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December 28th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part III

Part III: Identifying Comment Spam

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July 31st, 2009

July 2009 Links

Links for the month of July.

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March 18th, 2009

My Geotagging Workflow

How I add GPS coordinates to my photos.

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January 31st, 2009

January 2009 Links

Links for the month of January.

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January 30th, 2009

New on Lynda.com: WordPress.com 2.7 Essential Training

New training videos for WordPress.com users.

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January 20th, 2009

Turning Off a Plugin’s Update Reminder

Hacking it might be better than ignoring it.

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January 16th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part II

Part II: When Comments Go Wrong

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January 9th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part I

Part I: Understanding Comments and Pingpacks

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December 5th, 2008

4 Great Articles about WordPress 2.7

Why reinvent the wheel?

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November 30th, 2008

November 2008 Links

November 2008 Links

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July 11th, 2008

MobileMe

A replacement for .Mac.

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March 4th, 2008

Time Machine: Reader Input Requested

Help us learn more about how Time Machine really works.

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February 18th, 2008

Video Blogging with Viddler and WordPress, Part III

Recording and posting a video.

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February 6th, 2008

Buy "Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" for 50% Off

Buy the book at 50% off retail price.

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February 2nd, 2008

February 2 Links

Links worth following.

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February 1st, 2008

Buy Excel 2007 Books for 50% Off

Buy my Excel 2007 books at 50% off retail price.

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January 30th, 2008

Subscribing to this Site

A quick note about how you can conveniently get new content from this site.

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January 13th, 2008

Bad Behavior/Digg Conflict

A problem and a fix.

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December 31st, 2007

CommentLuv = SpammerLuv?

One drawback to a WordPress plugin.

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December 3rd, 2007

Site Changes: 3-Dec-07

A few minor tweaks.

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November 29th, 2007

All Pingbacks Must Die

I’ve had my last pingback spam.

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November 20th, 2007

How to Create a Gravatar

A few easy steps can get your custom image on gravatar-enabled blogs.

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