Blogging: A few Pointers on Copyrights

This post can also be found on Blog Azeroth.
You blog, you write, and therefore you produce Intellectual Property, which is copyrighted. How does it work in practice? Let’s find out.
Mandatory Disclaimer
I am not a lawyer. This post cannot constitute valid legal advice under any jurisdiction and doesn’t pretend to. I urge you to contact a [...]

The Bastard is everywhere

Even in my Aksimet moderation queue.

Caught the bastard, though. And no, I have no second thoughts about publishing the bastard’s IP.

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Gold Spam in the Blogger part of the WoW Blogosphere

Within 24 hours, several of our blogging peers have reported being hit by gold ads in their comments, and have therefore tightened the requirements for commenting.
Unfortunately, where Gmail shines with its rather strong antispam mechanisms, Blogger currently has little to offer in terms of automation.
For those wondering how things are on WordPress, here is how [...]

Catching up

This morning my Technorati rank finally caught up with the one on my old blogspot blog before moving to self-hosted WordPress. Technorati had some technical issues for a couple of weeks which didn’t help either, and while I’m not too fussed about the Authority figures per se, the site used to be quite helpful in [...]

The Long Learning Process: WP Themes

While the current template on Altitis will do for the moment, I’m actually keen to make something really my own. I have therefore starting the work on a new, customized theme for my own purpose, which will also allow me to improve my otherwise rather limited CSS skills.
Getting used to the conventions and how the [...]

First WordPress update performed

Tonight WordPress released a minor update with some bug fixes(version 2.3.2). It was with a slight apprehension that I went about the upgrade, not least because the backup plugin I was using was acting up at first. As you can see, though, it all went down smoothly in the end.
The only thing which I had [...]

Winter’s Clothes

Since some among you have been pointing out that the previous theme used on Altitis was a bit, uhm, Spartan, here’s the Winter Clothing, which should liven up the site a tiny wee bit.
Don’t hesitate to comment to tell me that my taste gets worse and worse.

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From Blogger to WordPress: One Gotcha

Reviewing where I stand after the initial awe of discovery has died down, there’s one thing I’ve missed when I moved from Blogger: images.
Indeed, the importing process will get all your posts and comments off blogger without issues, but it won’t copy over the images you inserted in your original blog posts. All screenshots will [...]

From Blogger to WordPress: A few Pointers

Just because I changed platform doesn’t mean I plan to stop posting a couple of small tips and tricks every now and then. So here’s a list of things I’ve found out during the whole operation and a couple of gotchas.
Preparation

Get a webspace if you don’t have one already
If you’re planning a move over several [...]

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