February 2011
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Podcasts for the masses
I listen to a lot of podcasts, as some of you may know. While I’ve often recommended specific casts to people, I have never listed out my favorite shows before. Before I start the list there are a few notes I think you will find helpful. First: What is a Podcast? A podcast is a show that is distributed over the Internet. They are usually audio but more are released as video. You can...
Feb 27th
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Adding Twitter and Facebook buttons to Tumblr
I just finished adding the tweet and like buttons to my site and was amazed how both simple and complicated it was. I found many good sites with helpful information but none had the exact combination I was looking for. So here is how I finally got it to work the way I wanted. Hopefully this will be as helpful to someone else as the other pages I found were to me. Let me start by thanking the...
Feb 20th
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Online safety info for your non-tech friends
OnGuardOnline.gov is a good site with online security information that you can pass on to your non-technical friends and family members. For many years I have been fielding questions from family and friends about the various dangers online. I don’t want to scare these people with the gory details of just how bad it is. I often wished that there was a site that took the time to relly spell...
Feb 18th
Your guide to the seven types of malicious hackers... →
A well thought out list of the different profiles of “bad guys” on the internet. This would make a good intro for a series digging into the details of each. (via Schneier on Security)
Feb 15th