I found the immediate cause of the Google Reader spam problem, thanks to this thread. It turns out that someone was able to get a hacked entry into the database (specifically, into the wp_options table). The important parts of the entry look like this: ;))”==QfK0wOpcyMyEzbo [... lots more gibberish-looking stuff, which is actually base64_encode()'d stuff] [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2009 by Chris
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How in Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s name did this happen? My previous post on this site, the one that announces our next gig in August, reads just fine on the site. It even looks good on Facebook, where I have the auto-blog-post-thingy enabled. But you should see how it reads in Google Reader: Natural Avodart Herbal [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2009 by Chris
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Here’s how:
Posted on June 17th, 2009 by Chris
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I’m in a grade dispute with a student right now, and even though I have no reason not to trust her, I feel like she’s trying to pull a fast one on me. There was an assignment due on Thursday, March 5th, at 2:30 PM. We were still in Eastern Standard Time then, and would [...]
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Chris
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Carrie’s on a train into the city to meet her mom and her brother, to navigate them through Penn Station for their Mother’s Day visit. I should be writing final exams, but Jack is up and squirming, so I’m watching him. This doesn’t leave a lot of opportunity to think and type, but it’s a [...]
Posted on May 9th, 2009 by Chris
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While we’re not 100% set up, we’re at least about 95% there in our new studio. Rich and Charlie really did an excellent job moving everything, painting and carpeting. It is an absolute pleasure to work in the new room. We realized after our first rehearsal that the old bluish-grey room actually inspired us to [...]
Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Chris
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\n Color Scheme Designer 3 \n Color scheme for latest design of PHProf \n (tags: webdesign webdev web2.0) \n
Posted on May 5th, 2009 by Chris
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I’ll have lots of details — and pictures! — later, but John Pierce Merlo was born today at 8:17 pm. He was 7 pounds, 7 ounces at birth, and 20.5 inches long. The one picture I was able to upload is here: http://twitpic.com/2qs3p More later!
Posted on April 2nd, 2009 by Chris
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At least the weather has let up. I haven’t had a lot of down time as March comes to a close. First, and most importantly, Carrie is doing well: Although she is currently at the hospital overnight, awaiting the results of some blood tests. I don’t think the boy is coming today, but I suppose [...]
Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Chris
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It’s the first day of March, and we’re in the beginning stages of what’s supposed to be a huge snowstorm. They’re predicting so much snow that school has already been canceled for tomorrow. My hope is that this month continues the cliched tradition, and goes out like a lamb, because Carrie and I have some [...]
Posted on March 1st, 2009 by Chris
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