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We’re in the money…
Well, we could be… if we could just find a sucker buyer. How much is my website worth?
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B&P is having comment problems
For some reason readers are not able to leave comments or see comments on the Bits & Pieces posts. I can’t see them either. This is a whole new kind of problem. I tried disabling the comment...
View ArticleA few changes on B&P
A couple of changes you’ll see in the next couple of days…. Friday Firesmith: B&P reader, and writer, Mike Firesmith will be writing a column for Bits & Pieces every Friday. We’re going to...
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Spam in record numbers
I’ve gotten almost 1,100 spam comments overnight. That’s a record. The vast majority of them have links to one site. Those comments don’t see the light of day as they go straight to the spam folder....
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I’m Tinkering With Spam Settings…
I made a few changes in the settings of a couple plugins for WordPress to see if that might slow the spam comments. The main one is that I’ve disallowed commenting from behind proxy servers. If you...
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We’ve got mail!
We don’t get a lot of real mail at B&P so I don’t check my post office box too often but I did yesterday since I had to go by the post office to drop off some mail. Amongst the many flyers and...
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Making changes – The Saga Continues
As many of you know I’ve been trying to switch my internet, phone and TV service to cable. I had two installation appointments but the installed couldn’t do the installation because there was nothing...
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You Amazon purchases can help support B&P
Just a reminder that if you need to order something from Amazon.com, and who doesn’t, that if you go there from the Amazon search box in the right sidebar (or any other Amazon link on B&P) I’ll...
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Amazon.com links
You can support Bits & Pieces when you shop at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk by clicking the links in the right sidebar (at the top and bottom). Any purchases you make help support B&P without...
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More Website Problems
You may have noticed that B&P has been a little sluggish in loading the last day or two. With what little skills I have, I’ve determined that someone in the Ukraine has been trying to hack into...
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B&P Turns 11
It was eleven years ago yesterday that the very first post appeared on Bits & Pieces. It’s been a wild ride at times. I’ve posted some interesting, weird and funny things along the way… many of...
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Shameless Plug Sunday
From time to time we open up the B&P Shameless Plug Line, where you can plug your own website. Tell us about your site in a couple of lines and give us a link. Limit to 2 links please for those...
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The Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is a digital time capsule created by the Internet Archive, a non-profit organization, based in San Francisco, California. It is maintained with content from Alexa Internet. The...
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Website changes…
Thumbs Down: I’ve disabled the Thumbs Down button at the bottom of posts on a trial basis. We have a few trolls who down-vote every post so the tally isn’t very accurate or helpful. For now we’ll...
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Star Rating for Posts
I’m trying out a rating system for posts. It has 5 stars so you can choose how much you like a particular post with 5 stars meaning that you like it a lot. This is a trial until I get a feel for how...
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Issue with comments on Bits of Wisdom resolved
I hadn’t received any comments on Bits of Wisdom for a couple of months and Tim emailed me and said he tried to leave one and couldn’t. I checked it out and was able to leave a comment. So today I...
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B&P Downtime
Bits and Pieces was down this morning because its deadbeat owner didn’t renew the hosting plan that expired February 21. A quick search of past emails shows a couple of reminders that were apparently...
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B&P turned 12 yesterday
It was twelve years ago yesterday that the very first post appeared on Bits & Pieces. Thanks to all of you who visit – whether you stop by every once in a while or whether you’re here several...
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New Star Rating System
I’m trying a new Star Rating plugin for posts and comments. I was having some issues with individual posts and some other issues when I posted things to the Best of Bits Facebook page. Some of these...
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The Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is a digital time capsule created by the Internet Archive, a non-profit organization, based in San Francisco, California. It is maintained with content from Alexa Internet. The...
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