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Photo Gallery Software

I’ve really been having fun with Flickr. It’s easy to use and simple enough for most folks to view your photos. I had a client that wanted a way to easily add photos to a web page and I thought, “wouldn’t it be great if I could have something like that and incorporate it into a blog!”

In comes Gallery 2. Looks like a great idea, so I install and configure it. It’s not as easy to use as Flickr, but there are tons more options…which is the good (I suppose) and bad news. I did get a gallery started, I even began to integrate it into the blog. [WordPress Gallery 2 Plugin] You’ll have to keep an eye out to see if I try to work out the style and integration issues. It’s starting to weigh in on the “not so fun side”, so I’m not too sure…

You can take a look at the gallery here. Like everything on the web, it’s a work in progress…and a good excuse to go out for a ride and take photos.

Generating valid html code embedding Flash

I nearly gave up trying to keep my code valid and embed a Flash element into my page. (I had completely decided to ignore providing alternate content for users without flash).

But then I found SWFOject!

Not only was I able to embed the flash element I wanted, my code validated properly, and I was able to include a static image for users without flash or javascript enabled in their browsers.

Thank you Geoff Stearns for your help!

Gmail saves my email

Gmail For Your Domain makes it possible for me to get mail at my domain again. I’ve enjoyed having an account that doesn’t get 98% spam, so I don’t check the old account as often, but it sure is nice to be able to get message from folks that still use the old address. Thanks Gmail!

Gmail offers beta testing for domains!

Just when I thought that I may never be able to use our domain name for email again, I noticed that gmail began offering service to domains as part of a beta program. I’ve enjoyed my personal gmail account and it’s been a great help, so I’m very excited about this offer. Don’t start using my old email addresses yet, but maybe in the future I’ll be able to get email here again. Yeah Gmail!!

The Frog is Gone

Blue Security announced today that they will no longer pursue their anti-spam Blue Frog program. See CastleCop’s Blue Security Forum for more information. If you installed Blue Frog you should uninstall it now.

Spammers still sending Nasty Grams

Our email is still being Shanghaied by spammers sending “Nasty Grams” with our domain name forged in the header as the ‘from’ address. (Looks like this could be a long siege).

[edited: removed blue frog link as the frog is dead :( ]

Still in Limbo

We’re still not able to get email sent to us at our domain. If you’re trying to contact me, check the “about” page for current contact information.

Spammers Gone Crazy!

Thank you everyone who has contacted us regarding the spoofed emails being sent with our domain name forged in the headers. We too have been inundated with junk messages. While I would like nothing better than to stop this spam, the emails are not being sent from our server.

This appears to be the work of spammers who are not happy with the success of Blue Security’s Blue Frog Opt-Out Software. Blue Security has been under heavy DDoS attack, but the site is coming back up and “Fred” is reporting again!

See CastleCop’s Blue Security Forum for more details and ongoing news.

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