The Pixy Misa Token Of Gratitude eBay Quest has officially begun. There were several good suggestions from Ted, Jim and Victor and is seventeen pet rats.

Taking Victor's suggestion as a starting point, the first bid has been placed and I am currently the high bidder for a 1948 edition of Robert Heinlein's Beyond the Horizon.

Hardcover Book in ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET! A great collector's item from one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time! Heinlein was one of the most influential authors in the science fiction genre. He developed new themes, new techniques and approaches. He became the first science fiction writer to break into major general magazines in the late 1940s with true, undisguised science fiction, and the first bestselling novel-length science fiction in the 1960s. The major themes of his work were social: radical individualism, libertarianism, religion, the relationship between physical and emotional love, and speculation about unorthodox social and family relationships.
The jacket on this book has edge wear with rubbing and some foxing. The book is square with a tight binding with clean boards and pages.

Published by: Grosset And Dunlap, 1948.

UPDATE: 2 hours 37 minutes remaining and I still have the high bid. I expect to still have the high bid for about 2 hours 35 minutes.

UPDATE: 48 minutes to go. Still have the high bid.

UPDATE: 22 minutes to go. Still have the high bid.

UPDATE: 10 minutes to go. Still have the high bid. Almost starting to believe.

UPDATE: 5 minutes to go. Still have the high bid. If I'm going to lose it's going to happen soon.

UPDATE: 3 minutes 51 seconds. I have been outbid. As expected the bid is over the pre-established budget. A new item will be chosen and the Pixy Misa Token Of Gratitude eBay Quest will continue tomorrow.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 07:41 AM | Comments (34) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Ah yes, the joys of eBay. On the plus side, there's always another one coming along.

Posted by: Ted @ at February 14, 2005 01:42 PM

2 can I make a recommendation... if you really want to win something on Ebay you have to play dirty!

Snipe it - http://hammertap.auctionstealer.com/home.cfm

Posted by: Rob @ at February 14, 2005 04:00 PM

3 Rob,

Thanks for the tip, but that would take all of the fun out of it!

It's kind of like hunting. If you put out a bait and wait for a deer to walk up to it and shoot it with some huge ass rifle, yeah you've got some venison but where's the thrill of the hunt. It's just target practice.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin @ at February 14, 2005 04:46 PM

4 Well that makes sense I guess. I only suggested it as there are a lot of hunters out there with BFGs who don't give a damn about the hunt and just want to make sausages ... and they tend to do some pretty serious population damage!

Anyway, happy hunting.

Posted by: Rob @ at February 16, 2005 01:08 PM

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Sorry about that, kids. Massive trackback spam flood.

Trackbacks will be down for an hour or so while I clean up.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 06:59 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

OK, I get it if you want to ban drug names and spammers. I was seriously pissed off that the word "socialist" got banned, but ok-it's to do with a drug, I guess I can get it.

But I just tried to write the word "sex" in my comments and was told it was banned.

Seriously-can someone please take the word "sex" off of the MT Banned list? It's fucking pissing me off. I am so angry that others get to decide what can and cannot be allowed to be commented in other people's comments. I talk about sex in my own comments, and others can talk about sex in my comments too.

Seriously.

Please remove "sex" from the MT Banning list and please can we stop being so triggy happy with the banning? If not, I'm going to take my toys and get my own domain, this makes me so angry. I love Munu and I am very loyal, but I will NOT be censored, and I do NOT accept the censoring of other people on my site without even being consulted.

//Pissed off Helen

Posted by: Everydaystranger at 12:23 PM | Comments (12) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Hey, has anyone noticed that Blogo Slovo has less to offer than Beyond the Black Hole?* Just kidding. I read down a few posts. ^{snark snark snark}

Speaking of gifts, not sure that many of ya'll are aware that my former blog child and former Munuvian, Cherry, is getting married on the 18th of this month and, thanks to the generosity of Honest Jim, I have a whopping 25 smackeroos in my Pay Pal account which I figure could be useful for purchasing a fantastic wedding present. What color apron do you think she would prefer?

*I actually heard that due delusions of grandeur or his claims of being some omnipotent conqueror from deep space or something, Zongo has been confined to a mental health facility. According to information in the most current press release, he is responding very well to drug therapy and could, at some future point, be released to once again wreak havoc on lower life forms.

Posted by: Tiger at 09:07 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Cherry's getting married? Cool!

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 10, 2005 11:35 PM

2 Please pass along my congratulations!

Posted by: Ted @ at February 11, 2005 12:15 AM

3 Mine, too!

Posted by: Tuning Spork @ at February 12, 2005 01:42 AM

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All right people. The $50 in my PayPal account isn't exactly collecting interest, and I am starting to get impatient for the hunt. I know you are all putting a lot of thought into a possible gift for Pixy Misa. But just start putting some ideas out there. You never know who they might inspire.

Here some thought starters.

How about some good speakers to listen to all of that anime he downloads? Or some good headphones so he can watch at work?

A nice comfy quilt for those moments when instead of working or taking care of us he actually sleeps?

Can you buy a good single malt on eBay? Can you ship it overseas?

Some really good chocolate?

A vintage edition of “Operation”?

Remember, this is a two level project. On one level it's doing something nice for Pixy. On the other it's trying to score a great deal on eBay.

I need some better ideas.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 04:13 AM | Comments (8) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I need to take down my blog, Blogo Slovo. Long story, involving job-hunting and needing to cover my tracks a bit better. Can someone help me?

DK

Posted by: Dave at 04:58 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Yikes! What the frick is going on, man? You can delete your blog at the login page. But if you want to hide it, yet save it for later, then I dunno other than to tell ya to save your posts in your documents, delete the blog and then rebuild the whole thing later.

This is why I don't blog at work.

It's also why my blog sucks wicked ass.

Posted by: Tuning Spork @ at February 09, 2005 05:13 AM

2 Sorry Dave. I'll take it offline now. I'll leave everything there, it just won't be visible to anyone.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 09, 2005 05:51 AM

3 Okay, all hidden away now. When you're comfortably set again, give me a yell and I'll put it back in place.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 09, 2005 05:53 AM

4 Thank you very much. I didn't know you could save it, I'm glad it didn't all get blown away. You're the best, Pixy.

DK

Posted by: Dave @ at February 09, 2005 04:45 PM

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Wouldn't it make sense to use the MTInclude tag to create our MuNu blogrolls? That way all those links will be included in the Technorati rankings.

Posted by: David Boxenhorn at 07:13 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Yes.

That's what I do.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 09, 2005 12:03 AM

2 Pixy: How do you do that? Are the include files publicly available?

Posted by: David Boxenhorn @ at February 09, 2005 09:11 AM

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Pixy - I'm still having trouble with email. Notifications don't seem to be coming through and I just sent out an email which got a "fail to send" type response from our server. Is this all related to the spam attack still?

By the way, Kung Hei Fat Choi...happy year of the rooster.

Posted by: Simon at 09:13 AM | Comments (14) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I've gotten a couple of trackback spams and noticed that there aren't any email notices being sent. The main problem with that is that I don't know which post they pinged to, so I can't go in and delete the spam.

Any ideas on how to determine which post was targeted?

Posted by: Ted at 02:56 AM | Comments (50) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Email notices should have arrived now. They're just being delayed a little because of our new spam filter process.

The best thing is to move to MT 3 (remember that?) MT 3 allows you to look at all the recent comments or trackbacks on your blog.

We'll be restarting the MT 3 wagon train this week.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 07, 2005 03:28 AM

2 Hey, Pixy, feel free to add me to MT 3 whenever you care to do so. I don't really understand the differences between our current version and the new version, so I am prepared to just throw myself headlong into the change. Do whatever you need to do!

And thanks for everything!

Posted by: RP @ at February 07, 2005 01:29 PM

3 I had assumed that everyone was migrating to MT 3, and was just quietly waiting for it. Now it sounds like we have to ask?

You really need to work on those dictatorial skills if we're gonna take over the universe.

Posted by: Ted @ at February 07, 2005 01:52 PM

4 I'm having the same problem with trackback spam but I haven't gotten any email notices either.

Sign me up for MT3 please ;-)

Posted by: gir @ at February 07, 2005 04:59 PM

5 I just had my first experience with trackback spam and like Ted, I cannot locate which post it is attributed to.

Should I concern myself with it while I wait for MT 3.0 to get going??

Posted by: Mad Mikey @ at February 08, 2005 12:35 AM

6 I doubt you could get me to tell the differences, techno-wise, between MT 3 and a wheel of good cheddar, but if it's good enough for Pixy, it's good enough for me. Sign me up too, please.

Posted by: LeeAnn @ at February 08, 2005 12:52 AM

7 Everyone will be migrated, the only question is how and in what order.

And whether it will be televised.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 08, 2005 01:12 AM

8 Oh... televised.... yeah baby! Can't wait!

And I guess that answers my question about comment email. Not that there was a real question... I figured we must be under a concerted assault because comment email is generally never a problem. (sorry I ramble to no real point when I'm tired)

Posted by: Teresa @ at February 08, 2005 03:45 PM

9 I'm with RP, "feel free to add me to MT 3 whenever you care to do so. I don't really understand the differences between our current version and the new version, so I am prepared to just throw myself headlong into the change."

Go for it, I'm in.

SlagleRock Out!

Oh and televised would be interesting, LOL.

Posted by: SlagleRock @ at February 08, 2005 07:08 PM

10 Are you looking for cheap Jordan shoes, Check it out now on my Signature.

Posted by: Jordan Retro @ at November 08, 2010 02:59 AM

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If you haven't been to my site recently, you probably missed this. I have been asking for suggestions for what I should try to buy on eBay with an extra $50 I have sitting in my PayPal account. Well, I am changing the rules. My objective is no longer to buy myself some nice fun thing - and thanks to all who have offered suggestions - my plan now is to buy a present for Pixy Misa. So leave me a suggestion for what I should pursue in honor of the man who does so much for all of us. (and if you happen to know the address to ship it to, drop me an email)

The Pixy Misa Token Of Gratitude eBay Quest will begin 1 week from today.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 06:42 PM | Comments (8) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

The spammers are back, and I've had to temporarily disable outgoing email. Email will be queued and will be sent out once I've fixed the problem.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:10 AM | Comments (12) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Oh, that explains it. Good luck Pixy. May the force be with you.

Posted by: Simon @ at February 04, 2005 10:26 AM

2 I would like to see a spammer hung to dry by his intestines. It would serve as an adequate warning to others.

Posted by: Jim @ at February 04, 2005 12:39 PM

3 Hey, Pixy - I'm using PHPlist to send out email notices and I sent out a couple mails to several hundred people this morning. That wasn't me that you detected, was it? In any case those list mailings didn't make it out of the server.

Posted by: Jim @ at February 04, 2005 02:05 PM

4 No, it wasn't you.

I've checked the mail queue, and I can see your notices there. It looks fine, so they are going out now. After that I'll be blocking mail for a few more hours.

Sorry about this, but I really have to stop these spammers.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at February 04, 2005 05:38 PM

5 Pixy, can you e-mail me the URL to get into Munuviana and my own site? I somehow wiped it off my bookmark list last night by mistake, and I'm too idiotic to figure out another way to get there.

Sorry! I locked myself out of the house . . .

Posted by: Attila Girl @ at February 04, 2005 05:47 PM

6 Or, you know, if e-mail is a problem I guess I can check back here.

Posted by: Attila Girl @ at February 04, 2005 05:48 PM

7 Miss Attila:

The address you need is blogs.mu.nu

Posted by: Light & Dark @ at February 04, 2005 06:09 PM

8 Thanks. I'm just a bit blonde this week; I'll get better.

Posted by: Attila Girl @ at February 04, 2005 06:38 PM

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The denial-of-service attackers are back, and I've been forced to temporarily disable both trackbacks and comments. Normal service will resume shortly.

Update: Comments are back. It's just those idiot crapflooders again, and my MT Craplist patch is dealing with it. Trackbacks will be offline for a few more minutes.

Update: Trackbacks are back online, and another 200 IP addresses are on my shitlist.

Update: Susie can't ping me! Let me try... Ping!

Oops. Trying again... Fixed!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 01:15 PM | Comments (20) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 I here I thought nobody loved me....

Posted by: Susie @ at February 03, 2005 01:35 PM

2 I can't ping this post...auugh!!! The Horror!!!

Posted by: Susie @ at February 03, 2005 01:52 PM

3 Yay!

Posted by: Susie @ at February 03, 2005 02:03 PM

4 Weird. I just recieved notice of a legitimate trackback from Dec 13th, 2003. Again. Weird...

Posted by: Tuning Spork @ at February 04, 2005 06:42 AM

5 Suddenly, I get a forbidden message when trying to trackback to any mu.nu blog. Can you help or explain? I'm no spammer.

Here's an example:

Sending trackback to: http://blog.mu.nu/cgi/mt-tb.cgi/65817 ... [post]
Response: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:29:12 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.3.10 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_ssl/2.8.22 OpenSSL/0.9.7a Connection: close Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /cgi/mt-tb.cgi/65817 on this server.

Posted by: SteveL @ at February 04, 2005 04:39 PM

6 Sorry, you probably had the misfortune to trackback to us in he middle of the attack and got blacklisted by mistake.

I think I've removed your IP from the list, so feel free to try again.

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Posted by: fsdfsd @ at April 12, 2011 01:45 PM

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The Showcase is undergoing a change: it's going to become a weekly carnival (what's one more carnival, after all). The details are here. I will be hosting the first carnival on Feb. 14th. Then I'll be looking for weekly hosts to share the joy that are new blogs.

If you could please help spread the word about the new New Blog Showcase Carnival. I'm looking for both submissions and hosts.

Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Simon at 10:59 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I was looking around at my blogs counter info, and I saw someone hit on my old blog, before I moved to Munuviana. Way back in 2003. Does that make me a pioneer of blogging?

Anways, it's always strange to read something you wrote a few years ago.

Take a look. It's pretty bad. But funny nonetheless.

It reminds me of when I was looking at CNET and was reading a story published back in 1996 about this new technology called DVDs, and more importantly DIVX, which was what Circuit City was trying to get as the standard.

It's amazing how technology and time flies.

Posted by: Tom Jefferson at 07:35 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Everyone is invited to participate in the absurdity. There will be a mystery prize.

Posted by: annika at 06:14 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Rob liked this one so much he thought I should post it here. Feel free to link to it on your own blog, and maybe forward it to Brian Noggle (Heather's hubbie. I know he's been offered a place in Munuvia before; why he hasn't taken us up on it is beyond me.).

Posted by: Victor at 01:22 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

So I'm sitting here monitoring the server, and it screeches to a halt, just like that. And I take a look, and we have 179 incoming trackbacks. So I kill them all, and check again, and there are another 185 of the little bastards.

So trackbacks will be disabled for a few minutes while I get it sorted out.

Update: Looks like it's a new Denial of Service attack aimed specifically at MT. Working now to block it at the web server.

Update: Over 22,000 trackbacks in the past hour. Bloody hell.

Update: Blocked for now, I think.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:51 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I've had to change some email settings on the server, because - well, because.

If you should stop getting email - comment notifications or whatever - let me know and I'll take another look.

Update: There's an security hole in Movable Type, all versions up to 3.14, that lets people send email through it if you have comment notification enabled. They've now released a patch for MT3 and a plugin for MT2 or MT3 to fix this (either one works).

I've applied the plugin to both installations, and will be patching MT3 tomorrow.

I'll also be upgrading MT2 from 2.64 to 2.661. Hopefully you won't notice anything, but just in case... (I'll make a backup first, of course.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:38 PM | Comments (8) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Well, bigger actually. I looked, for the first time in a while, at the relative size of my MuNu blogroll and the one contained on this site. Why am I missing so much, and is there an update I can grab?

Posted by: Frinklin at 11:45 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Someone probably already told everyone about this, but meh, here it is again anyway.

I know there was an earlier post about closing old threads because of spam, and since I often get hammered by spam I was all for it but didn't know how. So I did some searching and found that it can be done either with little plugins/program thingies, or with a (blessidly) simple code.

By using the appropriate code you can control when the comments will close automatically:

Close comments for posts more than 21 days old.
MTCloseComments old="21"

Close comments for posts that are too old to appear on the main index.

MTCloseComments

Close comments for posts that are not on the front page and have been inactive for at least three days.

MTCloseComments inactive="3"

Close comments for posts at least 7 days old and inactive for three or more days.

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(Remember to ad the <'s and >'s to the tags)

I will admit that it has its drawbacks because I know I still have a few threads that get googled sometimes and people leave comments, but I'd personally rather loose the comments then deal with the spam. I'd call it a fair trade.

I found it here.

Posted by: Mookie at 08:07 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)