What It’s Like to be Featured on the MSN.com Homepage

Hacking Passwords on MSN Homepage

Hacking Passwords on MSN Homepage

I was getting calls all afternoon from friends and family yesterday informing me that I was on the homepage of MSN.com. Apparently that makes me famous. ;-)

MSN was featuring a little article I wrote called How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords. You may have read it… many millions of people have. But this was not the first exposure on MSN.com. It’s previously been featured on other areas of the site several times. And I’m very glad that the article is getting the kind of coverage it is, because password security is a serious concern.

Anyway, I started thinking that a lot of people don’t really know what goes along with this sort of thing so I thought I’d give you a glimpse at the Woopra analytics being gathered by the click-through traffic the article was generating back to this blog.
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Geek Beat LIVE – April Fools!!

John and Cali soared across the Cyber-Waves to bring you another great episode of Geek Beat LIVE! Just like they do every Friday at 4 PM EDT / 8 PM GMT.

Here is the episode for this week for those who missed it where we discuss the latest in robotics, skittles, and Twonky!
While you’re at it, here are the past few episodes if you feel so inclined to watch!


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The World’s Greatest Drummer (…is in a Tribute Band)

World's Greatest Drummer

World's Greatest Drummer

Holy crap! Norm Flores stopped me earlier and forced me to watch a YouTube video about the World’s Greatest Drummer. I was like… “Yeah, OK Norm. I’ll check it out later.” And he was like, “NO! You’ll check it out now!”

So I checked it out. And now I’m telling you, YOU have to check this out! No, not later… NOW!
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