It’s now official, I booked the flight and all, I will be leaving for Seattle on the 26th. I’ve got my stuff all lined up on a table here ready to go. I really just have a few things to take care of around here, two weeks to do them, and that’s it!
That’s going to be a big day!
I finally fixed up some things on my site, which will make it easier for visitors to comment but stop comment spam.
Before today, to post a comment, a visitor had to register as a user. The user would then be required approval (since comment spammers create dummy users to gain access and post). I wouldn’t have time for this so that alone would take months, then finally the user could login and post.
Today I cleaned out the database of these dummy users, installed Drupal 4.7.7, and set-up a captcha (Drupal’s Captcha & Textimage modules). Anonymous users may now post comments only after solving the capcha, and their comments require approval. Registration requires solving the captcha, but doesn’t require user approval, and doesn’t require approval nor solving a captcha to post a comment.
It has come to my attention that the site was down this pass week or so. This was due to my host disabling the entire site due to a blog that I was hosting receiving lots of comment spam and taking up lots of server resources. Unfortunately, Site5 doesn’t believe in contacting the customer and working with them to resolve the issue first. Anyhow, the problem has been fixed and everything should be back now. Seriously, this total lack of people skills totally pisses me off!!!
It’s labor day and summer’s winding down over here. The time of year where everybody’s going back to school. Not for me though, I graduated now! It really feels weird not to be checking my schedule, reserving my locker, dusting off my backpack, and packing up my laptop.
Instead, I am planning my relocation to Seattle. I’m pretty much finished cleaning up my stuff, threw away lots of junk, and sorted out what I wanted to take with me. My data’s all on my FreeAgent Most of the paperwork is already done, and I will shortly be reserving my plane ticket to depart somewhere around the 26th day of the month. It’s an exciting beginning of a new way of life, but at the same time, I totally miss student life!
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