Feb 11, 2008

Sciencebase Upgraded

Posted in Geek at 9:04 pm by David Bradley -- 6 Comments; add yours

I finally upgraded the Sciencebase site to the very latest version of Wordpress, it had been languishing at version 2.1.3 (can you believe it?) for far too long. There had not only been dozens of security upgrades since that version and the current version 2.3.3 but various new features that the site was not making full use of.

It was a post by Wayne Liew WayneLiewDot.com that persuaded me to do the necessary and his recommendation …

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Jan 28, 2008

No Spies Under My Bed

Posted in Geek at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 4 Comments; add yours

Currently, the only truly effective way consumers can stop the collection of their personal data when shopping is not to use the internet, to be paid and to pay for everything in cash, and to hide their money in their mattress.

More seriously, most of us will continue to use web services despite privacy concerns. You can try to opt-out of marketing schemes or reconfigure your web browser to reject advances …

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Jan 23, 2008

Spammatical Errors

Posted in Geek at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 1 Comment

I usually ignore the comment spam folders on this website as per my own advice. Occasionally, however, I will scan them quickly. I do so if a regular reader has commented and has emailed to say that their comment is yet to appear. Legitimate words do sometimes get caught in the Akismet netting. I can then add the individual to the filter whitelist and …

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