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WordPress 3.1.3 addresses security issues

2011-05-26

Hello again everyone, if you are using WordPress, you are going to want to update to the latest release, 3.1.3. If you are still running a blog on a 2. train version, please consider updating this time. Several issues have been fixed, the dashboard in 3 is great, and unless you are still running Windows [...]

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WordPress release 3.1.2

2011-05-02

Hi everyone. I know it has been a while since my last post…things have been very busy at work and some things have come up in my personal life recently that have together conspired to break my year+ long run of posting three times a week. Oh well, it lasted a hell of a lot [...]

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I want a new host

2011-03-23

One that won’t make me sick One that won’t make me crash my site or make me feel three feet thick. I want a new host – one that won’t hurt my head One that won’t make my readers go bye or let my site seem dead. One that won’t make me nervous wonderin’ what [...]

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Why is my WordPress site soOOoooo SLLOOOOWWW???

2011-03-07

Is your WordPress 3.1 upgrade site slow as molasses? Mine was, until I did this…

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howto://change your 404 page in Thesis 1.8

2011-02-09

One of the coolest things about using Thesis with WordPress is just how customisable it is. One of the most difficult things about using Thesis with WordPress is just how customisable it is. For a PHP n00b like me, some of the rudimentary things I could just poke around and do with a simpler theme, [...]

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Catch a wave, but don’t wipeout.

2011-02-02

A post(not one of mine) on one of the blogs I write for went viral. Bluehost’s response had us singing the “Account Suspended Blues.” Read more about what happened, and how to avoid it happening to you.

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WordPress 3.0.2 is out

2010-12-01

Just a quick note to make sure you are aware that WordPress 3.0.2 is out. This release fixes a security issue, and is a ‘required’ update for all users. That issue was a moderate one where a malicious Author-level user could gain further access to the site. (r16625) The update process is quick and painless, [...]

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Happy anniversary RetroHack.com

2010-09-01

When Google auto-renewed RetroHack.com recently, it struck me that we’ve been publishing content for (as of tomorrow) a full year on this domain. While some of our content did come from the older networkplumbing.org site that I maintained on blogger, solo and inconsistently at best, the past year has seen some pretty consistent blogging, on [...]

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Two plug-ins to help you be a better blogger

2010-08-09

Want to know how to write better content? Me too. This article doesn’t cover that. What it does cover are two very useful plug-ins that I have started using that will make me, if not a better writer, at least a better, more socially responsible blogger.

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Three years…I can hardly believe it.

2010-06-07

  In the process of reimagining the look for this site, I actually clicked my Archives widget, and what do you know…I have been doing this for three years. Three years. Damn. Frankly, I find that pretty amazing, as I usually have the attention span of a five year old in a toy store, and [...]

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New look, same great taste.

2010-05-26

  Well if you’ve been here before, you might notice things have changed just a little bit. Yes, I finally gave up the day-glow crayon colour scheme that was my old theme. Welcome to the new and improved RetroHack…new look, same great taste. It’s the Thesis (affiliate link) theme, customised to closely resemble the Clam-Shell [...]

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WP-Ban FTW

2010-03-12

  Well Akismet does a GREAT job of catching SPAM before it gets to me, but I I got an interesting comment in the ol’ SPAM bucket this morning that I just had to share. Someone left a brief comment on one of my posts that, at first glance, had me smiling.

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