2008 February

Andy Beard may just have the answer to Paid advertising and Page Rank

I think Andy Beard may just be a genius. At the very least he’s got a very analytical mind and he’s put it to use in the ongoing situation of Google Page Rank Slapping. Andy came up with a method to block Paid Reviews from Google’s Spiders using Robots.txt, and now he’s filed [...]

Thoughts on real estate

On topic… No, but a conversation I had with my sister today got me thinking about the real estate market and my future home buying plans. As a military family, we really haven’t decided where we plan to end up after my wife’s career in the military is over (She’ll retire at 38, [...]

The top 5 ways to write content social media sites love

If you’ve ever wondered how some sites get to the front page of social media sites like Digg or Stumbleupon and wondered how you can get your content placed there as well then Dustin Brewer might have the answers you’re looking for.  Dustin just penned a post on his blog titled Top 5 ways to [...]

Gearing up for another go at WordPress MU

I’m working out the details of a project I’ve had planned for a very long time. This project will be using WordPress MU as the back end system, and I’m looking over requirements as I write this.
Out of the box, WordPress MU is a splogger’s paradise. The system does not allow the administrator to [...]

Secure Telnet and ssh solutions

If you have no idea what either of these terms mean, then the rest of this post is not for you. If you are among the growing number of bloggers and website owners that prefers the flexibility and power of owning their own virtual server, then you have probably used either telnet or ssh [...]