This is a tweak to the WordPress 1.5 comment moderation function that changes the pluggable function “wp_notify_moderator” to notify the author of the subject post, rather than the site administrator, that a comment is awaiting moderation. If the author does not have an email address or does not possess sufficient rights to moderate comments, then… Continue reading WordPress Comment Moderation Tweak
Author: Dan
ftpUpstream script for OPML Editor
Update Please refer to this page for a current version and any discussion of this script.
OPML Sidebar for WordPress
If you look in the right column running down the main page of this website (the sidebar), you’ll notice a heading for my “Blogroll.” And if you examine the blogroll, you may notice this little graphic that says OPML. That’s because my blogroll is being generated on-the-fly from my OPML reading lists generated by PodNova… Continue reading OPML Sidebar for WordPress
OPML Browser
Superceded. See the Optimal OPML Browser.
HOWTO: Create a Perl Shortcut That Acts Like a Drop Target In Windows
UPDATE: I recently installed ActivePerl 5.6.1.638 on a new Windows XP system, and I did not need to take any special actions to make perl scripts into drop targets. YMMV. If you use perl on Windows, you’ve probably got at least one script that you’d like to be able to put on your Desktop and… Continue reading HOWTO: Create a Perl Shortcut That Acts Like a Drop Target In Windows
Translating XBEL to OPML with XSL
I’ve been playing with Dave Winer’s OPML Editor, and it’s starting to grow on me. (Here’s a link to my OPML blog.) One of the coolest things about the OPML Editor is the Map A Domain feature, through which the community server that Dave set up (running on the Frontier kernel) can translate an OPML… Continue reading Translating XBEL to OPML with XSL
Fax Spam
Unsolicited fax spam is illegal under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), as amended by the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 1995. Unfortunately, that hasn’t saved me from getting in some fax spammers’ databases — even though my phone number is in the National Do Not Call Registry! Luckily (?), I have a… Continue reading Fax Spam
Disable Balloon Tips
HOWTO: Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips in Windows XP Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. Click Start, click… Continue reading Disable Balloon Tips
Scheduled Tasks – Running Tasks Without A Password
For XP Pro: Go to Start/Administrative Tools/Local Security Policy/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Options Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only. This is enabled by default, disable it. For XP Home: (Keith Miller) Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa Value name: limitblankpassworduse, Type: REG_DWORD, Data: 0 (disabled) 1 (enabled)… Continue reading Scheduled Tasks – Running Tasks Without A Password
More Trackback Spam
This is a follow-up to a previous post about trackback spam. I’ve noticed in my server logs that many spammers are still trying furiously to leave trackback spam at the default address. Since that address doesn’t exist, they simply get 404 errors and try again. I already was using a custom error page, and now… Continue reading More Trackback Spam