Update: 4.7.08 @ 2115h: Looks like ZDNet was hit, as per John’s comment below, via an xml-rpc hack, and no — they aren’t running an old version of WP either, which makes one wonder how vulnerable the newer versions of Wordpress are.
Just to recap: earlier, I documented how Tailrank’s “spam” was accidentally documenting some massive [...]
I’m embarassed to say that I actually knew this tip a while ago, but never got around to implementing it until I read about it *again* today. Embarassed because this blog has been hacked a few times, and in a fairly devious fashion as well, sometimes perhaps because of an old Wordpress installation — or, [...]
So, if you’re like me and have updated to Wordpress 2.3, you may have also noted that on the Wordpress dashboard, the “inbound links” list is now being populated by Google’s Blogsearch and not Technorati.
There’s been some talk about how relevant Technorati has been (including a particularly shrill post by yours truly), and perhaps because [...]
For those of you who use Wordpress for their blogs (and, with the greatest respect to Anil Dash, I suspect that its most of you), you may have noticed that Wordpress now has shirts for sale internationally. I like the color red, which is fortunate, because it turns out you can only get these Wordpress [...]
Mr. Stamatiou’s blog is an inspiration for all small bloggers out there. He also gets the concept of metrics right.
Yes, I’ve already written one post about “how to write for your blog”, but here’s the absolute laziest way to do it — and still be rather substantial and meaty (although with some caveats). Its something some A-list bloggers already do. Here’s another hint: it takes almost no extra effort at all. Have you figured [...]
So, I use the wp-slimstat for purposes of tracking some statistics on this website, and I am lovin’ it although it is largely unsupported. I’d like to present a humble solution to a Local Timezone problem I’ve been having.
The problem: Wp-Slimstat’s time would be offset by a few hours, as it would only grab [...]
