Entries in the "Site Maintenance" Category
Goodbye ads, hello meta
July 20, 2007
You may have noticed that the Google Adsense ads are gone. Or maybe you didn't because you people never clicked them, earning me literally pennies per day. On good days. Maybe you didn't see them because you use Firefox with ad blockers that filter them out so that you don't...
A surge in the war on spam
January 13, 2007
Just a quick note to say that I've implemented the Comment Challenge Plugin in an effort to stamp out what will hopefully be the last of the annoying comment spams by automated spambots. When you go to comment on a story you'll see a new field asking you to type...
Photos page updated
December 8, 2006
The other day I realized that the Photos page hadn't been updated for months and wasn't pointing to a lot of my photography related content. It's probably the case that nobody looks at that page, but since that kind of stuff keeps me awake at night I went ahead and...
Pulling my hair out...
November 2, 2006
Gah, this is driving me crazy. For the last few weeks I've been noticing a series of (likely related) problems on this site. The most visible to readers is probably that when you try to leave a comment the page a) takes FOREVER to post the comment, like 30-60 seconds,...
New RSS Syndication via Feedburner
October 20, 2006
You may have noticed the big orange "chicklet" over on the right with the words "Subscribe to xml feed" underneath it. That's because I recently added RSS syndication via Feedburner.com. For those of you not in the know, RSS is a technology that allows me to syndicate the content...
Tag!
September 26, 2006
You may have noticed something new along the right-hand column and at the end of posts lately. Or maybe you didn't, in which case you really should be paying closer attention. I added Movable Type's tag functionality to the website to see how I like it, then went back and...
Comments
September 5, 2006
Comments are temporariliy disabled while I deal with some nasty spam attacks. I know what I need to do, just need a few spare moments to do it. Should be back up later tonight. Speaking of which, where ARE all the comments? Seems kind of dry here lately. I'm not...
Comments bug fixed
July 14, 2006
I finally got around to tracking down and fixing the bug that was causing commenter info (name, e-mail, URL) not to be remembered in the comments fields. It'll now set a cookie to remember such minutia. So if you had quit commenting or gnashed your teeth every time you had...
Site Tweaks: Sam's Story Index, Pics, & More
May 20, 2006
I spent a little time this week improving the site structure and fixing a few things that were broken. First off, I tweaked the Photos index page to add a link to my Flickr photostream and another link to the Sam's Story index page for people looking for pics of...
jmadigan.net: Now with ads, search, and photos
April 12, 2006
Few quick notes about three changes and enhancements to the site in case you didn't notice. Item #1: Google Ads. I added some Google Adsense ads to the site, so feel free to click them repeatedly. Or not. They're not really big money makers (I've run them for several months...
Welcome to jmadigan.net v2.0!
January 17, 2006
Hooray! A few things are still in want of fixing, but for the most part it's all done and I can finally welcome you to the new jmadigan.net. New to you are: (1) New design, obviously. I really liked the red and yellow color scheme of the old design, but...
Welcome to a sneak peek of jmadigan.net v2.0
January 15, 2006
Hello. As you've probably noticed, I have redesigned the site. Well, I have almost redesigned the site; there's still a few things I'm working on. I'll say plenty more later, but hold tight for now. Pretty much everything but the blog is up and running, so take a look around...
Links page updated
December 16, 2005
I gave the Links Page a much-needed update. I added the sites I've done designs for in addition to the ones that I own or directly manage. Check it out if you want to see some of the other sites I've designed or written copy for. On a related note,...
I am once again a master of the web
February 15, 2005
I mentioned a while back how I was elected, through what I think was an uncontested race, to the office of "Vice President - Web Publications" for the Personnel Testing Council of Southern California. This is a fancy pants way of saying "Webmaster" as my duties seem to wholly consist...
Categorize this!
January 11, 2005
As you may have noticed, I've added categories to this site. This means that each post is categorized into one or more category, categorically. I initially shunned this feature because it so often seems pointless and leads to having a dozen categories, most of which have one or two posts...
Comments
December 28, 2004
Looks like my host has decided to nuke the Movable Type commenting system on my site (and others) because they were getting pounded by comment spammers. This means you can't leave comments at the moment, though you can always e-mail me.I wondered why things were so quiet. I'm going to...
POTD? OMG! WTF?
December 2, 2004
As you may have noticed by looking over there to the right, I've added a "Picture of the Day" (POTD) to the site. This is something that's been on my to-do list for quite some time but I finally got around to doing it. It gives me a chance to...
Why you shouldn't directly link to images
August 17, 2004
If you're going to "borrow" a funny or neat image from another website, it's generally considered bad form to just link directly to it in your code so that your webpage grabs the image from the creator's website and loads it when someone looks at yours. Assuming you've got any...
Tweak!
April 17, 2004
I made two small tweaks to the site design. Did you notice? Do you care? ...
The keeping of the house
March 6, 2004
I got a few minutes to myself this morning and decided to spend it doing a little housekeeping. I updated the Links page to include PlanetTabor, the new personal website for Darren Tabor, my friend, former manager, and new member of the GameSpy Alumni Society. Go say "hi". I also...
Search me
March 4, 2004
I would like to take this opportunity to point out that jmadigan.net is the 8th most popular site when one does Google search for "photos of how frogs make babies". Wait. It gets better. This very site you are visiting now is the NUMBER ONE WEBSITE when you search for...
Tweakin' and spammin'
February 21, 2004
I hate getting spam, and have taken sufficient safeguards as to relegate it to an occasional nuisance instead of a constant problem. I never give out my real e-mail address unless I absolutely have to, preferring to give out fakes whenever possible (in fact, if anyone has the address "marf@marf.com"...
Now with fresh lemon scent
January 1, 2004
It's a new year, and a new blog. Welcome to Blog a la Madigan, v2.0. I started this project hesitantly, because I'd seen many others jump on the blogwagon and then flop right back off again. I wasn't sure if it was something I'd see as a hobby or as...
Hey! It's a blog!
September 15, 2003
I've been meaning to do this for a while, and finally sat down and did it today. Actually, I kind of suprised myself --it was easier than I thought. Guess all that time doing HTML paid off. :) Anyway, welcome to Blog a la Madigan. I'll be posting news, pictures,...