Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-19

19 April 2009

Think I’ll have to watch a replay of that Quins v Stade game sometime, looked incredible in those conditions #
RT @alanorourke: We give thanks to the real meaning of Easter & the man who gave his life so we can share choc eggs. Thanks mr Easter bunny. #
@TheMenace A bit like some folks on Twitter [...]

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Fixing Mikeyy and Other Twitter Security Holes

17 April 2009

If your twitter account starts sending messages by itself, or has weird stuff that you didn’t enter in your profile like text that reads “Mikeyy” or other names, then it’s highly likely that your account has been taken over via security hole (specifically a “cross-scripting bug”).
How It Happened
Your account was probably infected when you viewed [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-12

12 April 2009

Watching a great comeback here from Catalan Dragons v Bradford (rugby league) #
Really looking forward to this Leeds-Saint Helens RL match, should be a cracker #
@chrisclarkson lol, nice. You have tinted windows? in reply to chrisclarkson #
@damienmulley The Shield #
RT @AlexFraiser RT @SuperAffiliate RT @rcraswell Best. 404. page. ever. http://www.rathergood.com/404 #
Hey @tippinst your MrTweet greets [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-05

5 April 2009

Heading over to the RDS for the #rugby, hopefully a good game with Leinster beating Ulster. #
@sineadailill Gave 1 to @theRealAmz, but still have 1 spare I think #rugby in reply to sineadailill #
@suzybie better you than me, I couldn’t stand listening to the muppets for 2 minutes! Cooking blogging sounds a lot [...]

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Dear Google, Please Index…

30 March 2009

Dear Google,
Please add the following sites to your almighty index:

Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail
Alastair’s new site

Thank you!

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-29

29 March 2009

RT @willcarling: you should follow @MikeHarperPiper, @AMcDermott, and @thedailymash. 7 more picks at http://twibes.com/?r=T1 — cheers Will #
We’re 4th in the IRB rankings behind the SH 3. Pity not enough to bump the Aussies off, but I reckon the table is fair http://bit.ly/l9Qt #
@patrickaltoft Twitter search up and down today. Working -kinda- now. Very [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-22

22 March 2009

Beautiful stuff England, keep it up! #6nations #
@TheMenace this is great for us, eh? England taking the French out of the equation #6nations in reply to TheMenace #
All refs, coaches, pundits, commentators should be made watch the momentum rule video over and over #6nations #

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Testing a Spambot Blocker

19 March 2009

I’m testing a spambot blocker courtesy of Augusto over at Spanish SEO. So if you can’t read this blog post, please let me know asap
It displays a nice big STOLEN sign, as seen on the right here, to mess with their splog display.
You should be able to block bots via robot.txt instructions, but [...]

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Removing date from Wordpress permalink: .htaccess 301

18 March 2009

I just updated my permalinks structure on amdsoft.com to remove the dates from the URL. This is slightly better for SEO, and is nicer looking also.
So now we get URLs like
http://amdsoft.com/essential-software-for-new-macos-box/
instead of
http://amdsoft.com/2009/03/12/essential-software-for-new-macos-box/
In Wordpress, this is changed at www.yourdomain.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-permalink.php, select Custom Structure and just use
/%postname%/
Here’s the 301 redirect (replace amdsoft with your domain):
RedirectMatch 301 /([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/(.*)$ http://amdsoft.com/$4
Make [...]

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100 Classic Books Meme

16 March 2009

Which of the BBC 100 ‘classic’ books have I read? As blogged by Thaeydiddlediddle. If you want the book list and instructions in clean html format, grab it here.
Instructions:

Look at the list and put an ‘x’ after those you have read.
Add a ‘+’ to the ones you LOVE.
Star ‘*’ those you plan on reading.
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