Too often I hear website owners discussing the security of their CMS and associated themes and plugins. The suggestions are often “do you know and trust the author of the code?”. This same analogy can be extended to online banking where people say “Do you trust that site with your info?” » More: Online Security
Archive for July, 2009
Online Security
July 31st, 2009Connie Sonne Paranormal Challenge
July 13th, 2009Connie Sonne was at TAM-7 yesterday to take a preliminary test for the $1,000,000 challenge put forth by the James Randi Educational Foundation. Connie had a 1 in 1,000 chance of passing the test, by sheer luck. I watched the test live as it was streamed. Connie didn’t pass the test matching zero out of three cards she was dowsing for. » More: Connie Sonne Paranormal Challenge
“Psychics” Talking to MJ
July 10th, 2009So it appears that “psychics” are already “talking” to MJ. Ummm… yeah… whatever. But I guess if you want to be a “real” psychic– and of course those don’t exist anyway, then you won’t try to contact Michael Jackson for at least six months, according to one idiot self proclaimed psychic. Straight out of CNN we hear this: » More: “Psychics” Talking to MJ
WP Super Cache Date Display Issue
July 10th, 2009The WP Super Cache plugin is finally playing well enough in my environment that I’ve been able to update from the ancient, abandoned WP-Cache plugin. I did notice however an issue with displaying dates in WordPress 2.8 and 2.8.1. The “Last” and “Next” Garbage Collection times are incorrect. Yet when I go to the WordPress Setting –> General page, the URC time and the Local Time are correct. It seems like the WP Super Cache plugin might be applying the UTC offset to the local time. » More: WP Super Cache Date Display Issue
Puzzles and Theories
July 9th, 2009Everything in our natural world is a puzzle. From the gravity binding our feet to earth to the outer reaches of the universe, observations are the pieces of a huge jigsaw puzzle. As we start to fit more of the pieces together we can start to see the big picture, and better understand the world around us. » More: Puzzles and Theories
We should embrace “biased” media
July 8th, 2009TV Stations like Fox used to get me all wound up with their interpretation of the news. I, like many others, detected a bias and disagreed with the direction they are leaning in. But why do we put such standards on journalism? Sure, we want to receive accurate news, but why do we insist upon unbiased news so long as the information we are getting is factually correct? » More: We should embrace “biased” media
And then Palin
July 7th, 2009This whole Sarah Palin resignation debacle is just silly. Her decision to resign mid-term just doesn’t make sense regardless of what you think of her. But what I find even more puzzling are some of the comments by her lawyer, Thomas Van Flein. » More: And then Palin
