xenoveritas.org

I've really got to start previewing and proof-reading these entry.

This is, yet again, an attempt to write down a policy that's been in effect for quite a while.

Anonymous comments all go to moderation. Logged in users can post without waiting the week or more it takes for me to get around to approving new comments (I'll get to it - really).

All comments are subject to a "lameness filter" that will reject comments based on programmatic filters. These are basically an attempt to block spam without requiring a captcha.

However all comments are subject to deletion based on the following:

You might notice that the site is green today. Well, as it turns out, this site is literally green: Dreamhost is a "green" hosting provider:

Of course, it's only "green" due to carbon offsets, which are sort of a silly thing, but for the sake of claiming to be greener than I really am I'll leave that argument for a later day.

I've put up the Christmas decorations here at xenoveritas.org! The theme will remain up for the remainder of the month.

Dreamhost will be moving the Spacey cluster on December 1st, from approximately 6:00AM to 2:00PM GMT. This will cause this site to be down for the same period of time.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

This recolored version of the main theme will remain up until Halloween ends, so enjoy it while it lasts.

I apologize in advance for the various places where Drupal's colors remain that fail in the inverted Halloween white-text-on-black-background scheme.

This policy has been in effect for a while but never officially typed up. So here's the policy on user accounts:

User accounts can be created by anyone, but may be deleted if:

1. The name is gibberish. Names like "XIjanawWeF" may be deleted at any time.
2. The name references adult content. The assumption here is that the account is being created to comment-spam for porn sites, and therefore is subject to immediate deletion.
3. Any account used for comment-spamming will be immediately deleted.

Welcome to the new Xenoveritas.org!

Update: I've moved the theme to the new Drupal 5 location, which changes the URL for the stylesheet, so everyone should get the new theme now.

Anyway, I have other hopes for the new site, but that'll come later...

Just in case anyone wonders, the reason comments sit in the moderation queue for ages is because I'm far too lazy to get around to approving them.

Sorry about the wait.

I wish I could claim it's been a busy week, but... well, it's been a cold one. That's my excuse.

That and I have the attention span of a - oo, Daily Show time.

The site has been updated, although there are still a few problems with Internet Explorer and certain pages that I'm not going to fix.

Other than that, everything appears to have come through OK!