[WORDPRESS] Search the WordPress.com Blog

I've created a small script for Firefox that adds a search form to the WordPress.com Official blog.

[WORDPRESS] Akismet Auntie Spam update

Ever have one of those weeks? Akismet has decided that all comments from me are spam and there's nothing I can do about it, other than politely emailing the blogs I regularly post to and asking them to go dumpster diving for me.

I've updated my Akismet Auntie Spam script for Firefox so that
-- Hovering over the "super compressed" spam gives you a preview with an option to mark it as not spam.
-- You can edit the script and enter keywords that you want to see pointed out as NOT SPAM. This is great for putting in your own blog name, or for putting in friends who always get marked as spam.

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[THEME] Preview of themes for the Sandbox Design Competition

The Sandbox Design Competition as come to a close. I only managed to get two designs in under the wire which I will be releasing later this week. You can see previews here.

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[THEME] Sandboxed sample zip updated

I’ve taken the sample blog and example CSS template provided by Scott Wallick and made a very easy to use downloadable archive. It contains nothing but the HTML files, image files and CSS from the sample blog. It can get you redesigning Sandbox in less than a minute.

http://internet-duct-tape.googlecode.com/files/sandbox-20070716.zip

now includes:

• comment forms
• layouts
• example (Kubrick and Spartan)

http://internet-duct-tape.googlecode.com/files/wptheme-20070715.zip

this is the old version of Sandbox that is on WordPress.com, useful if you aren't desiging for the Sandbox competition.

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[FLICKR] Always search for CC licenses photos

I've updated my script that forces the Flickr search box to remember that you're searching for Creative Commons licensed photos. It fixes a problem with the advanced search box.

List of Software

I've put together a list of all the software I've created at http://internetducttape.com/tools/

I've oh-so-intelligently organized it by the websites they interface with. Check it out if you haven't already.

And thank you for being an early adopter to my software update news blog.

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Welcome to IDT Labs

IDT Labs is an offshoot of Internet Duct Tape.com.

It is used for announcements related to software, tools, and blog themes I have created.

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