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[18 Dec 2008 | 2 Comments | 28 views]
Get a Free Blog and Theme for the Holidays

I love blogging and I think everyone who spends as much time on computers as I do deserves to have their own space on the net.  I also understand that it may not be as easy as it is for some people to take that leap and create their Internet home therefore I would like to help out as many people as I can.  I want to offer this help for free.
Blogs are a great way to express your opinion, make new friends and even earn a living online.  There …

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[17 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 130 views]
A Tribute To the Truly Old School

I had a moment today like I’m sure many of you have had before.  Some co-workers and I were discussing the old days before the ‘internet’ as most know it today.  I am talking about the early 1990’s onward and specifically BBS boards and ansii art.  If anyone remembers what the old school ascii art looked like, here is a sample below.  Most of them designed for or used by various BBS boards around 1992.  All copyrights belong to their respective owners.  Images found at sixteencolors.net

A follow up is coming …

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[6 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 7 views]
How to Keep your Excerpt Short and Sweet

I’m in the process of updating my theme to a newer version and decided to begin from scratch.  One of the great features I like about Arthemia is the top portion that has the Featured and Headline section.  Unforntunately the Headline section uses the_excerpt() to show a summary of a post.  I say unfortunately because it’s a pain in the ass to have to copy a few lines of text into the excerpt box on the Wordpress Post page.  Generally if you don’t put anything in the box, you have …

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[3 Dec 2008 | 2 Comments | 21 views]
NoScript ClearClick Warning For Wordpress.com Stats

For those unaware, NoScript is a wonderful Firefox addon that keeps your browser secure.  In the words of the development team,
The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Flock, Seamonkey and other mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows JavaScript, Java, Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank), and provides the most powerful Anti-XSS protection available in a browser.
I have recently run into a problem which relates to a ClearClick Clickjack attempt warning when …