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War of the Report Buttons

Posted 19-08-08 at 11:11 AM by The Geek (Blog of a Geek)

Lately there has been much stupidity on the site that has been culminating into turrets syndrome with the 'Report Post' button.

The Report Post button is the pretty red one that used to always get mixed up with the reputation button. The purpose of the Report Post button is to help the moderator team identify posts that may be inappropriate. Instead it has become a tool for certain 'factions' to try and control what is being posted on the site.

Yes, sadly there are some...
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There are Geeks and then there are Dorks...

Posted 19-02-08 at 04:37 PM by The Geek (Blog of a Geek)

At the time of writing this - we just toppled over the 18,000 member mark which is pretty freaking cool. However at the time of writing this, I also have a big dent in my desk which matches the one in my forehead. Obviously the two (the desk and my forehead) have been meeting one another in rapid succession over the past week.

All thanks to Dorks.

A Dork is a special form of a Geek troll (someone on the site out to cause trouble just because they get off on getting people...
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Tired and space barred

Posted 19-08-07 at 10:12 PM by The Geek (Blog of a Geek)
Updated 25-08-07 at 03:09 PM by The Geek

Been freaking manic the past couple of weeks since going on Holiday in the states. In fact, I think I need another vacation!

CND in the UK

Still not sure what I can and can not talk about regarding the Hyperion situation, however I can say that I have been speaking to CND very regularly and they are pulling out all the stops to get the supply issue sorted here as soon as possible. I suspect that it won't be too much longer until they announce a new distributor.
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Upgrading hell

Posted 08-08-06 at 10:09 PM by The Geek (Blog of a Geek)
Updated 25-08-07 at 03:03 PM by The Geek

Upgrading is on par with poking a dull pencil in my eye.
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Updating the site

Posted 08-07-06 at 08:19 AM by The Geek (Blog of a Geek)
Updated 25-08-07 at 03:04 PM by The Geek

I got home yesterday from being in the States for a couple weeks. Since my body clock is way out of wack, I got up at about 3:30am and decided to spend this morning updating various elements of the site.
  • The Journal system is updated with a new look and feel making it FAR more intuitive and good looking
  • Categorized the articles section (been needing to do that for awhile)
  • Switched sub forums and categories to appear on home page
  • Updated geekmolians system
  • Tweaked gift display
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