Don't Back Down

While I updated MT-Moderate to include the moderation of trackbacks, I'm starting to realize that, on my blog at least, it's really not doing much. I get trackbacks from time to time, but the vast majority of trackback spam that I get is being stopped by my modified version of dsbl_deny.pl.

If you'd like to use it, just open that link in your browser, save as dsbl_deny.pl and stick it in the plugins directory under your main Movable Type installation. Chances are high that you'll soon see an increased number of log entries telling you about trackbacks blocked from open proxies.

Seems that Arvind is talking up some Firefox search plugins. That's cool. I really love the extensibility of Firefox and how it is so easy to add stuff to it. What I really don't get is why you'd want a search plugin. They simply aren't necessary.

I mean if you like having a little drop-down that goes specifically to your engine of choice (and having to click that drop-down list as well), that's great. But I'm definitely much more a fan of the keyboard. Using Firefox Keyword Searches, you can do this without an extension, without a restart and more importantly, without a mouse.

Once you've added a keyword search, just CTRL-L to select the address bar (heck, click it if you are so fired up to use your mouse), then type your keyword into the bar, followed by the search string. That's it!