Mike Little's Journalized

WordPress 1.5.1.3 was released this morning. This release contains a security fix that is well worth having. Whilst the particular vulnerability hasn’t been officially announced, it’s not too hard to figure it out.

I’ve just upgraded the dozen or so blogs I manage and it was quite painless. There are some other fixes along with the security fix so don’t hesitate to get it.

Happy Birthday Sue!

Lots of love,
Mike, Jan, and Jamie
xoxox

Who the heck is this cheeky so-and-so? Someone going by the name of ‘refekt’ has thrown up a WordPress blog with half-a-dozen or so of my blog postings under their own name! They even gone so far as to reproduce the markup I used as well as the blog being one of my themes.

The blog is at podzice.com. The domain is owned by Chi-Tak Chow of whitewater, WI.
I’ve contacted the hosting service and cc-ed the Administrative Contact for the domain. Alas the latter bounced immediately.

update 1:20am: Here’s another one. www.golig.com/wp This time just taking the headlines and first few words, presumably to have some content to experiment with.

Update 26/06/2005: I’ve had no response from either the owner or the hosting company and there are a couple of new stories on there now (neither are mine). So I went ahead and registered on his blog (you have to register in order to comment). I’ve left a polite comment on each of the 8 or 9 posts which have been stolen from me. They are flagged for moderation, I await a response.

Resolved! 26/06/2005: Chris Parkerson at his hosting company has removed the posts with my content! Great. Thanks Chris!
I also got a separate email from the owner of the site explaining he had given posting privileges to the guy who was responsible and won’t be doing that again.

I have released new versions of all my Journalized themes. These releases incorporate fixes and suggestions made by everyone trying out the themes. They each have their own page now! Here’s the list:

• Journalized Blue
• Journalized Sand
• Journalized Winter