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’ve been working on peewit recently. I’ve finally got it talking to telepathy-mission-control, logging in, retrieving a contacts list, displaying it in the GUI and updating when contacts leave/change status.

The current code is the master branch, but extra work may go on in the “tmc” branch …

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 …

TechRadar have an article about “Point and click GUIs: why are we still stuck with them?“, bemoaning the lack of innovation in the software interfaces we all use daily. Since the 80’s computer GUIs have been based on files, taskbars, menus and windows, manipulated by a mouse and keyboard …

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 …