While looking around my apache log files the other day I found out that this site got hacked last summer. Fortunately, no real damage was done, but it did take a few minutes to remove the malicious code and install the latest version of WordPress, which somehow made the software delete all the images I’ve [...]

Recently the FTC, FCC and KFC joined forces to kill free speech on the internet by enacting a set of fake laws and loose guidelines for bloggers, aimed to help those too clueless to distinguish “Becky’s (fake) Weight Loss Blog” from, oh I don’t know, the Huffington Post. In order to comply with the Government [...]

I never went to a technical college, but people who paid the fifty-grand to learn what I know always tell me there are only two rules for successfully maintaining a website:
1. Always keep backups.
2. Don’t let people hack you.
I forgot both, and accidentally deleted the folder with all the images I’ve uploaded to this blog [...]

This JS function was taken from one of the configuration pages hosted on my wireless router:
function isHex(s) {
var j, x = 0;
for (var i = 0 ; i < s.length; i++) {
var c = s.charAt(i);
j = parseInt(c, 16);
if (!((j == 0) || (j == 1)|| (j == 2)|| (j == 3)|| (j == 4)|| (j [...]