Gotta love the attention getting factor that any exclamation of “Zombies!” carries. The CDC even understands this one. They used an outbreak of flesh eating zombies to reach a difficult to engage demographic group with information about emergency preparedness. I can’t believe I didn’t know about this until I Googled “Fox News Zombies.” And look […]
Sanity Sunday
I’ve decided to create an occasional types of posts that I will use here and on other blogs and sites that I create, write, and nurture. I do not really care for “hooks” in and of themselves. I want themes and structures to serve a purpose for me and for those who will stumble upon […]
Never Had a Yacht, Never Will Have a Yacht: Musings on the Letter Y
“Yacht” is a status word, vessel, and club. Yachts serve as the secret X-ray decoder rings for the upper class in our society. I wonder if it is related to the word “yah?” yah 1 |yä| nounBrit. informal an upper-class person: the cafe is full of yahs whose daddies own chateaux in France. ORIGIN representation […]
The eXceptional World of The Letter X
I have been looking forward to writing a post centered on the letter “X.” The letter probably took on it’s first exceptional association for me when as a child I associated the letter with Treasure Maps. I so wish International Talk Like a Pirate Day, September 19, came more than once a year. Coming in […]
W is for WordPress (continued) Widgets and for Weekday Blogging in May
I had intended this “W” post to be about weekday blogging as a variant of the daily blogging challenges that are popular with the more vociferous of bloggers. I started a series of articles on WordPress security and easy fixes with updates to various parts of blogs that use this publishing platform that is overlapping […]
Vigilance Is Your Best Security Option When Using WordPress
V is for Vigilant vigilant |ˈvijələnt| adjective keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties Yesterday I began talking about security through the routine installation of upgrades. This is probably the biggest single thing you can do to secure your self-hosted WordPress site. You need to be vigilant about upgrades to any software you use […]