Bad Behaviour 2.1 now uses a file (whitelist.ini) to determine what URLs/IP address/user agents to allow in, so instead of editing whitelist.inc.php you can just add this file into ‘wp-content/plugins/bad-behavior’ and be away.

As a bonus whitelist.ini isn’t updated so upgrades are less of a hassle now.

I mentioned a while ago that I had problems getting OpenID support on this blog.

I’ve now resolved them (as you can probably tell from the title) and heres a quick howto.

0: Remove the nifty way to do OpenID

You need to remove it, else Bad Things® will …

Two bits of newness.

I’ve taken the plunge and moved to hosting my own WordPress blog. The LiveJournal import script crapped itself a few times (it reached 13,000 comment imports; I only have 212 comments), but I think I’ve gotten them all across.

Also, I apologise for …