.: I have been playing with WordPress 1.5.2, and after the usual weeping and gnashing of teeth, was able to download and install it here; note that the default template out of the box is based on the Kubrick template - cool. At the same time, Moveable Type 3.2 was just released, along with a new set of style templates, and I need to upload it and see if it makes any difference to my existing sites.
It's my understanding that WordPress has great spam comment protection. I wonder if it has improved on Moveable Type. Recently I had comments submitted to STLQ refused because of "questionable content" or something similar. Turned out that the commenter used "analysis" in his comments, and my MT-Blacklist of entries included the substring "anal". Wonderful. So I had to switch the entry from "Block" to "Moderate", and to date, of the 169,975 comments sent to my sites, which were blocked by MT-Blacklist, 6,369 of them had "anal" in the text. 169,975 spam comments? I wonder what part of "get a life" these morons don't understand. We need a new word for spammers, something like spidiots, or spassholes. What about spuckwads?
Regardless, PBD is overdue for a tuneup and retooling, and the opportunity now presents itself accordingly. Stay tuned.
I am scheduled to be in NYC from 7-16 October, ostensibly to attend Jessica's wedding on Oct 15th in Summit, but as most know, NYC is my favorite destination, so I'm stretching the trip out to nine days.
Posted by Randy at August 27, 2005 08:01 PM | TrackBack