Webmaster Crap
Wordpress Borks My Server? Dealing with High Server Load
I have been dealing with server issues over at PCMech for a little while now. Yesterday, I think we finally made some headway. We ended up replacing the APC PHP opcode cache with eAcellerator as well as upgraded the motherboard and processor.
Wordpress is a fantastic product, but when you add some plug-ins to it it [...]
Aweber and Apple MobileMe Emails Being Banned
Just a quick note. I just notified Aweber that they are currently blocking me.com email addresses from being registered as a subscriber on any Aweber mailing list. Me.com is, of course, the new MobileMe service from Apple.
For a long time, it used to be that people who signed up to a mailing list using [...]
My Blog Was Hacked (I Think) - The Story
Part of having a website online - especially a popular one - is that, well, shit happens. And it can become a target for hackers. I am not sure if what happened to PCMECH was a result of intentional hacking or something else. Nonetheless, PCMECH was down for close to 16 hours.
The only reason it [...]
How To: Putting the Full Blog Post Into An Aweber Blog Broadcast
OK, time for a quick, technical post. I post these as much for myself for later reference as I do readers.
PROBLEM: Aweber has a blog broadcast tool which does a great job of sending your blog posts out via email. Problem is that it takes the content of that post from the DESCRIPTION field in [...]
Spammers = Assholes
For the last several days, I have been getting bounce emails containing gibberish. This morning, I get this in my email:
That’s right. Some asshole is out there mailing penis spam with MY email as the return address. I wouldn’t be surprised if MY email is being added to blacklists.
Chances are, one of my PCMech readers [...]
Alexa Overhauls Stats: You Seeing Changes?
Alexa has long been used as a source for data on traffic for websites. Problem is, it has also long been known for being wildly inaccurate. It is a decent indicator of trends, but not actual traffic. Well, Alexa has announced it is changing the way it counts traffic, according to a story on Techcrunch.
From [...]
Reality TV Meets The Internet
Love it or hate it, reality TV is a new media phenomenon. It is obviously huge business for the television industry. It was only a matter of time before reality TV came online. And it has.
The Next Internet Millionaire is a new web-based reality television show. As far as I know, the show is only [...]
Understanding Facebook Basics
OK, after a couple of posts which discuss the impact of Facebook on the web, let’s get down to “brass tacks” here and see what Facebook is all about at the ground level. After all, like about 150,000 people do every day, I recently created a Facebook profile. On the surface, it appears like most [...]
Does Facebook Represent a Google Killer?
I saw a really interesting (and controversial) viewpoint by Robert Scoble that I thought was very fitting into my look at Facebook this week. He contends that Facebook, along with Mahalo and Techmeme, represent a force that will spell trouble for Google within the next four years. Here, check out these videos by [...]
This Chick Gets Around! - Stock Photography
It’s so funny. Being that I work online, I get around to a lot of different websites and am involved in a lot of things. And seeing as I am in the business, I can see what other people are doing and many times know exactly where they’re getting it from. Well, stock photography is [...]
