Archive for 'blogging' Category

2003 Blogrolling hack linked to 2008 419 spam

By Surferbill - Last updated: Friday, April 25, 2008

Checking my email today, I was surprised to find SPAM sent to an email address I used for Blogrolling.com. Turns out Blogrolling was hacked back in November 2003, and now this email address appears to have made it’s way into the hands of 419 scammers/spammers. How do I know it was from blogrolling.com? Well, I [...]

Here Comes Another Bubble

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 31, 2007

[ Edit: Original taken down, link updated. ] Here Comes Another Bubble

Blogger supports OpenID commenting

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Blogger now supports OpenID commenting, at least in the beta version, and hence so does this site. Leave a comment using your OpenID!

Thoughts on Twitter

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, April 2, 2007

I mentioned Twitter before and didn’t really give a specific preference for or against it, but now I’ve played with it for a couple of weeks I’m in agreement with Liz Lawley, who has shared her thoughts on twitter. Have a read, sign up for Twitter, add me as a friend and let me know [...]

What Are You Doing?

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, March 22, 2007

Twitter exists to answer one question – What are you doing? You setup an account and log in, then describe what you’re up to in 140 characters or less. Update your current activities via the website, SMS or instant message. Add your friends and be kept abreast of what they are up to by ‘following’ [...]