Becky and Jared's Blog
Becky, Jared and Sarah
Log In to Comment
Jun 25th
I’ve implemented a new system that requires people to log in to comment. You just use a Google, Yahoo, or Facebook account to log in. I’m using a highly secure and safe system to do this. The paid version of this system is used by places like National Geographic, Fox News and Overstock.com for their social authentication systems. So I will never see passwords or anything because you’ll be logging in through a third party system. I’ve done this because we’ve been getting some spam and I’m hoping that by requiring a login it will block it all.
If you find ANYTHING wrong with the system, please email me and let me know. I’ve tested it out a bit, but not thoroughly. I’ve posted a couple comments with it so I know it generally works. If you find a page or an instance where it doesn’t work, please please please let me know so I can either troubleshoot it or disable the system until I can get the bugs worked out.
Rolling Over: Case 2
Jun 20th
Sarah was only 19 days old when this video was taken. She’s so awesome. She was a little fussy when we took this because this was the second time I made her roll over. Also, she rolled over so fast at the end it surprised her!
Sarah’s First Week
Jun 10th
Here are the milestones of Sarah’s first week
Tuesday June 1st.
Sarah was born at 3:41 AM
Sarah minutes after birth
Sleeping Sarah (above)
Wednesday June 2nd
Went home from the hospital
Sarah in her take home outfit (below)
Thursday June 3rd
Sarah turned onto her side, crazy I know. This video isn’t very good but it gives you the general idea.
Friday June 4th
First tummy time. Look at how strong our little girl is. Pay extra attention to her legs and head. She totally is already doing the crawling motion.
First stroller trip. We walked up the block and down with Sarah in the stroller. She didn’t seem to notice that this was her first stroller trip as she slept the whole time.
First day in her crib (she outgrew the Moses basket when she learned moved so much, I didn’t sleep Thursday night because I was afraid she would suffocate.)
Saturday June 5th
Second outing in stroller. Sarah didn’t like this one because she got too hot.
Sunday June 6th
My Mom figured out how to get Sarah to sleep from feeding to feeding. Sarah hates to sleep on her back and so would kick and kick until she went on her side, which would wake her up and then she would cry and need to be comforted, like every 20 minutes, all through the night. Well, my mom figured this out and put a rolled up towel against her back so she would stay on her side. This works amazingly well. She now can sleep 2-3 hours in a row between feedings. Believe me that this is a major improvement and I can’t tell you how much better I feel and how grateful I am for 2 hours of sleep in a row. Thanks Mom you are a life saver!
Monday June 7th
Second car ride (first car ride after coming home from the hospital). We went to In-N-Out (the drive thru) and to the park to eat it. However it was a little stormy and windy so Sarah never got out of her car seat and was asleep most of the time so I don’t think she appreciated the significance of the occasion.
Tuesday June 8th
Sarah is one week old!
Spam Control
Jun 9th
So I guess our blog is pretty popular with some certain keywords that spam bots like to look for. It’s funny because only a couple of our posts get spam (like when we went to Freedom Land a long time ago). So when I noticed some spam coming through, I set the blog up so that I would have to manually approve comments before they got posted publicly. I also set it so that people who I’ve approved comments from before get automatically posted and I don’t have to manually approve their comments (like, Nicia’s comments always get through no problem without me doing anything). So eventually, once every family member has posted a comment, they’ll all get whitelisted and I don’t have to manually approve comments anymore. But about every day or two, I get a comment that needs to be approved by me and it’s clearly spam and I don’t know why the spam filter didn’t catch it. I’ve wanted commenting to be as easy as possible for the reader, but all these spam messages are getting annoying. So I’ve looked into spam blockers and found two ways to deal with the spam. Unfortunately, they’re going to require a little bit more work on your part, so that’s why I’m asking you all to make a choice. Here are the two choices:
1) Captcha Images – You know those images that have crazy stretched out letters or backgrounds made to look funky and to make sure you’re a real person websites will have to type out the letters? Yeah, I can implement that. I took a look at an example Captcha image (because sometimes they can be TOO crazy) and it’s only four letters long and pretty easy to read. So when you enter the Captcha letters, your comment will automatically go through because it knows you’re a real person and not a spam bot.
2)Math equations – The other way to validate that you are a real person is by making you do math. While posting a comment, the system will ask you a simple math question, like “What is the sum of 9+9?” in which case you would enter “18″ into the box. With the correct answer, your comment will automatically go through because it knows you’re a real person and not a spam bot.
So what do you think? Since you are the ones who would have to put the extra effort into it, which type of system would you prefer? I know some people don’t like doing math, but sometimes the Captcha images can get crazy (either that or I’m just not good at reading them). Post your comments and let me know which system I should use to make sure only real people post comments to our blog. Thanks!
