Redirect Virus to Spam Web Site – Strange code in WordPress Header
Posted on February 24, 2010 by Raven Starkly in software

ShareI found these two strange chunks of code in my wordpress header, which was redirecting my site to a spam web site. Share
What Google Doesn’t Want You To Know — Adblocking plugin for Firefox
Posted on July 8, 2009 by Raven Starkly in software

ShareThis Adblocker Plus plugin for Firefox really works. You install it, subscribe to a filter list that is maintained by the community, and it effectively takes away most advertisements from the internet. I was able to get rid of some particularly annoying advertisements on freecrm.com — a free sales tool. It also took all the […]
Mouse &Trackball for a Mac
Posted on July 8, 2009 by Raven Starkly in Computers

ShareI’m using this Logitech Trackball With this Wrist Pad. Love it…The first day with the trackball I was slow and uncoordinated. Now it’s like an extension of my hand — easy to use. It was recommended by a chiropractor. It has helped solve some RSD symptoms in my shoulder and back. Share
Fixing Feedburner in Revolution Magazine Theme one
Posted on July 7, 2009 by Raven Starkly in software

ShareI got an old revolution magazine theme to work with the new Google Feedburner functionality. Code from Google: <pre> <form style=”border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;” action=”http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify” method=”post” target=”popupwindow” onsubmit=”window.open(‘http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=Titlethis’, ‘popupwindow’, ‘scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520’);return true”><p>Enter your email address:</p><p><input type=”text” style=”width:140px” name=”email”/></p><input type=”hidden” value=”Titlethis” name=”uri”/><input type=”hidden” name=”loc” value=”en_US”/><input type=”submit” value=”Subscribe” /><p>Delivered by <a href=”http://feedburner.google.com” target=”_blank”>FeedBurner</a></p></form> </pre> Delete the following three parts: […]
Itunes 8.0 Genius Feature
Posted on June 1, 2009 by Raven Starkly in software
Share.!. I started using the itunes 8 genius feature and think it’s kind of cool. You select a song and press the genius button. After you’ve agreed to upload your data to itunes where, according to Apple, “it is combined with the anonymously-gathered knowledge from millions of other iTunes users and processed through Apple-developed algorithms”; […]
Class A Moron – Negative Publicity in 30 Rock
Posted on April 13, 2008 by Raven Starkly in Business, sales, SEO
ShareA recent episode of 30 Rock featured a Google reference — Jack being called a Class A Moron on NY Post’s Page 6, and consequently, he was showing up #1 in Google for the search phrase “class A moron”. Share