Archive for November, 2005

Squid's HTTP Acceleration Mode

November 29th, 2005 by Alexander Kirk | Comments 6 Comments »

I have recently configured a server of mine to use the Squid Cache in HTTP Acceleration mode. So what's this anyway? A typical request to a webserver looks like this: Client browser opens connection to server port 80, server sends back the data through that connection. For the time of the transfer the server "loses" [...]

Favicon caching

November 28th, 2005 by Alexander Kirk | Comments Comments Off

Hello there, You may have noticed that your blummy now opens a bit faster. This is due to a new feature: [Feature] Favicons are cached on the blummy server. So now your blummy will not hesitate to open because some server is not ready to serve his icon. I hope this causes some speed-ups ;) [...]

Using a Feedback Form for Spam

November 11th, 2005 by Alexander Kirk | Comments 3 Comments »

Have you ever received weird spam via the feedback form of your site? Something with your own address as sender or with some Mime stuff in the body? Your form is likely to be misused for spamming. How does it work? For PHP, for example, there is the mail function that can be used to [...]

Moderation in place

November 5th, 2005 by Alexander Kirk | Comments 3 Comments »

The latest update to blummy covers moderation. I have cleaned up the blummlets so that there should not be too many blummlets doing the same thing left. While cleaning up I had to merge a few blummlets; if everything went okay you wouldn't have noticed anything, if not, a blummlet might have disappeared from your [...]

Now with Preferences

November 3rd, 2005 by Alexander Kirk | Comments 6 Comments »

So the latest release is online. The additions this time: [GUI] There is now a simple and advanced mode. [Feature] A Preferences page is now available. [App] You can now change blummy's opacity in the Preferences. [App] You can now change the close button position in blummy in the Preferences. [Feature] There is now a [...]

blummy forum

November 2nd, 2005 by Alexander Kirk | Comments 2 Comments »

I have now setup a forum for blummy. It is integrated with the blummy authentication system so that you don't have to register once again. blummy, forum

del.icio.us Bookmarks

November 1st, 2005 by Alexander Kirk | Comments 2 Comments »

I have created a new blummlet called del.icio.us Bookmarks. It's just another demonstration of what is possible with blummy but it might be useful, too ;) Using it you have access to your latest bookmarks on del.icio.us from within blummy. You can also specify a certain tag so that only bookmarks having that tag will [...]