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

April 2, 2011 By 7 Comments

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 By 2 Comments

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 the end of each show alone are worth the download. ;-)
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Filed Under: Livid Lobster, Videos, Work Tagged With: , , , ,

How Woopra Catches Drive-by Comment Spammers

November 20, 2010 By 3 Comments

Today someone left the following comment:

Now, it caught my eye for two reasons:

  1. 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.
  2. They claim to be a long time reader who visits constantly.

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WebBeat.TV Episode 26 – The Saga Begins

November 19, 2010 By 1 Comment

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…
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Filed Under: Videos, Work

Subscribe to the Livid Lobster List – Win Monthly Prizes!

October 12, 2010 By 3 Comments

Livid Lobster!

Livid Lobster!

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 new company Livid Lobster, Inc. is the proud host of two new video podcasts (GeekBeat.TV and WebBeat.TV) as well as the parent company of OneMansBlog, OpenCamp, WealthNation.FM and a few other soon to be released projects… Well, we’ve decided to launch a brand new weekly newsletter which will feature all sorts of goodies such as:

  • Top posts of the week
  • Schedule of events
  • Exclusive subscriber content
  • and more!

Well, rather than trying to run Twitter contests, or other things that are difficult to track, we’re going to make it real simple! If you are a current subscriber to The Livid Lobster List you are automatically eligible for whatever in the heck that Cali Lewis and I manage to have in our bag of tricks to give away that month! And believe me, between the two of us we get our hands on some primo goodies!
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Wasp Barcode’s New Corporate Video: It’s Ass-Kicking Awesome!

September 21, 2010 By 2 Comments

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 YOU and ME) – and doing a great job at it!

Case in point, check out this deleted scene from Wasp’s video before we even get to the end product!


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Filed Under: Sales Management, Videos, Work Tagged With: , , , , ,

Interview with AnyBots’ CEO Dr. Trevor Blackwell

September 18, 2010 By 2 Comments

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 with multiple locations having a few AnyBots that people can “check out” and use to attend meetings with colleagues. The theory is that this is more inviting than simple video conferencing.
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VistaPrint.com Is Threatening to Sue Me Over a Blog Comment. Really???

September 4, 2010 By 45 Comments

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 that it wasn’t. Many other people have since chimed in on that topic, one of whom is someone by the name of “Hubbers”. He claims to have had a really bad experience and then did a whole bunch of research to suggest that VistaPrint is associated with some fairly shady dealings.

I have no idea if that is true or false, but the information certainly seems to have some validity to it. Furthermore, I spot checked some of Hubber’s claims and the information presented does appear to be fact based. But I never would have known this if I hadn’t been forced to do the research when I received the following email from VistaPrint HQ!

UPDATE: Stop the presses! VistaPrint is NOT threatening to sue me! Their Ex-partner Adaptive Affinity Ltd is!

After putting out a tweet regarding this post I was contacted by Jeff Esposito from Vistaprint who very politely informed me that his company was not the ones behind the threatening letter you will read below. After doing some research he found that VistaPrint used to partner with Adaptive Affinity to offer some subscription based services, however they ended that affiliation some time back.

Apparently some customers were inadvertently subscribing to these third party services, there was a class action lawsuit, the lawsuit was dismissed, and VistaPrint decided it was no longer in their best interests to offer these programs.

So, to summarize – Adaptive Affinity, kiss my ass. VistaPrint, we’re cool.
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.CO Domains Launch and Here Are the GoDaddy Coupon Codes to Get ‘Em!

July 22, 2010 By 18 Comments

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 is a brand new top level domain that ends in .CO (as in Company or Corporation, etc.) which was just released in the last 48 hours. This are still a HUGE number of awesome .CO domains available, so if you are thinking about registering anything ANY time soon you need to head over to GoDaddy and try and snag some of these good ones NOW!

Top Reasons to Go Register a .CO Name Now:

  • Get it for branding purposes
  • Protect your main URL by getting the .CO (for when people accidentally forget the M on the end of your .COM)
  • Plan for future websites, promotions or projects you might ever want before the domains are gone!
  • Get it to sell later

Remember, if you don’t buy these domains now you will be at the mercy of people who want to sell them to you for thousands of dollars each once they are snagged. Personally I bought $1,200 worth of domains in the last 24 hours and I’m thrilled with the ones I got. So invest in your future by snagging some good domains today!

I recommend GoDaddy for registrations so here is a link that will take you straight to their .CO registration page. HURRY!!!
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