On March 3rd 2005 at 12:01am CST The Planet will be performing an emergency fiber re-groom to improve network performance. This will result in intermittent latency fluctuations and minor packet loss for some providers staggered over 1 hour.

And if you find yourself suffering latency fluctuations or minor packet loss, don't head for the aspirin; it's just your fiber being re-groomed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:31 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Another thing: is there an easy way to add a link to each post that enable it to be emailed...I've seen on some sites an "Email this post" button that I'd like to add to all of my posts if possible...

Posted by: Simon at 06:26 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Need a bit of help. I'd like to add a section to my sidebar that shows a listing of (say) the 10 most recent posts with a link to each. I know there's an easy way to do this but can't seem to find it...

Posted by: Simon at 05:08 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

The 3rd New Blog Showcase Carnival is up.

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I had this thought about how to do something and I wanted to run it by everyone else to see if it sounded like it would work or if it would have any problems.

I'd like to work out something like "asides" (see here for explanation of how it works in WP) on MT. Basically, posts from a certain category would display completely different on the main page than posts from other categories (but would still appear in the order they are posted). My thought is to create a separate style sheet named after the category (asides.css) and have in my template have the style sheet called up depending on the category of the post. So, if the category was 'asides' it would call up the asides.css In that file, I would simply have the display:none turned on for certain parts of the posts (like the comments, etc.)

Here's my question though. I've never seen coding where a whole stylesheet was called up in the body of the code (only in the header). Is it possible? Secondly, if the style sheet didn't exist (which it won't for all the other categories), what's going to happen? Third, am I just making this needlessly complicated?

Oh, and another question - is it possible to do a random image scripty thing inside of a stylesheet? Or am I just dreaming on that one?

Posted by: Daniel at 02:05 PM | Comments (12) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

The latest edition is up at Rocket Jones.

Posted by: Ted at 12:22 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

...who put "Windows" into the BlackList? Who's the Mac user here?

Posted by: Victor at 01:10 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I'm starting to see some more hits from Google News and have now figured out a way in which you can get your posts listed on the service provided you don't mind the erroneous, scandalous, and might I add vilainous label of The Jawa Report attached to your blog.

Here's the scoop. Originally I had thought all mu.nu posts were being fed to the Google News bot. Not so. However, all individually archived mu.nu posts that I link to are included on Google News.

It get's even simpler than that. It seems that all individually archived posts that even send me a Trackback also get added to the page.

If you want one of your posts up just send any one of my posts a TB and wait for the hits. Don't expect a landslide, though. But hits are hits, eh? I'll try to do a daily link drop and you can TB that one if you want.

After you do that wait half an hour and type "Jawa" into the Google News search engine and then sort the results by date. Your post should come up It will be listed as "The Jawa Report" but the link will be to your blog.

If sending me a TB doesn't work just drop me a line and I'll do a quick link post just for you.

Posted by: Rusty at 04:27 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Hello out there.

Can somebody help me? I feel ridiculous putting a post up about this, but I didn't know where else to go. One of my friends wrote to me and told me that she was unable to comment on my blog, as she is "forbidden" - I told her to hang tight, thinking that it would get cleared up in a couple days, as things usually do. It has been about two weeks and she still can't comment. Does anyone know how I can help her out?

Thank you!

Posted by: Alex at 09:07 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 You might have her IP blocked. Otherwise, she might be commenting using a word prohibited by Blacklist. It's also possible that her email domain was accidentally blacklisted. That happens occassionally when spammers seed their garbage with valid domains in an attempt to degrade Blacklist.

Posted by: Jim @ at February 22, 2005 09:22 PM

2 Or I might have her IP blocked.

I blocked about 500 IP addresses during the worst of the spam attacks. It's possible that she got caught up in that list by mistake; I know of two other people who did.

I'll clear the list today and we'll see if that fixes it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 22, 2005 09:30 PM

3 Thank you, thank you! Fingers crossed. I don't exactly want to scare any readers away, you know?

Posted by: Alex @ at February 22, 2005 10:13 PM

4 Done.

I hope we don't get hit with another trackback flood. Damn spammers.

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Lucas has done a fantastic job with the New Blog Carnival Showcase Extravaganza No. 2. Lots of great new blogs to check out. Next week is at Karin's.

If you're interested in hosting an edition or want to follow the upcoming locations, check out the Showcase HQ.

Posted by: Simon at 06:29 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I clicked. I bid. I conquered.

It took a few rounds, and turned out to be an interesting challenge, thanks to Victor and his seventeen pet rats. Thanks as well to everyone else who offered good suggestions. Tuning Spork may be saddened by this by mail-order brides, from China or otherwise, are not available on eBay. They have some silly rule about auctioning off people or something.

For our venerable leader and tireless battler of spam a gift. A first edition copy of Robert Heinlein's Tomorrow the Stars.

All I need now is a shipping address.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 09:39 PM | Comments (12) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Yay!

I'm more than a bit "sniff* verklept.. Exqueeze me, look away... "inhale*
Wish I had some shpilkas to bite on.. *sob*sniff*sob*
Aah, I'm okay now...

Yay!!!!!

Posted by: Tuning Spork @ at February 22, 2005 04:13 AM

2 Yay!!!!! (And good luck getting our fearless leader's address! Maybe Simon can help there....)

Posted by: Susie @ at February 22, 2005 02:22 PM

3 Actually, based on information available, I have two possible addresses. One is the only listing in the Australia white pages with the correct last name and first initial. The other is the address for his place of employment.

Not knowing his employers policies regarding receiving personal packages at work, I'll hold off on that one pending further confirmation.

If anyone wants to very the info let me know via email (address at my site) so were not putting anyone's address in the comments.

Anybody?

Beuler?

Beuler?

Posted by: Stephen Macklin @ at February 22, 2005 03:11 PM

4 That's funny, there are two people in Australia with my first and last name (including me).

Hmm.

He's disappeared!

Anyway, shipping address shipped.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 22, 2005 09:40 PM

5 Neato! I'm glad I thought of that idea--now, he just needs first editions of all the juveniles and he can die a happy Pixy...not anytime soon, tho.

Posted by: Victor and his seventeen pet rats @ at February 24, 2005 01:13 PM

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I guess the All-Powerful and Wonderful Benevolent Leaderâ„¢ has not disallowed my access to the Munuvian Empire Blogs. . .so, I herewith humbly request your assistance.

I have created some banners for RP and we want to implement these banners (I believe there are eight, in total) as rotating banners for him. I have, indeed, found Madfish Willie's helpful tutorial but am curious about using .php to keep load-times to a minium. I'm a little rusty with MT as I'm a WordPress convert. . .

Also, I'll need detailed instructions for RP to add me (if he so desires) as a blog author so that I can get in there and tweak his code. (Sounds dirty, huh? Heh.)

Any help provided in this regard would be appreciated. THANKYATHANKYATHANKYA!

XOXO,
m

Posted by: Miss Apropos at 11:22 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Rocket Jones will be hosting the next two Carnivals of the Recipes (scheduling quirk). I'm asking all Munuvians to send your best recipes to me or, better yet, post them on your blog and let me know that they're there so I can link to them. Drinks, appetizers, desserts, oddities, it doesn't matter, so send 'em or post 'em. Thanks.

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Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:59 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

With just over 10 hours remaining I have been outbid on Assignment Eternity. The current bid is $56.00.

I am moving on to The Menace From Earth. I have the high bid at $35 (reserve not met) with 3 days and 10 hours remaining.

(Note: This quest will continue until successful. This will be the last time I double post. All future updates will be at my site only. P.S. I am still looking for an address to ship this to if anyone has it)

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 04:50 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 I have it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 17, 2005 09:17 PM

2 The address, I mean. Not the book.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 17, 2005 09:17 PM

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Lately I've had real problems uploading pics, etc-is the problem just on my end? I've tried it from two different LANs and still she no work...

//H

Posted by: Everydaystranger at 01:06 PM | Comments (13) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 That's probably been the least problematic part of the process for me. I've *never* had a problem loading pix.

Posted by: Ted @ at February 17, 2005 02:10 PM

2 Helen, what problem do you have? Is it just really slow to upload? Do you get an error message? Does it eventually work after repeated attempts during the same session? Does anything change between the failed attempts and whatever works?

(MT does have a maximum picture size allowable, but I assume that's not what you're running up against.)

Paul

Posted by: Light & Dark @ at February 18, 2005 04:12 AM

3 It just hangs once I get to the last upload window-it doesn't matter if I choose it as embedded or pop-up, it simply hangs there. I left the window for an hour at one point, it was still no go.

Posted by: Helen @ at February 18, 2005 06:58 AM

4 I turned off my firewall here and everything and tried it-still no work. I also tried it from a different pc on a different LAN this week, it also wouldn't upload. IT all just hangs there. And the pic is small-150x140 or something like that.

Posted by: Helen @ at February 18, 2005 07:02 AM

5 Odd. Let me try.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 18, 2005 12:55 PM

6 Okay, it's working for me, so it's not a system-wide issue. I checked your directories on the server, and they all look fine to me too.

Darn.

You can also use FTP to upload files, or the file manager in your CPanel account. Meanwhile, I'll take a look at the log files and see if I can find any clues.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 18, 2005 01:05 PM

7 You're a sweetheart, Pixy (but you knew that, right). I just tried the FTP option and the same thing-it just hangs.

Posted by: Helen @ at February 18, 2005 01:29 PM

8 I did a bunchle of uploads this morning and had no problem. Odd. You can send it to me and I'll upload it for you to help you through until this gets figgered out. Just let me know if you want pop-up code or embedded pic code.

Posted by: Jim @ at February 18, 2005 02:15 PM

9 Ah! Never mind! Jim helped me fix it, it was a file problem my end!

Thanks

Posted by: Helen @ at February 18, 2005 03:14 PM

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The Pixy Misa Token Of Gratitude eBay Quest continues with another Heinlein first edition Assignment In Eternity.

My current high bid is 33.52, the auction reserve has not been met. There are currently 2 days and 8 Hours remaining in this auction.

Hardcover Book in ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET! This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION/ 1st PRINTING OF THIS CLASSIC HEINLEIN NOVEL! The $3.00 price is intact on the jacket. The stated 'First Edition' is on the copyright page. The condition of this rare and valuable treasure is incredible. ONE OF THE BEST YOU WILL SEE IN CONDITION! The jacket has only light rubbing and a touch of wear as shown. The book boards are square with a tight binding. The boards and inside pages are very clean and in excellent condition.



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UPDATE: There are five other titles I am watching they all end 5 - 6 days from now: The Number of The Beast - Illustrated, Tomorrow The Stars, Rocket Ship Galileo, The Menace From Earth, and Red Planet

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 06:36 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Online Poker has decided that I simply MUST have trackbacks to my old posts.

Is there any clever script, like the script we have for comments, that closes the ability to trackback to old posts?

Online poker-never had it, never will.

-H

Posted by: Everydaystranger at 03:41 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I've updated MT3 to 3.15, and MT Blacklist 2 to 2.04b (and still no de-spam button, darn it!) and re-applied my little import-it-yourself patch. With that done, and the secret volunteer program getting under way, and all the server and spam problems squished, we should be able to restart the upgrade.

The current plan is to migrate the blogs across one by one. This will change your post numbers, and so possibly change your permalinks.

There is one other option: The Big Bang Upgrade. Rather than transferring blogs to MT3 one at a time, just upgrade the entire MT2.6 installation. From what I've seen, this should basically work. Probably. I think.

Well, anyway, the way I (almost) have things now, I will be able to step back and everyone will be able to move their blogs themselves. Cut and paste, export and import, rebuild - ta da! All without direct Pixy intervention.

So what do people think? Would you rather take a little time and move yourselves to MT3 when you're ready? Or risk the Big Bang? (I'll note that there's no chance whatsoever of losing your blog either way; we have backups everywhere.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:33 AM | Comments (30) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 "Put me in cold, I'm ready to play, today."

Either way is fine with me. My templates need a tad of tweaking to function in MT3 but Rob's already got those set to fly so just lemme know what's to do and I'll do it.

Posted by: Jim @ at February 14, 2005 10:33 AM

2 Either way - in fact my templates are screwed at the moment... so the sooner I convert the better (and I have backed up all my posts just in case...

Posted by: Ozguru @ at February 14, 2005 10:35 AM

3 There are a lot of non-techie type Munu's who're gonna need help either way, of course. I'd think that doing it in one swell foop would be the way to go.

If we go that route, are the permalinks going to be mucked up? Is that a foregone (I link back to previous posts quite often)?

Posted by: Ted @ at February 14, 2005 10:59 AM

4 I agree with Ted; one fell swoop. And count me in among the non-techie types who are going to need a whole lot of help to do it in one piece.

Posted by: Rachel Ann @ at February 14, 2005 12:29 PM

5 Either way is OK, but I'd like to know more as per Ted on what happens to post numberings and permalinks. That could cause problems.

Posted by: Simon @ at February 14, 2005 01:20 PM

6 Advantage of the swell foop plan is than post numberings don't change. Of course, then we have two separate MT 3 installations... But it would be easier to merge them than to migrate people one at a time.

Hmm, says Pixy.

Okay, I'll set up a test environment with a copy of the MT 2.6 setup and upgrade it to MT 3.1. And see what happens.

If it mostly works, we'll try it that way. If it's a mess, we'll go back to the one-blog-at-a-time way.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 14, 2005 02:20 PM

7 GAH! Templates don't port well ... they'll render ok but commenting isn't going to happen without some minor modifications for each blog.

I'll see if I can be a bit more precise than that in a minute (digs out MT 2.6 and reinstalls...)

Posted by: Rob @ at February 14, 2005 04:04 PM

8 I like the idea of the mass upgrade with post keepage.

Oooh...I'm all a-tingle with anticipation.

Posted by: Jim @ at February 14, 2005 04:05 PM

9 Oh and post numbering is a toggle option in the config of MT3 but I guess you knew that

Posted by: Rob @ at February 14, 2005 04:10 PM

10 I say go for broke and try the Big Blog Bang. If it goes wrong, you at least get pretty sparks.

And Jim: The lyric is "Put me in coach..." Not cold.

Posted by: Victor and his seventeen pet rats @ at February 14, 2005 04:19 PM

11 "Lay on, Macduff,
And damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'"

Push The Big Button.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin @ at February 14, 2005 04:39 PM

12 Victor - I fly business class, never coach. You get extra pretzels in business class.

Posted by: Jim @ at February 14, 2005 07:27 PM

13 I have always been a proponent of big bangs....

Posted by: Susie @ at February 14, 2005 07:38 PM

14 Well, if we're going for big bangs, then the more the merrier I always say.

(yeah, like I've ever had the chance to say that)

Posted by: Ted @ at February 14, 2005 10:17 PM

15 Big Bang is my vote

Posted by: Mookie @ at February 14, 2005 10:28 PM

16 I'm all for whichever one keeps the old post#'s which is how at least 80% of my traffic gets to my site.

So Big-Bang away!!

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford @ at February 14, 2005 10:42 PM

17 I've made a test copy of the database, and I'll do a trial upgrade today.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 14, 2005 10:42 PM

18 I have a complete copy of our MT 2.6 environment up now. After some trouble with PHPMyAdmin, stupid cow of a thing. I eventually went back to raw SQL, which is also a stupid cow of a thing, but at least it's a stupid cow that works. Where's my angry smiley?

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 15, 2005 02:56 AM

19 Just making sure I haven't broken anything yet...

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 15, 2005 03:39 AM

20 On my way in I noticed that Muniviana has been comment spammed and trackback spammed.....is there any way an additional someone could have editing permission for the group home blog to clean up the vermin droppings? I only suggest it because, Dearest Pixy, despite evidence to the contrary, you've got to sleep some time...

Posted by: Susie @ at February 15, 2005 08:58 PM

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Posted by: Nick Queen @ at February 15, 2005 11:10 PM

22 Tag, Susie, you're it!

Any other volunteers?

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 16, 2005 05:26 AM

23 Lemme at it, boss. For as much of MuNu as you feel appropriate.

Paul

Posted by: Light & Dark @ at February 17, 2005 02:15 AM

24 I'm late to the party (I've been busy tending to my She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, who rolled her Jeep on the 10th and keeps trying to go to work despite the doctor not releasing her yet), but [whispers] "Push the Red Button!"

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The first New Blog Carnival Showcase Extravaganza No. 1 is up. Thanks to everybody who has helped spread the word and offered to host. Please check out the new blogs and keep checking for new Showcases each week.

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