Stream
Some other stuff ...
What I’ve watched
I keep a little log.
All fixed now. Thanks to DonTheMaster on Mastodon, who suggested changing my local DNS to 9.9.9.9
I have been trying to migrate some sites to a new host, with all the attendant patience-trying delays while things like DNS propagate. So an email telling me that a spammer had left a comment was actually quite welcome. If they can reach the site, then surely I can too.
No dice.
And now I am truly stumped. It has been more than 24 hours since I changed the DNS, but still the new host says my “URLs will point to your webspace as soon as the DNS record has been distributed”. I can see the site on a private site available only to me, but I cannot login to continue the migration. A DNS checker shows the correct details. I’ve cleared the caches on my browsers. I’ve tried incognito windows. All tell me the site cannot be reached. (Safari, bizarrely, says I am not connected the the internet, which I most certainly am.) If spammers can get to my site, why can’t I?
I suppose I’ll just have to wait for the host to open for business tomorrow.
Webmentions
Webmentions
Webmentions allow conversations across the web, based on a web standard. They are a powerful building block for the decentralized social web.
If you write something on your own site that links to this post, you can send me a Webmention by putting your post's URL in here:
Comments
I very much regret that Russian spammers have made my comment system unusable. If you want to email me a comment, it is easy enough to find the address and I will be happy to do the needful behind the scenes. Webmentions remain available (for now).