Category Archives: Site and Admin Stuff

I’ve added two new checkbox plug-ins. ((I’ve also added a third plugin, which will mean more pingbacks will be registered, but it means I have to register “Alas” with Technorati. In order to do that, I need to put this … Continue reading →

Nexy reports that’s she’s been having problems leaving comments on “Alas” and other wordpress blogs. She’s not the only one; I’ve had similar reports from Jake Squid and Defenestrated. It’s normal for comments to sometimes be put into moderation; when … Continue reading →

A couple of people reported that the “live comment preview” function was slowing down their browsers, so I’ve replaced it with an Ajax-based comments preview. This has the advantage of live preview in that you don’t have to reload the … Continue reading →

I’m trying to revamp the moderation over at my site, Rachel’s Tavern. As I frequently mention, I get many racism apologists, unorganized white supremacists, organized white supremacists, and colorblind racists stopping through my site. Once they are combined with the … Continue reading →

I feel a bit guilty; I’ve been neglecting “Alas” lately. Partly it’s that I have the flu that is (so it seems) never, ever going away; partly it’s a minor crisis at home (basement flooded, water damage everywhere, contractors contractors … Continue reading →

Ta-da! My ten favorite posts written by me in 2006. (I’m not going to attempt to rank the posts of other “Alas” contributors – but Maia has already done a “best of Maia 2006” post, and perhaps Rachael will do … Continue reading →

I’ve been extremely lax about enforcing the “feminist, pro-feminist and feminist-friendly” threads lately. I’m making a somewhat early new year’s resolution to stop being lax. Here’s the relevant bit of blog policy: Please note that some posts are marked as … Continue reading →

Hey, all! We’re having serious networking issues at my house, so my access to the series of tubes we call an internet is going to be somewhere between non-reliable and nonexistent for a while. So moderation here may be extra-slow … Continue reading →

UPDATE: Akismet says that the bug causing the false positives has been fixed. Original (now, I hope, moot) post is below the fold.