment spam through the various measures I have put in place. Just this evening, I have re-named the wp-comments-post.php file – previously I had edited the contents of this file, changing comment variable names but … Continue reading

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