Drowned in Spam

Since two days ago, this blog has been experiencing massive comment spam submission. I had probably deleted at least 30 of that thing. I also saw that I was not alone. Many of my friends’ blog also got hit by the same bloody junk. My fellow bloggers wrote a thing or two about this incident:… Continue reading Drowned in Spam

Mendongkrak Nilai SpreadFirefox

Saat ini sepertinya sedang seru-serunya para pemblog berlomba untuk mendongkrak perbendaharaan nilai [SpreadFirefox](http://www.spreadfirefox.com). SpreadFirefox adalah situs yang bertujuan untuk mempopulerkan *web browser* [Mozilla Firefox](http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/). Pada situs SpreadFirefox, pengunjung dapat membuat sebuah account. Kemudian account tersebut akan mencatat nilai yang merepresentasikan usaha dari pemilik account untuk mempopulerkan Firefox. Cara paling populer untuk mempromosikan Firefox adalah dengan… Continue reading Mendongkrak Nilai SpreadFirefox

PHP Browser Sniffing to Promote Firefox

I spent a few minutes to implement some server side browser sniffing in order to promote [Firefox](http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=11248&t=75). It works by detecting whether the visitor uses Microsoft Internet Explorer or not. If it finds the user are still using Internet Explorer, then it will display a warning paragraph above the usual content. To see it in… Continue reading PHP Browser Sniffing to Promote Firefox

Comment Spammers Have Arrived

For the first time this site got hit by a few dozens of comment spam today (if you don’t consider [these](https://priyadi.net/archives/2004/09/10/anne-ahira-bukanlah-pahlawan/) as comment spam). I hope it doesn’t get any worse than this because that was the primary reason I closed the first version of this blog a year ago. Of course, since I set… Continue reading Comment Spammers Have Arrived

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Why I’ve Chosen WordPress

My previous blog post about [blogging software marketshare](https://priyadi.net/archives/2004/10/13/marketshare-software-blogging-di-indonesia/) spurred many comments from veteran bloggers. As I stated before, long time bloggers prefer [MovableType](http://www.movabletype.org) to other blogging software. [Thomas](http://warnadunia.net/) has told the world [why he still uses MovableType](http://warnadunia.net/archives/2004/10/why_still_mt). [Avianto](http://home.avianto.com) also posted the entry titled [Why MovableType?](http://home.avianto.com/archives/2004/10/why_movable_type.html). And what are my reasons switching to [WordPress](http://www.wordpress.org)?

Complicated Mobile Blogging

Mobile blogging is not yet straightforward enough. At least that what I thought when I was struggling to make my last post about [my nephew](https://priyadi.net/archives/2004/10/15/my-nephew-naufal-was-born/). I originally wanted to make the post with my notebook, however for some reason its modem refused to function properly. So I was left with my trusty P900 smartphone to… Continue reading Complicated Mobile Blogging

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Marketshare Software Blogging

Saya melakukan investigasi kecil mengenai perangkat lunak yang digunakan pada blog dari teman-teman yang ada pada sisi navigasi situs saya. Hasilnya adalah sebagai berikut: * [WordPress](http://www.wordpress.org): Big, Ananda, Arif, Benny, David, Eko, Idban, Mdamt, Nofie, Nugi, Aris, Ronny, Trias, Jay * [MovableType](http://www.movabletype.org): Boy, Enda, Amal, Thomas * [Blogger](http://www.blogger.com): Andi, Pak Andika, Pak Budi, Rani, Sireno,… Continue reading Marketshare Software Blogging

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Mdamt dan Ronny Migrasi ke WordPress

Salah satu pelopor *blogging* di Indonesia, Mdamt, melakukan [migrasi ke WordPress](http://aksi.mdamt.net/log/ar/2004-10-08-2/). Ini sudah yang kesekian kalinya para pemblog Indonesia melakukan [migrasi ke WordPress](https://priyadi.net/archives/2004/09/17/eksodus-ke-wordpress/). Berhubung yang pakai [WordPress](http://wordpress.org) sudah sedemikian banyak, bagaimana kalau para pengguna WordPress melakukan *[meetup](http://wordpress.meetup.com/127/)*? **Update**: [Ronny](http://ronny.haryan.to/) ternyata juga ikutan *nge-WordPress*.

WordPress 1.2.1 Has Been Released!

The [WordPress](http://wordpress.org) development team has released an important release. Anyone with older version should [upgrade to version 1.2.1](http://wordpress.org/development/2004/10/wp-121/) immediately as this release addresses a few minor security problem with version 1.2.0. If you (WordPress users) haven’t upgraded yet, please do as soon as possible, it took me only five minutes to do this upgrade.

One Month of My Blog

It’s been one month since my [first entry](https://priyadi.net/archives/2004/09/04/hello-world/) of this blog. Actually, I did some blogging before, but this site was inactive for a few months. In my opinion, my previous blog was a mess, so I decided to start over.

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Web Site Makeover!

With my Internet connection unstable for almost the whole night, I spent my time doing makeover to this web site. It’s about time, my web site already have this many posts and has withstood some hammerring with the recent [Ahira Gate](https://priyadi.net/archives/2004/09/17/ahira-gate-rangkuman/) fiasco. But with me lacking time and will, this web site has been using… Continue reading Web Site Makeover!

Mobile BIogging with WordPress

Several months ago, I tried blogging to this blog which still use MovableType 2.53 from a SonyEricsson P800. The web browser I used was Opera. My posting were submitted successfully. However it wasn’t straightforward because of MovableType’s over reliance of JavaScripts and popups. Today, my experience is much different. WordPress uses plain simple XHTML and… Continue reading Mobile BIogging with WordPress

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