Category Archives: Forums

Blake Ross is an inspiration

Posted on 8/22/2007 by Elliot Lee

As a Firefox Campus Rep, I get a box of Firefox goodies to use while promoting Firefox on the USC campus. A few days ago, I received a box for this year. It contains a book called Firefox for Dummies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Forums, Geek Stuff, Goals | 1 Comment

vBulletin Mass-Edit View Age, Sort Field, Sort Order?

Posted on 3/3/2007 by Elliot Lee

Is there any way to mass-edit these three fields for all forums? Default View Age (Default date cut-off for thread display) Default Sort Field Default Sort Order I’m manually going through and applying literally the exact same settings to every … Continue reading →

Posted in Forums, Questions | 1 Comment

vBulletin Edit Titles

Posted on 3/3/2007 by Elliot Lee

When you edit the first post of a topic in vBulletin, it doesn’t update the topic title, even if you update counters in the Maintenance section. One of the first posts I found on the subject was Bug with editing … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer Tips, Forums | 1 Comment

Spammers are crafty, but silly too

Posted on 3/1/2007 by Elliot Lee

I’ve been struck by the stupidity of the spam I’m seeing. I see tons and tons of spam everyday, from comments on my blog, to posts on Google Community, to your typical email spam. The spam that’s hitting forums today … Continue reading →

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Defeating spam with a question

Posted on 12/15/2006 by Elliot Lee

I just upgraded Google Community vBulletin. I thought they had better ways to fight spam, but not so: they use image verification, no matter how complex it is. The more weird-looking the images get, the harder it is for real … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Forums, Ideas, Questions, Technical | 4 Comments

Topics of Interest on SitePoint

Posted on 3/16/2006 by Elliot Lee

This post has been moved to my linkblog as SitePoint Topics.

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Website for You

Posted on 3/2/2006 by Elliot Lee

I’m finally going to follow up on my post from about 2 months ago, Too Many Websites. I sat down today and suddenly remembered a few sites that I love, but don’t have time for – and so the’ve been … Continue reading →

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The Web is Becoming Increasingly Overwhelming

Posted on 1/16/2006 by Elliot Lee

The year was 1996. I was creating my first website. It was about Pokemon, games, and programming. Life was simpler back then. The Internet felt like a relatively small community. The number of webmasters was a fraction of what it … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Forums, Ideas, Neat Stuff, Questions, Technical, Work | 2 Comments

Robots, Math, phpBB Star, MP3 Shack, Pete, Ishwar, Essays

Posted on 11/30/2005 by Elliot Lee

[MM] I woke this morning in time to finish my Calculus homework before going to EE 106 to work with Michael O. on our robot. We’re supposed to make it run through an obstacle course, but the IR detectors see … Continue reading →

Posted in Forums, Midnight Messages, USC, Work | 2 Comments