I’ve done more systems work today than is typical.

The mail server, after a brutal spam thrashing that began 24 hours ago (see below), has been turned back on with updated Spamassassin rules, enhanced by the always awesome Mailscanner interface.  I’ve also completed the earlier-mentioned theme update.

And, moments ago, I reenabled twitterfeed.  I’m feeling like I’m getting close to convergence of my online presence.  If I could eliminate email… that’d be nice.

Tags: email, spam, spamassassin, mailscanner, twitterfeed

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I watched the temperature in Littleton, the nearest town with an official weather feed, climb from 2 to 3, and now 4 degrees F.

I may have to remove my fleece…

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Today, it is cold.  Actually, it is very, very cold in most of Colorado today.  That’s theme #1.  Theme #2 is Wordpress themes.

I’ve used Wordpress since 2005 or earlier (I began testing it before I made the switch), and one of the reasons I’ve stuck with it is the theme metaphor.  I appreciate the ease with which I can made visual presentation changes, with almost no coding effort at all.  The folks who’ve developed themes & made them freely available are to be thanked.

Yesterday & again this morning I tried several new themes and have settled into one that I really like.  A couple of tweaks later, and this feels like what I’ve wanted for quite some time.

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Earlier today, I upgraded this blog to Wordpress 2.7. Using the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin, this was quick, painless & error-free.

Two thumbs up so far on the new dashboard; I really like it. You may have noticed that I also changed the theme today – carrington by my friend Alex King (thanks Alex.)

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