WordPress Security Vulnerabilities

A few weeks ago, we noticed that someone had managed to insert a bunch of spam links into our WordPress header and footer. We quickly updated to the latest version (2.3.3 at the time), thinking it would fix the security hole. However, this happened again, and seems to be happening on WordPress blogs all across the Internet. The hack in itself is very interesting. First, it attempts to be undiscovered by any human observer, but fully indexable and followable by search engines. The spam links are inserted into a block... [Read the full story]

Product Review for Griffin ClearBoost for iPhone

My iPhone now sports Griffin Technology’s ClearBoost, a protective polycarbonate case with a built-in antenna booster. I was the lucky recipient of a pre-launch product, and I’ve had a couple of days to test it out. If my iPhone could talk, I am sure it would be thanking Griffin for finally providing protection, from me. I drop it at least once a week, usually on a painfully hard surface. ClearBoost would have helped yesterday when I dropped in in Nashville’s Commerce Street garage. But, hands down, the... [Read the full story]

Google Street View Cars Forced to Paint Road Lines While Driving the Streets of Nashville

By now, most people are familiar with Google Maps Street View feature. Street View shows you a 360 degree view of any address you enter. Google accomplishes this amazing task by using an army of specially outfitted vehicles that drive around and take pictures of every street in the city. The Street View feature has received tons of praise from Internet users, but cities like Nashville, TN are up in arms. “These Google cars ride up and down our streets, sometimes 12 or 5 times back and forth. They’re making pot holes,... [Read the full story]

Google Maps adds Nashville Street View

So today I went to provide someone with a Google Map link to our house. When I pulled the address up on my browser I noticed a small picture of my house! Wow. So I clicked it and there it was … a view of my street. As I zoomed-out I noticed that I was on the very outskirts of what the Google Maps team had been doing in Nashville. Driving around in their cars taking millions of photo’s of almost every street in Nashville. So, go check out Google Maps and see if you have Street View.  Read More →

How to Grab a Screenshot of an Entire Web Page

Web designers and marketers often need full-size screenshots for before-and-after shots and also for portfolio pieces. Fortunately, there’s many ways to create website screenshots. However, among all of the options, my favorite way to make full-length screenshots is by using Screengrab! — a Firefox Add-on. Using Screengrab! is about as easy as it gets. Simply bring up the page you want to grab and then click on the Screengrab! icon on the status bar. The result is a full-sized screenshot of the Web page. I used... [Read the full story]

New Firefox Extension Does Quick Domain Lookups

Richard Kershaw of Quality Nonsense just launched a Firefox extension that makes it super easy to lookup domain names. The extension lets you perform one click domain searches at your registrar of choice using the selected text in your browser window. It’s super-simple: select the text for your domain search and hit the keyboard shortcut (CTRL + SHIFT + D by default). Alternatively, you can right click for the contextual menu and hit “Domain Lookup for…”. You can learn more and download it here:... [Read the full story]

Snipplr’s Popularity Continues to Grow With Over 7,000 Registered Users

Snipplr, a social networking code repository created by Sitening, reached over 7,000 registered users today. Thanks to a highly acclaimed redesign, the past year has shown incredible growth for the website. 4,559 users have registered within the last year. Those users have also contributed over 4,000 code snippets. Snipplr is a Web application that makes it easy to find, save, create and share code snippets. The service currently supports over 50 programming languages. ActionScript ActionScript 3 Apache AppleScript ASP Assembler Bash C# C++ ColdFusion CSS Diff Emacs... [Read the full story]

How to Build Fast, High-Capacity Podcast Sites on the Cheap!

Originally presented at PodCamp Nashville Many people have figured out how to record, edit and create their podcasts, but they don’t know how to easily setup a podcast website — let alone, set it up for the possibility of hundreds or thousands of people downloading it at one time. This tutorial shows you how to setup a fast, high-capacity podcast website without spending a lot of money. A key component to this solution is Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service). S3 provides very cheap file storage and high-capacity... [Read the full story]

Hammock T-shirt+Photo=Laptop Equals Very Cool

Nashville’s Hammock Publishing has a 16-year-old annual tradition: giving T-shirts to the people they work with throughout the year. This year they added a new twist to that tradition: T-shirt+Photo=Laptop. If you received a T-shirt, Hammock asked you to add a photo to a world map on their website. For every five photos added to the map, they donate a laptop to the educational efforts of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in developing countries. Kudos for a very cool way to help kids! The Sitening crew added a photo... [Read the full story]