Category Archives: The Internets
Should You Use CloudFlare? I’m Not Anymore.
Oh, CloudFlare. The potential cure for all sorts of bandwidth-related internet issues. We need to breakup. Here’s why: Yes, CloudFlare, you tanked my search traffic. I thought maybe that was my fault. But then Debbie and Anurag complained too. Three times is a pattern, buddy. You break sites. It may be temporary, but that’s not [...]
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Beat the New York Times Paywall with the Stop Button
I don’t read the New York Times much. I like their Chrome web app, but I just don’t always dig their content. It’s just a little oddly pretentious. (If I want pretension, I’ll read The Economist.) So the NYT 20-free-articles-a-month limit isn’t a big deal to me (I probably only read 3 articles in a [...]
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WEP Is The iPad 1 — It’s Time To Move On
Look, I don’t understand all the fuss about the iPad 2, but take that energy and apply it to your wireless router. Upgrade from WEP to WPA2. Now. Why? WEP sucks — it’s the security equivalent of locking your screen door. Sure, it makes your house marginally safer, but anybody with a fist can punch their way [...]
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CloudFlare Recap: I [Don't] Like It
A few months ago, I signed up for CloudFlare and added this blog to their service. At first, I was terrified. I hate messing with DNS settings. Then I was jubilant — my bandwidth was down about 40%. Next I was worried, because traffic dropped dramatically. Finally, I was upset — Google had cut me [...]
The Blog Posts That Keep On Giving
I love the long tail of the internet. Much of my blog’s traffic comes from old content. Thanks, old posts: People want to change their 2WIRE AT&T DSL wireless router settings. It’s easy to setup WPA2 instead of the WEP default — if you know where to look. I’ve helped hundreds of people do this! [...]
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No, My Twitter Followers Aren’t Prostitutes, They’re Porn Stars
Last month, I posted that many of my Twitter followers appeared to be prostitutes. Turns out, they’re probably porn stars. From the Daily Beast: Twitter in the past year has transformed the way porn stars communicate—they now have the opportunity to reach fans and build followings off screen. Housley’s statistics illuminate the interactions. Porn Star [...]
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Google’s Not Getting Worse, Facebook Is
Google’s search results have been a hot topic lately, because many bloggers have been anecdotally seeing poorer results. Is it true? Matt Cutts, over at the Official Google Blog, says it’s not true … but they’re going to fix it: Nonetheless, we hear the feedback from the web loud and clear: people are asking for [...]
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@Dappered Gets @Disqus Commenting
We upgraded Dappered.com to the Disqus commenting system this weekend. Went fairly smoothly (there are still a few minor issues to tackle). If you’re transitioning from the WordPress default to Disqus, here are a few tips: Make sure to update your custom style sheet path. Our development site is password protected, and I couldn’t figure [...]
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Why The Traffic Drop After @CloudFlare? Google Hates Me.
CloudFlare is an interesting beast. On one hand, I love it because I like the bandwidth savings. However, CloudFlare is tanking my traffic. Why? Google doesn’t like something. Here’s a chart of Google organic referral traffic to this site: The annoying thing is that it didn’t happen right away. It took a bit. So [...]
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