Archive for August 24th, 2008:


Can’t delete Akismet spam comments in latest WordPress

I’ve held my breath and crossed my fingers this evening updating the K-12 Online Conference blog from WordPress version 2.2 to the latest version 2.6.1. Everything seems to have gone smoothly (dare I say that) except when I try to delete identified Akismet spam comments I get the following error: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for

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Filmmakers document incredible courage of Liberian women

My knowledge of Liberia has been pretty limited to date. I learned about the Liberian Renaissance Education Complex talking to Dr. Dennis Harper (founder of Kijana Voices and Generation YES) at NECC in 2007 as part of a podcast interview. Before our conversation I had not heard of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the current president of Liberia

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No Ning networks for students under age 13, Monitored ePals email Accounts

Well, this is a bummer. The Ning Terms of Service agreement explicitly prohibits anyone from creating any Ning social networking sites “targeted at children under the age of 13.” I was aware of COPPA and knew I’d have to get parent permission for students to participate in an online community I was creating for a

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