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Monthly Archive May, 2016

Yes, I Ran My First Half Marathon… Over a Week Ago – II

The post’s title states that more than a week passed before I managed to write about this, but in a matter of hours it’ll be more than two weeks, so I have to somehow pick up from where I left off at the end of the previous post, when I was just crossing the start […]

Yes, I Ran My First Half Marathon… Over a Week Ago – I

Over a week has passed since May 15 and I still didn’t write this post, so let me now try to pick up from where I left off, which was when I woke up, at 6:15 AM. Was on my feet as soon as the first alarm went off, of course, but wanted to set […]

No More Separate Non-Security Windows Updates…

After installing an update to Windows Update released around the time of the start of the push to make everyone “upgrade” to Windows 10 made it no longer alert me that important updates are available, I have to glance at the available updates at least once every few days myself in order to catch any […]

Evidence for the WP-SpamShield Mess

Sadly, yesterday I allowed myself to be drawn into the WP-SpamShield developer’s “I said, you said” game and went around in circles for a few messages until the moderator yet again closed the thread, and again I got the warning. So what’s left there are opposing statements from an unhappy user and the developer of […]

Back to Akismet and a Few Things I Forgot to Mention

Over a year and a half since I switched to it, last night I switched back away from WP-SpamShield, which for my own use I’ll mention claimed to have blocked 72673 spam comments during this time, and returned to Akismet. What’s more, at this point I’d seriously advise everyone to be careful with WP-SpamShield because […]