I recently read on the Wordpress blog and other news sources about a worm that is going around and attacking older Wordpress blogs (pre-2.8.3). The worm registers itself as a user, exploits a security hole in older versions of Wordpress, makes itself an admin, then uses javascript to hide itself while sticking spam and malware in your posts. Yikes!
Fortunately, the fix is easy. Upgrade to the latest version of Wordpress, which is version 2.8.4, and the security hole is closed. If you already have a recent version of Wordpress, this is a cinch as you simply click the upgrade button in your dashboard. If not, download the latest version, unpack, and follow the instructions to upload and upgrade.
My buddy Rob and I did a Crossfit-style workout on Thursday night that left me good and sore the next day. If you’re looking for a solid workout that doesn’t require much equipment and takes up less than 40′, try this one. We used 25 lbs and 30 lbs dumbbells. We were sweating our heads off afterwards and fairly thrashed. I included links to a couple of exercises that I found on Youtube.
1/4 to 1/3 mile run. (We ran 1 lap around the athletic fields at Blue Jacket Park in Orlando).
Do four rounds of the above, push yourself hard on the run and your heartrate will get up there. We took several water breaks and did this thing in under 40′, if you’re really cranking on it you could probably do it in less than 30′.
I recently worked on a Typepad-to-Wordpress migration project that was a real challenge. The client was Crossfit Firebase, a popular Crossfitness gym in Orlando, Florida. The task was to move the site from a hosted Typepad.com account to self-hosted Wordpress in order to take advantage of the many additional features of Wordpress, including better galleries, e-commerce options, and email marketing. Additionally, hosting with GoDaddy was slightly cheaper than a Typepad.com account.
I was recently involved with a web site project as a freelancer for CNP in Winter Haven, Florida. My services included creating a web strategy for Heacock Classic Insurance, SEO of the re-designed web site, and an SEO analysis and opportunities report delivered to the client. This was my first project for CNP and it went smoothly from start to finish. See here for the re-designed Heacock Classic site, which launched barely two weeks ago.
Heacock Classic sells insurance for classic, collector, antique and other fun type cars. At one point, Heacock was in the top 5 in Google’s organic rankings but had fallen off pretty badly to the tune of not being in top 3-4 pages by the start of the project. There are only a few major players ranking in the online classic car insurance niche, so I figured it wouldn’t be too difficult to get Heacock competing again. Heacock derives much of their business from online searches and they’ve been spending a good chunk of their marketing budget on Adwords.
Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world’s biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them.
