At the moment, some readers are reporting a problem with comment editing. They can comment, but can’t edit afterwards. I don’t know if it’s the case for everyone, or just a few. I tried reinstalling and reactivating the edit plug-in, … Continue reading →
I tend to have an unofficial and unplanned schedule for blogging. I don’t always follow it, but usually I do most of my posting some time in the early-to-mid-afternoon. There are early-morning exceptions, of course, as well as late-night ones. … Continue reading →
Lately my spam filter seems to have occasionally been classifying perfectly normal comments from regular commenters as spam, for no apparent reason. It doesn’t happen often, but it’s been happening slightly more than usual. I try to catch it, but … Continue reading →
…and at first I think it’s just my site, so I’m actually relieved to find out it’s global. And now it’s fixed. The internet has become extremely sophisticated and ridiculously complex. No matter how many safeguards are built into it, … Continue reading →
I want to thank everyone who donated during my recent funding drive. I really cannot express how grateful I am. Every single contribution, small or large, is important to the continuation of this blog. All are deeply appreciated. Of course, … Continue reading →
There was another bot crawler attack last night, unfortunately. My apologies to all of you who might have gotten “error” messages for a while when you tried to access the blog. The good news is that it seems to have … Continue reading →
The Bing bot attack seems to have subsided—for now, anyway. But that’s certainly not a result of anything my host did to fix it, which was basically nothing. But now there’s an intermittent problem with comment autofill, in which every … Continue reading →
Sunday is my usual day off, so I’ll make this brief. The technical problems with the Bing bot crawler attack that began on Friday are continuing. My host is still working on it, as am I. I may end up … Continue reading →
You may have noticed some slowing down of the blog loading time, and also you might be getting some error messages. Generally, though, you can still get here and comment here. It appears to involve a sudden Bing crawler attack. … Continue reading →
I wonder why. Traffic’s up all around the blogosphere with this Kavanaugh brouhaha. I think it might be a consequence of that. I doubt it’s specific to me, though; the spam seems to be of the very ordinary kind. So … Continue reading →
On my computer and phone there’s sometimes a little time lag in new posts or new comments showing up on the blog. Hope it isn’t happening that way for you, but if it is, I suggest you try clearing your … Continue reading →
I noticed that yesterday, rather suddenly, the comments began to have double time stamps. This had been a problem in the early days of the new blog (long before the redirect), and I fixed it months ago, but it wasn’t … Continue reading →