Archive for February, 2009

I absolutely love the Disqus commenting system for my blogs, but I have been noticing an increased number of emails from spammers leaving messages on my blogs.

I didn’t understand how these creeps were bypassing Disqus, and today I finaly noticed that all my older posts were still set up to allow comments and trackbacks through the Wordpress system. The spam messages would never see the light of day on my blogs but the moderation has been a nightmare.

If you’re going to add Disqus to your blog (I highly recommend it) then you need to make sure you turn off commenting in your settings. I would also recommend updating the setting to turn off commenting on any post older then 14 days (or any duration you want to set).

Don’t worry about turning this off because Disqus is set up to take over. Doing this will ensure your peace of mind when t comes to moderating your site.

… Scott

• Excellent video from Honda on failing to succeed – http://bit.ly/V8EiX #

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Before closing down TPRweb.com I had a plan to start a new site that would allow me to write about auctions at my own pace and write unrestricted.

There seems to be a freedom that comes when you write because you want to and not because you feel obligated.

The new site is http://www.myauctionlife.com and my goal is to create a place that fills some major voids in the online auction industry. One of those being a podcast that isn’t controled by eBay. I’m going to take the best ideas from TPRweb and introduce them in a better light with MyAuctionLife.com .

For those who remember TPRweb I hope you will find MyAuctionLife a refreshing change.

Let me know what you think …

• What’s with all the grant money ads on FaceBook? Not exactly effective marketing when that’s all I see … every page and all three ad spots #
• @matsonian How do you like your nail biter now? in reply to matsonian #
• Nooooooo … Jack got hit by a bus #
• Someone needs to throw a croch shot to the refs ala The Longest Yard style … this is insane! #
• That was such a lame call … the tackle was already in motion! #
• Man … those refs need to check their vision #
• @gruber You called that one … now what’s the score of the game going to be in reply to gruber #
• RT @philmartinez My homemade 3d contact lenses didn’t work. … ROFLMAO #
• @DamonBerger My thoughts exactly … when they showed the pre-commercial I wondered why they didn’t advertise this prior to the Super Bowl in reply to DamonBerger #
• @DanAndJennifer Is it a blender from BlendTech ( http://Willitblend.com ) in reply to DanAndJennifer #
• I can’t believe how many tackles were blocked on that run back! #
• OUCH! that’s sucks for the Cards #
• @whitneypannell I’m wondering how many people are watching and Tweeting LOL … kinda makes the party a lot bigger in reply to whitneypannell #
• @JPmicek I just noticed the closed captions on my TV are in sync with the delayed stream online … too funny in reply to JPmicek #
• Wow … that guy Adams is FAST! #
• Note to Hulu.com … we need to see better Super Bowl ads if you expect us to go see them at your site! #
• @matsonian Could be … you should have seen the surprised look on his face, he was trying to throw a pillow out and ended up on the floor in reply to matsonian #
• @corprebel Or an old mattress LOL … he used to climb out until one day he got scared, hope this isn’t his attempt to challenge in reply to corprebel #
• I just put my 2yr old in the playpen for a time out and watched him do a head dive flip out, thankfully the pillow broke his fall. #
• @frjohnsen I agree … Pepsi redeemed themselves with that one in reply to frjohnsen #
• SWEET … Vin Diesel is back in a new Fast & Furious #
• What are some of the commercials of Super Bowl past that you thought were great … Anyone remember the cat wranglers? #
• Funny thing … I bought 3 bags of Doritos for the Super Bowl, on sale at $1.65 but Winco over charged me @ $3.99 ! #
• Pepsi just wasted 3 million – lame – but the Doritos commercial was freakin GREAT!!!! #
• First Super Bowl commercial – Budweiser – I say, bring back the frogs #

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