Content Theft Worsens
If you follow my comment feed, then you may have noticed that I am getting huge amounts of trackback spam. Why not just turn off trackbacks? Because these people are stealing my content, and likely...
View ArticleHow to have sex while 5 children are in the house
Someone has finally figured out how to have intimate moments without fear of scaring the minds of your youth by having them accidentally walk in on mom and dad being gross. See this worksafe link for...
View ArticleThe War of 2020 between China and the US
China wins! You did know we are at war with China, didn’t you?
View ArticleSpam on Reality Me out of control
This weekend I plan to get a little aggressive with controlling spam on Reality Me. Most of it gets blocked but I get so much spam traffic that my Spam Karma logs regularly reach 70MB or more. If you...
View ArticleHas my Google Calendar been compromised?
This morning as I looked at "My calendars" of my Google calendar I noticed one I did not remember creating. Not in "Other calendars" but in "My calendars" sat Paddy Daly. Since I quit using Google...
View ArticleIn 10 years, TSA will display your thoughts on screen
In 10 years, TSA will be scanning your brain. Just saying..
View ArticleLatest Internet Nuisance
This morning I received an email from two people who don’t normally send me email. Both emails were almost identical and inexplicable. One was sent to me while the other revealed the 87 or so email...
View ArticleThat itch that won’t go away
My computer has been performing poorly. So this morning I ran my virus scanner with its toughest settings for piece of mind. Instead I found a virus: C:\Documents and Settings\Doug...
View ArticleWordPress 2.8.3 broken! Upgrade to 2.8.4 immediately!
In case you missed it, WordPress 2.8.3 has a programming error which allows anyone to reset your administrative password and takeover your WordPress blog. With administrative access, the hacker could...
View ArticleMy Clients Now Get P3P Privacy Policies
Does your website collect identifying information on your visitors? If you think because you do not sell anything, ie. no shopping cart, and have no subscription services that you are not collecting...
View ArticleWell stated! ‘The loss of civil rights happen slowly’
Take heed! The loss of civil rights happen slowly, so we are not supposed to take notice. Once our freedoms are gone, they will not be given back to us. [Source, NetworkWorld, The Stripping of Freedom:...
View ArticleThis does not make me proud
The land of the free, the promised land, the place people once longed to visit or immigrate is quickly becoming the land to stay far away. going to the US is more unpleasant than going to Soviet era...
View ArticlePlease allow your APIs to bypass 2 factor authentication – Mint and Paypal,...
I use and love Mint.com. I use and love my Paypal security key. However, I cannot use the two together. Either I use mint.com without my paypal details (undesirable) or I lower the security on my...
View ArticleCoin and user interface improvements
Update: Coin already has this covered. They’ve responded to the numerous people asking this question. One question we’ve been hearing is “What if a waiter/waitress accidentally — or worse,...
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