Apr - 10th

Warning: WordPress.org Does Not Tell You If You Download An Infected Plugin From Them

Posted at 8:00 am | Filed Under blogthropology, coding, lackofmeds, Wordpress

Have you ever logged in to your WordPress dashboard, noticed that there were some updates pending, but simply couldn’t be bothered pushing the button to run them? Sure you have. Who hasn’t? A good majority of my work comes from dehacking websites that have been compromised, and even I slack on that from time to [...]

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Nov - 14th

Hosting with HostPapa or Netregistry and Hacked? Switch Hosts Now. (hacked by hacker)

Posted at 7:21 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, customer service, lackofmeds, Wordpress

It looks like another pair of hosts have joined GoDaddy in the “Not our fault” game when their servers get breached. Yesterday I had a few people contact me whose sites had been hacked, all with the identical symptoms: the only thing showing on their sites are the words hacked by hacker in plain text, [...]

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Aug - 6th

The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth

Posted at 12:35 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, lackofmeds, motivational posters, spin, the prez

It would be interesting to see what arguments those who opposed the law come up with as well. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Jul - 3rd

Best.Nigerian.Scam.EVER! (We gonna send you to jail if you don’t read this email, do you get me?)

Posted at 1:22 pm | Filed Under lackofmeds, nerdiness, scams, WTF

I have seen some pretty off the wall Nigerian Scam letters in the past, but this one has to be one of the most amazing I have ever received. Reading through this is an anthropological goldmine of insight into just how disconnected the scammers in that country are from how life really works here in [...]

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Apr - 26th

Florida Just Outlawed Chocolate, Y’all

Posted at 2:38 pm | Filed Under lackofmeds, nerdiness, On The Ball-ness, WTF

Florida has definitely had it’s “doh!” moments, but this one is a doozy. It seems as if last month, March 23rd 2012, Florida HB 1175 went into effect, with the following intent:   Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Nov - 22nd

Google Says “Fuck It” For The Christmas Season, Removes The Ability To Report AdSense Violations

Posted at 3:57 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, Google, lackofmeds, marketing, scams, search engines

It has to be tough policing a program like AdSense. It must be exceptionally difficult during the holiday season, when the payoff to running scams grows so much more. It is so tough, in fact, that this year as the holiday shopping season grows near, with Black Friday just a few short days away, that [...]

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Oct - 13th

True Love Means Never Giving Up…

Posted at 11:44 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, lackofmeds, motivational posters, Social Media

    “True Love means never giving up” – many a stalker were born from this one innocent sounding phrase. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Oct - 10th

Motivationally Speaking…

Posted at 8:04 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, lackofmeds, motivational posters, Social Media

    The truth is much less pretty than the actual picture. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Oct - 8th

Brandlink Communications, TheBloggess, PR Fails, and Fallout

Posted at 12:51 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, customer service, freedom-of-speech, Google, lackofmeds, marketing, SEO, Social Media

Before reading the rest of this post, if you are not already an avid fan of TheBloggess, and have not read about the PR company vice president who called her a “fucking bitch” due to him being clueless who it was his company was pitching, then you should start here first: Brandlink Communications. Go ahead [...]

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May - 4th

What’s A Faster Way To Get A Virus Than Browsing Porn? That’s Right: The New Facebook

Posted at 12:23 pm | Filed Under bad research, blogthropology, coding, Facebook, lackofmeds, On The Ball-ness

Quit staring, it’s just a thumb. Facebook has never been known for it’s safety. It is a site designed so that the least Internet savvy people out there can sign up and network with millions of other people, both those they know and those they don’t, with only a minimal amount of technical know-how required [...]

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