This is a no-nonsense Perl script that can be cleverly inserted into a cron job or just run from the commandline at any time on your Linux or Windows box (assuming you have Perl). As I said on John’s post, people on Digg are downplaying it because WordPress “automatically” does this, but what about if you want to use something other than Ping-O-Matic (another option is Pingoat)? Especially useful if you have multiple blogs or are administrating a multiple-platform blogging community.

[1] read more | [2] digg story

This is a no-nonsense Perl script that can be cleverly inserted into a cron job or just run from the commandline at any time on your Linux or Windows box (assuming you have Perl). As I said on John’s post, people on Digg are downplaying it because WordPress “automatically” does this, but what about if you want to use something other than Ping-O-Matic (another option is Pingoat)? Especially useful if you have multiple blogs or are administrating a multiple-platform blogging community.

[3] read more | [4] digg story