two things

#1: the empire state building changes color, sometimes for reasons we can fathom, and sometimes, not fathom.

#2: that is a pingable entry. i have turned on my 'auto-detect' ping feature and am hoping that the entry will go and ping by itself. i'll let you know.

19 Comments

By kd on October 15, 2002 4:40 AM

it worked! it worked! the auto-ping thingy worked! it did!

By Faith on October 15, 2002 4:45 AM

Yes it did! It worked for me and I don't even have a new install of MT, don't ask me what the hell happened. When I saw I was pinging myself I got very confused.

By skits on October 15, 2002 4:55 AM

Holy shit! I totally forgot I had it turned on until I read this. I automatically pinged you earlier and didn't even realize it! I feel like I missed out on something.

Faith, that's a cool idea for a blog. :D

By kd on October 15, 2002 4:59 AM

for anyone saying 'huh? what?' --- auto-detect is an MT 2.5 feature, where if you link a pingable entry in your text, it will automatically go and ping that entry, without you having to make any further efforts towards trackbacking.

it's very handy. much, much easier than writing a post that pings three people (like skits did) and having to go discover the trackback info on your own -- you just link them, (the entry, not the whole site) and presto!

By VASpider on October 15, 2002 5:13 AM

So. When is .net getting 2.5, boss lady? ^_^

By kd on October 15, 2002 5:27 AM

ohhhhhhhh yeah. oh man. so many copies of MT. so little time.

lemme see what i can do for y'all. are you running 2.21 now? of course you are. all i gots to do is upload the stuff, and it'll run like that.

i'm on it.

By stacey on October 15, 2002 5:43 AM

I've seen the Empire State building in all kinds of different colors, and it is beautiful. However, I have no idea what trackback is, and only the loosest concept of pinging. I'm a moron.

By kd on October 15, 2002 5:55 AM

no, you just need an upgrade, and to just ping one thing. then suddenly you're craving the pings. you have to ping. you simply MUST ping. ahh. and the feeling when you send that ping. ahhhhh. pinging.

By Linkmeister on October 15, 2002 6:33 AM

Grrr...

By jadedju on October 15, 2002 6:41 AM

I change colors every day. Will Faith make a blog about me?

By kd on October 15, 2002 6:56 AM

grr?

By Lee on October 15, 2002 9:58 AM

The "grr" is that our pinger isn't working, and I can't figure out why. It was working fine until they moved us to the new server farm and it hasn't worked since. During the move, our MT did a lot of funky things so I was hoping by installing it fresh with the 2.5 rather than just upgrading it things would go back to normal but no luck thus far. I've wanted to discuss this with my host, but unfortunately he's had much bigger issues to deal with these last few days, and I'm waiting for a better time. :-(

By kd on October 15, 2002 11:02 AM

ahh, that grr. must be awful. sorry to hear of the server stuff.

pinging does rock.

By Linkmeister on October 15, 2002 11:14 AM

Yes, grrr...Lee explained it well. This is the same issue you and I exchanged mail about the other night, kd.

By bob the corgi on October 16, 2002 5:23 AM

am i the last bastion of GM left around here? don't worry - i don't feel left out at all.

By batgrl on October 16, 2002 5:59 AM

Oh wow, auto pingage!
The ultimate in coolness! I shall have to go over and read more at MT central...

By wKen on October 16, 2002 10:35 AM

Should I make an obvious joke about pinging myself automatically, or should I admit that I have no idea what you all are talking about? Of course, I'm living in the past, running MT 2.0 with an AOL dial-up account. No nerdy goodness for me.:(

By Lee on October 16, 2002 11:02 AM

We have pingage! YEA! Just thought I'd share that ... ;-)

By Linz on October 17, 2002 5:48 AM

*decides to keep checking back, hanging her head in nontechnical oblivion, hoping someone will accidentally mention what exactly "pinging" is...*