If you were visiting my site within the last hour or so you may have noticed a bunch of WordPress error messages and a general failure of the blog to work. This was caused because there were over 50,000 queries done on my database from my main WordPress db user account.I did not see a…
Tag: Blogging
John Chow hacked… again?
I just found out. Props to Steve Sandells from wotZcool.com for sending me a message about it.It looks like the same folks who hacked him last time are up to it again.This time they were being a bit trickier by loading junk in iframes in the background while leaving john’s actual content up and running.This…
MyBlogLog adds “auto-join” to communities
I just received a surprising email from MyBlogLog:Hi HMTKSteve!Part of what makes MyBlogLog so special is our ability to automatically add you to communities in which you have shown a repeated interest. We have just added you to the following communities:1) MathPoints http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/mathpoints/2) Untwisted Vortex http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/unvort/3) Manthem.net http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/Manthem/4) SiteLogic Web Development http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/Site_Logic/Bonus — The “Hot…
Spotback is out of beta
Gather round everyone because I have some news to share with all of you.About a month ago I added the Spotback widget to one of my sites. This widget allows any visitor to rate the content on a site (after putting in a code number) as well as add tags. After I installed it I…
Has JohnChow.com been hacked?
While doing my morning Internet cruising I attempted to visit John Chow’s How to make money on the Internet website and all I got was a blank page. After looking at the source I saw a much scarier picture:[iframe src=”http://www.siyamiozkan-mavideniz.org” frameborder=”0″ width=”0″ height=”0″][/iframe][iframe src=”http://www.siyamiozkan-mavideniz.org/canakkale/index.htm” frameborder=”0″ width=”0″ height=”0″][/iframe][iframe src=”http://www.siyamiozkan-mavideniz.org/gelibolu/index.htm” frameborder=”0″ width=”0″ height=”0″][/iframe][iframe src=”http://www.siyamiozkan-mavideniz.org/troia/index.htm” frameborder=”0″ width=”0″ height=”0″][/iframe][iframe…
My Obssessive Thoughts
Nathan Drach has tagged me with the “My Obssessive Thoughts” meme thingie. Since this is my first meme this should be interesting.The funny thing about this is that earlier today I was telling another blogger friend how I have never been tagged on one of these meme thingies and that I was worried that if…
What I’ve been doing…
Some of you may be wondering why my blogging frequency has dropped recently. Well, I’ve been busy!I have been doing a lot more webmastering work as of late than is typical for me. Jobs that I have recently worked on include:Helping do a vbulletin forum upgrade over at Kenzer & Company.Creating a blog for my…
Blogger’s Choice Awards is a PPP scam
I was just cruising the blog over at Pay-Per-Post and what did I see? I saw that the whole Blogger’s Choice Awards is a Pay-Per-Post scam!The thing to understand about Blogging “Awards” is that all of the benefit goes to the award giver and not the award getter. Why is this you ask? Back LinksSee,…
How much is your domain worth?
On a lark (and because a friend of mine is selling one of his domains) I did a little bit of looking and found a place that will give you a free estimate on the value of your domain. The place I found is Called LeapFish and their free domain name appraisal service is worth…
Blogger’s Choice Awards
It appears that my good friend J. Radke decided to nominate this blog for a number of awards. I’m not sure why he would want to do this unless he was nominating me for the “lamest blog in the world” award.Here they are!So, do me a favor and go vote for me!PS: I’ve been a…
Why you should sign up for AuctionAd$
AuctionAd$ is a new affiliate network system where a whole lot of people band together to show ads for eBay. Well, sort of…Look at it like this. eBay has an affiliate program in place that sets your percentage based on the amount of sales that go through your link. The problem with this system is…
Wondering about my traffic numbers?
I know a lot of bloggers like to display their traffic numbers to impress their readership. Up until now I have been against the practice but, I’m going to indulge my audience this one time with my traffic numbers for the year thus far.Month Unique visitors Number of visits Pages Hits BandwidthJan 2007 16772 24990…