by Jim Stitzel | Nov 18, 2009 | Geekery
About a week ago, I set WordPress to automatically close comments on posts over 90 days old on my Reclaimer website. Spam comments over there have become completely unreasonable lately, with Akismet catching and filtering out upwards of 300 spam a day. The vast...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 17, 2009 | Geekery
A while back I switched my web hosting from Bluehost to MediaTemple. Basically, I needed the additional bandwidth and the ability to have full control over my server setup. MediaTemple came highly recommended, and I’ve never been sorry I switched. The downside...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 13, 2009 | Geekery
This is a repost of my original writeup over on Shamus Writes. I thought I’d go ahead and describe the process for installing Ghostscript on a MediaTemple (dv) server, especially since I’ve already got one reader who would like to see it. Use your favorite...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 12, 2009 | General
I’ve been doing a lot of drawing in my sketchbook recently. I try to do at least a little bit every day. I’m told that the best way to hone one’s craft is to practice daily, and I’m finding that this wisdom seems to be true. The more I draw, I...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 3, 2009 | Gallery
Over this past weekend, my wife, sister-in-law, and I took a couple of horses down to Myrtle Beach, SC, for the annual American Heart Association Jack Monroe Benefit Ride. It’s a time when a couple of thousand people take over a campground with their horses and...
