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Why WordPress.com Blog’s Stats are Useless
Since January, I’ve been wondering how I’m getting more blog followers and yet, my visitor stats is diving. Then my blogging friend Bill Mullins of Tech Thoughts wrote about the same situation a few days ago. It was serendipitous when I landed on WP.com Forums while surfing yesterday. So since I was there yet, I […]
Feds vs Apostrophe in Jimmy’s Peak
Feds Wage War on Apostrophes Its Practically Against the Law to Use the Mark in a Places Name ‘The Domestic Names Committee of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names doesn’t like apostrophes. Visitors to Harpers Ferry or Pikes Peak might not realize it, but anyone aspiring to name a ridge or a swamp after a […]
My Worst Blunder at WordPress Editing
If you are writing a new WP post, don’t use your browser return tab then click on ‘add new post’. I did that and previous posts were replaced by the new posts — the previous posts were deleted! And the funny thing was that I didn’t notice at once because I really don’t read my […]
First Request for Link Removal in Plato on-line
Actually, that was a spoofing attempt at Plato on-line My mistake was that I replied before probing my suspicions. And Mark Turner confirmed my suspicions by his comment: Looks like you got the same automated email requesting you remove sketchy links from your blog. You can safely ignore it. Read more at my blog: http://www.markturner.net/2013/05/07/dear-william-fat-chance/ […]
Discovery: Internet’s Physical Infrastructure
Can a squirrel ‘chew the Internet’? How a squirrel sent a journalist around the world to uncover the Internet’s physical infrastructure ‘“He said something to me that changed my life. He said ‘I think a squirrel is chewing on your internet’. And this of course seemed preposterous, because as all of you know the internet […]
Boston Police’s Brilliant Handling of Social Media
This was a first. Commissioner Davis and Public Information Chief Cheryl Fiandaca led conversation with citizens (mostly netizens) during the Boston manhunt to prevent misinformation. ‘They used Twitter to track and correct the misinformation that media outlets spread…’ full story Ironically after the successful manhunt for the second Boston bomber, this next piece which seems […]
Cyberattack Affected You? Blame Your ISP
The Huge Cyberattack that Slowed Down the Web Yesterday morning, I noticed that my browser kept freezing. Also, it was almost an hour, yet one website I’m trying to curate on was still frozen. I checked for malicious activities but there was none. That made me madder because I thought my laptop was naturally dying! […]
Writing About Bitcoin: Disclosure Dilemma
Bitcoin, which I call the Internet Money, is becoming so popular it has become a real threat to traditional banking and currencies. Why Bitcoin poses an interesting ethical conundrum for journalists Should a writer who has bought into Bitcoin come with a clear disclosure? Another journo argues that ‘writers covering Bitcoin may actually have an […]
Use Your USB to Evade Censorship
Cubans turned the humble and tiny memory sticks into a powerful tool to evade censorship by exchanging them with one another ‘Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez on Saturday told newspaper publishers from around the Western Hemisphere that “nothing is changing” in Cuba’s ossified political system and that “the situation of press freedom in my country […]
Discovery: Molecular Switch for Old Brains
Molecular switch to make old brains young again ‘It’s no secret that juvenile brains are more malleable and able to learn new things faster than adult ones – just ask any adult who has tried to learn a new language. That malleability also enables younger brains to recover more quickly from trauma. Researchers at Yale […]
