Sometimes Simpler is Better

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...

WordPress 3.0.5

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...

Netflix Releases ISP Performance Report

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...

WordPress 3.0.4

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...

Stealth Links

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...

WordPress 3.0.2

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...