The Akismet spam filter service we use on blog comments seems to be letting lots of spam through lately. We’re moderating all comments with links, as well as first time posters. That requires human interaction and increases lag between posting and seeing a comment, so we’ll continue to look for better options. Thanks to everyone […]
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Comments with links will require manual approval due to spam overload
We are being spammed like crazy and the a kismet filter seems helpless to stop it. Until we can get a handle on it all comments with any links at all will have to be manually approved. So sorry for the inconvenience, we’re working on a custom plugin based on lessons learned from the forum […]
Comments seem to be down on some posts
Our apologies, there is an an unknown error commenting on the workshop video post and some other posts (such as this one). We narrowed the error down and can hack around it for now. This post has the error and is left for testing. Sorry for the junky front page. We’ll try to get it […]
Comments issues
There is an intermittent issue with the comments. Some users are seeing other user details in the comment box. We tried a full reinstall, disabling plugins, flushing the cache, etc, but the issue persists. We posted a support query in the WordPress forum, and have been hanging out in the IRC channel. No solutions so […]
Choosing a substitute electronic part
Choosing substitute electronic components is a common snag for beginners. What do you do if you can’t get the exact part used in a project? Part finder posed this question about the USB IR Toy: This component is hard to find from my local store: D1, Small signal diode (DO323, BAS16HT1G, Rectifier 85V/0.2A Small Signal […]