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

by John P.

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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WebBeat.TV Featured on iTunes Homepage!

November 30, 2010
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Congrats to Pelpina and Norm for having WebBeat.TV featured on the iTunes homepage in the UK! If you haven’t subscribed to WebBeat yet you really should! Pelpina is awesome and she finds the most interesting stuff every day to entertain us all. And the dynamic between her and Norm is priceless. Heck, the bloopers at [...]

How Woopra Catches Drive-by Comment Spammers

November 20, 2010
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Today someone left the following comment: Now, it caught my eye for two reasons: They left a URL in the comment. I’m constantly on the lookout for that because I don’t want YOU guys (my real readers) to be subjected to spammy comments. They claim to be a long time reader who visits constantly.

WebBeat.TV Episode 26 – The Saga Begins

November 19, 2010
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Oh, you guys have got to see this latest version of WebBeat.TV! Not only does Pelpina cover some good stuff, but we’ve got our own little WebBeat soap opera going on in the background! It’s awesome…

Subscribe to the Livid Lobster List – Win Monthly Prizes!

October 12, 2010
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Over the last couple of years I’ve run a few contests and given away all kinds of stuff including camcorders, ipods, cameras, Drobos, etc. But it’s really been a pain in the ass to try and run those giveaways. But I finally have a solution to that problem!!!! As many of you are aware, my [...]

Wasp Barcode’s New Corporate Video: It’s Ass-Kicking Awesome!

September 21, 2010
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Ok, I’ve got to give it up to Wasp Barcode Technologies for their new social media campaign launch. Here is an example of a big company actually embracing online marketing and social media channels. Not only that, but they are trying to tailor their message to an audience that is intollerant of corporate propaganda (namely [...]

Interview with AnyBots’ CEO Dr. Trevor Blackwell

September 18, 2010
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AnyBots is a company that is building an innovative remote controlled robot which serves as a personal avatar. Yes, that’s right, just like the movie Avatar an operator remote controls this robot and it allows you to virtually be present in another location. The applications for this technology are endless, but imagine a large company [...]

VistaPrint.com Is Threatening to Sue Me Over a Blog Comment. Really???

September 4, 2010

It never ceases to amaze me what bad decisions some corporate executives can make. But here comes a brand new one… Three years ago I gave VistaPrint.com a try for some cards or something. Who cares what it was… I had a bad experience. I wrote about it on my blog. End of story. Except [...]

.CO Domains Launch and Here Are the GoDaddy Coupon Codes to Get ‘Em!

July 22, 2010

I have a lot of friends who have been trying very hard to come up with a really good or really specific domain name for a while without any luck. It seems like all the good ones are taken, doesn’t it? Well, if you are one of those people you need to know that there [...]