by charliezegers | Feb 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Case in point – the site didthecavswinlastnight.com has generated over 11,000 Facebook “likes” and nearly 1000 Tweets. (A little background for those who don’t follow basketball as closely as I do… the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the midst...
by charliezegers | Feb 8, 2011 | Services, Uncategorized, WordPress
If you’ve signed in to WordPress admin today, you already know… The yellow box is back. The good folks at WordPress have released another upgrade – version 3.0.5. Like the last few, this one is intended to plug some security holes: Two moderate...
by charliezegers | Jan 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
The full-length movies streamed by Netflix have become one of the biggest sources of Internet traffic – reportedly accounting for 20 percent of all bandwidth used in the United States during the peak hours of 8-10 pm. Now, reasonable people an argue whether that...
by charliezegers | Jan 25, 2011 | Uncategorized, WordPress
In case you missed it in the holiday shuffle, the good folks at WordPress rolled out another important update in late January. Here’s the skinny: Version 3.0.4 of WordPress, available immediately through the update page in your dashboard or for download here, is...
by charliezegers | Jan 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
When writing columns for About.com and Madison Square Garden, I regularly find myself cutting-and-pasting quotes from other sources. I’m finding more and more sources that do this: The professional sports version of road kill came into the Garden without having...
by charliezegers | Nov 30, 2010 | Uncategorized, WordPress
The newest version of WordPress is hot off the presses… and contains a patch to a potential security problem: From WordPress.org: This maintenance release fixes a moderate security issue that could allow a malicious Author-level user to gain further access to...
by charliezegers | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
In case you missed last week’s Internet kerfuffle involving Cooks Source magazine and stolen content, here’s a quick summary: A blogger finds out a piece she wrote a long time ago has appeared in a magazine — without her permission. She contacts the...
by charliezegers | Sep 27, 2010 | Multi-Lingual, Uncategorized, WordPress
The site for New York law firm Gilmartin, Poster & Shafto is available, in its entirety, in both English and German.
by charliezegers | Sep 25, 2010 | Issues, Recommended Products
Today, for about the twentieth time, I received a “courtesy” letter from a company called Domain Registry of America. (I’ll explain the scare quotes in a moment. They’re actually justified in this context.) The letter begins: As a courtesy to...
by charliezegers | Aug 31, 2010 | Design, Non-profit, Uncategorized, WordPress
Another site for a non-profit organization, the Deepwells Farm Historical Society site (www.deepwells.org) lists upcoming events at Deepwells Farm — a 19th century mansion in Suffolk County, NY, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site...