I have a regular commentor who can't comment on my site without receiving an error message. I have checked to make sure that I didn't inadvertently ban her IP.

What to do?

Posted by: Rae at 06:14 PM | Comments (16) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

The latest edition is up at Rocket Jones.

Posted by: Ted at 09:41 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Okay... I tweaked my template just a tad. Nothing beyond centering a couple things and resizing a font. No big deal right? Well, somehow I've screwed up my calendar. Now, my snazzy March 2005 calendar shows I've only posted on the 13th and 21st, and when you click those dates, it sends you to Roxette Bunny's place.

Whahappen?

Update Ummm... nevermind. It seems to be fixed now. Wierd.

Posted by: Frinklin at 05:44 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Is it just me, or does most of the comment/trackback spam come from old archived posts. I know a number of sites that close comments and trackbacks after a certain period of time--say, one or two weeks. I'm pretty sure there is a script for this. Wouldn't a quick and easy solution be to institute a no comments/trackbacks allowed policy after a post is a couple of weeks old?

Posted by: Rusty at 07:58 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I know, I know, I've been gone for a really long time, and then I resurface to ask if you guys think Ethne is MuNu material?

long pause

Well? Whaddaya think?

Posted by: Linda at 06:24 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

From NickQueen.com and sorta via Bad Example:

Now I am going to spread the joy. Remember the people that stole a lawn gnome, traveled the world and sent pictures back? Well, I want you to take this gnome and send trackbacks back to me (the post is http://www.nickqueen.com/archives/072339.php ) and Chuck. Do that and I'll link to your blog here, a sorta GnomeRoll.

Be sure to try to get people to take the gnome to their own blog.

Have at it! Here is Chuck's info:

Blog name: Class Mishaps
Post URL: http://classmishaps.f2o.org/chuckblog/pivot/entry.php?id=109

Posted by: Nick Queen at 04:43 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Jim's done a great job with The New Weblog Showcase. Please check it out and spread the word. If you're interested in hosting drop me a line or visit the Showcase website.

Posted by: Simon at 01:29 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

We're getting hit with 10 trackback spams per second right now. I've tightened up the watchdog script so that it's checking for spam every ten seconds. I hope that will keep things under control.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 06:54 AM | Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 No wonder you don't have any time to blog!

Posted by: Susie @ at March 19, 2005 04:24 PM

2 I have one, but don't know what to do with it. It seems to have scores of link-backs, and would probably overload the blacklist.

Suggestions? Orders? Sub-machine guns?

Poor Pixy. Is there some kind of script that would enable us to close trackbacks after a decent interval? I thought I saw one before my eyes exploded with all the techie stuff.

Posted by: Debbye @ at March 20, 2005 04:53 AM

3 at would enable us to close trackbacks after a decent interval? I thought I saw one before my eyes exploded w

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Poor Pixy. Is there some kind of script that would enable us to close
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I have posted a new arrival over at Ellis Island. The blog name is American Warmonger, and I feel most would agree he is Munu material. He is a Navy brat, War on Terror vet, and excellent Blogger. He is starting a blog design business with Ogre of Ogre's Politics and Views, and has just won 3 consecutive times at King of the Blogs. I hope you'll take a look and give a big yay!

Posted by: Nick Queen at 02:48 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Might possibly come back, but as he claimed "cuz i forgot my password, mofo". So on his behalf (and its hilarious when he bugs my dad for my #), Pixy, can you send him his password? ^^

Posted by: Mookie at 12:59 AM | Comments (13) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Or at least the address to the login screen...sadly enough i bet I could guess my password...

So is there a 5 in your phone number?

Posted by: Collins @ at March 16, 2005 01:01 AM

2 nope. No 5 in the number. And the login screen is at blog.mu.nu

Posted by: Mookie @ at March 16, 2005 01:10 AM

3 Uh oh Ted! We're down to 9^10 possible combinations!

Posted by: Collins @ at March 16, 2005 01:23 AM

4 yeah so about that username/password...

This is why you shouldn't smoke pot kids.

Posted by: Collins @ at March 16, 2005 01:26 AM

5 Actually, since theres 10 digits in the phone number, and you could probably guess the area code if you looked in the phone book and that takes it down to 7 digits to guess. And if you remove anyliklyhood of there being a 5 that means that theres only 8 digits that can go in each of the spots, so its actually 2097152 phone numbers to try. But I'm pretty sure theres also certain number codes (like 911, 811, 411, any 3-digit start code with 0) so that means its less.

Posted by: Mookie @ at March 16, 2005 01:34 AM

6 well since there's 10 digits (0-9) taking the 5 out narrowed it down to 9

So what's your area code sweety

Posted by: Collins @ at March 16, 2005 01:51 AM

7 Password sent.

Welcome home!

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at March 16, 2005 03:00 AM

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Pixy, I'm getting this error when I do a Blacklist spam removal:

Entry rebuild: FAILED - Writing to '/home/pixymisa/www/old/Archives/blog/this_is_my_blog.i.new' failed: Opening local file '/home/pixymisa/www/old/Archives/blog/this_is_my_blog.i.new' failed: Permission denied

It looks familiar. Have we seen this before?

Posted by: Jim at 03:04 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

The New Blog Carnival is up at Multiple Mentality, where they're done a great job. Check it out. Next week it's at our own Snooze Button Dreams.

Posted by: Simon at 01:11 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Hi gang.

I'm looking for a few volunteers to help get the Munu ball rolling again, setting up new blogs and all that stuff. I'm just finishing the setup so that other people will be able to create new sites and new blogs and import entries and stuff like that, and once it's done (which should be this week) we'll be all systems go.

You'll need some basic technical knowledge and aptitude, but it's all done through a web interface and there's nothing really hard. (At least, once I finish this one last script.)

Queue forms to the right.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:11 AM | Comments (14) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 **Waving hand from back of class**

Posted by: Light & Dark @ at March 15, 2005 03:18 AM

2 what's my password?

Johnny got dem dere inner-net agin.

And the only thing Karl Malone know about some innernet, is gettin the ball, in 'er net.

Posted by: Collins @ at March 15, 2005 06:03 AM

3 HE'S BACK!!!!

I'll email you.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at March 15, 2005 06:59 AM

4 You had me at "ball rolling".

Posted by: Jim @ at March 15, 2005 06:07 PM

5 Me too, Pixy. If you still need it, that is!

Posted by: sadie @ at March 16, 2005 01:10 AM

6 Thanks guys. I'll email you with all the information. Try not to let your new super-powers go to your heads.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at March 16, 2005 03:03 AM

7 Hmmm... we get superpowers?? Maybe this isn't such a good idea after all.

'Cause if I end up like Spiderman, with cool powers but never getting the girl? That would seriously suck.

Oh wait... I never get the girl anyway. Bring on the Powers!

Posted by: Light & Dark @ at March 16, 2005 03:44 AM

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i urge all Munuvians to read this post by Kevin at Wizbang, regarding our right to Freedom of Speech as bloggers, and to sign the Online Coalition letter to Federal Election Commission chairman Scott E. Thomas.

Posted by: annika at 04:47 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Can we still nominate bloggers to MuNu? I think Joan at Seven Inches of Sense is a fantastic writer.

Posted by: Rae at 05:07 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Yup, but the posts go over at Ellis Island.

Posted by: Jim @ at March 12, 2005 04:34 AM

2 And you'll need to wait until I finish Final Fantasy X...

Uh...

Nearly there. Lost on Mount Gagazet at the moment.

Sorry, all the spammers and server problems (and my day job) took their toll, and I've been taking a little break. We will be back in business soon, with a small team of volunteers handling things rather than just me.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at March 13, 2005 10:50 AM

3 Yay!

Posted by: Jim @ at March 14, 2005 11:14 AM

4 I dunno....they don't have a BIG link to me.

That's gonna count against them.[/complete crap]

Posted by: Mad Mikey @ at March 14, 2005 04:48 PM

5 I found my way past Mt Gagazet... And then I got killed.

And I just got Final Fantasy X-2. So maybe I'd better get the new Munus going first, and then finish the game.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at March 15, 2005 12:25 AM

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Hm. Have we addressed this?

For some reason, I'm having trouble changing the title of a post, because MT has identified the post as X, and in MT's mind, X it will remain until the end of time.

What I did was use standard title style, except that the word "is" begins with a lower-case i (I was typing too fast; I must have unconsciously thought the word was "in," a preposition that should be lower-cased). So I tried to edit the post, but MT has this mind-block and just won't do it. I even tried rebuilding the whole shooting match. No go.

Any thoughts? It's such an odd little thing to happen.

Posted by: Attila at 06:44 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Sadie has raised the bar with the newest edition of the New Blog Showcase Carnival. Go check it out.

Next week is at Josh Cohen's. To submit an entry you can use the central email:

showcase.carnival@gmail.com

If you want to host a future edition, let me know.

Posted by: Simon at 11:09 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

The Blacklist is full again. I freed up a dozen spots or so and I'll try to find time to blast some more dupes tomorrow.

Posted by: Jim at 02:27 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Hi everyone.

One of our recurring problems here at MuNu is that when a lot of our blogs get hit with spam at the same time, the server chokes under the load.

I've now implemented a watchdog program. If it sees an unusual number of trackbacks coming in all at once (more than ten; I've seen as many as 150 at once during a spam flood) it will bite their legs off and piddle on the trackback script. After five minutes the trackback script will be unpiddled automatically.

(Fiddle fiddle.)

It now works for comments too. More than 20 comments arriving at once will result in a summary chomping and piddling, with automatic unpiddling after two minutes. I've made more generous allowance for comments since we get more of them and I think it's more important that comments are working than trackbacks.

This won't stop spam, but it should stop spam floods before they can cause any significant problems.

As usual, let me know if you see anything untowards happening. Particularly if it might be related to this change.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 06:26 AM | Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Just exactly what is podcasting?

Posted by: Tiger at 04:54 AM | Comments (14) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)