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Happy Holidays was posted on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 at 13:56:55 GMT.

12 Comments

1. mike's Gravatarmike said:

what is this?

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 at 16:29:08 GMT Link

2. Chris Shiflett's GravatarChris Shiflett said:

It's sort of a friendly brain teaser for the holidays. :-)

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 at 17:31:35 GMT Link

3. S's GravatarS said:

Since trackbacks don't seem to work:

http://blog.phpdoc.info/archives/29-To-All.html

(-:

S

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 at 17:46:36 GMT Link

4. Chris Shiflett's GravatarChris Shiflett said:

Very nice. :-)

I never got around to implementing trackback. This blog wasn't a "real" blog until I finally gave in and added an RSS feed and comments, and by then everyone was turnning off trackback support due to spam, so I figured I wouldn't bother.

Is it worth implementing now, or will it just be a pain? My commenting system is already a big spam target, so that's enough hassle for me. :-)

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 at 17:53:05 GMT Link

5. S's GravatarS said:

Well, I don't get any trackback spam on my blog.. maybe a little.. I don't remember any.. <shrug/> It's just convenient in this case.

S

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 at 17:56:34 GMT Link

6. Jacques Marneweck's GravatarJacques Marneweck said:

I tend to not get any more trackback spam since moving my blog to Textdrive and it sits behind a well-maintained mod_security setup.

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 at 23:53:56 GMT Link

7. Dean Wood's GravatarDean Wood said:

And a Merry Xmas to you as well!!

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 at 07:33:07 GMT Link

8. Jan!'s GravatarJan! said:

Shouldn't that be s/ss/s/? (Note the trailing slash.)

Nice geeking out, though!

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 at 00:37:42 GMT Link

9. Jan!'s GravatarJan! said:

Oh, and happy holidays to you too, natch. (Ever so rude of me!)

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 at 00:40:35 GMT Link

10. Chris Shiflett's GravatarChris Shiflett said:

It works for me in vi without the trailing slash. :-)

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 at 21:11:39 GMT Link

11. AlexGreen's GravatarAlexGreen said:

I know what is it. It's implementation of a future captcha verification :)

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 at 08:09:15 GMT Link

12. Ligaya Turmelle's GravatarLigaya Turmelle said:

M E rr y

x mas

to you.

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 at 12:24:29 GMT Link

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