Simmons Consulting
Integrating WP in external PHP pages
I have several external pages that use the WP theme engine to wrap the content. I use the method found here, which worked great under WordPress 2.9.2. After upgrading to WP 3.0, these pages no longer worked as expected but instead generated 404s; it turns out the fix is rather simple.
Facebook ads malware
Not sure what is going on with Facebook but I logged on this evening and within two clicks, received a scareware/malware-type popup message. It said something about “Hey your computer is infected, Do you want to scan it now?” This was a Javascript popup message with an “OK” and “Cancel” button. I clicked “Cancel” and immediately the browser window was covered up with a fake Windows dialog box showing a progress bar and a flashing “Scanning!” prompt. I closed the browser immediately and noticed the URL of the malicious page. It was from (DO NOT LOAD THIS WEBSITE)
http:// 217.23.5.205/ index.html
The IP address appears to be owned by an outfit in the Netherlands.
This page had some simple attempts at Javascript obfuscation but essentially it covered up the browser window with a <div> that looked like an Explorer window with infected files. Bear this in mind while browsing.
Churches helping churches
Watch this short film put together by Mars Hill Church (in Seattle) and Harvest Bible Chapel. Pastors Mark Driscoll and James MacDonald took a 32-hour trip to Haiti to survey the condition of the local churches and body. It will leave you wrecked.
Google thinks I’m a robot?
So Google thinks I’m a robot? I was doing a fair amount of searching because I had a server down and needed to fix it, but seriously?
Facebook boom
Good grief. Seriously, is it just me? Is the whole Internet crashing? Google, YouTube and Facebook in the last week.
Youtube boom again?
Is it just me? Why oh why?
Youtube goes boom?
Well, I must say I’ve never seen this before when going to Youtube.
Google is sloooowwwwww
Dunno why but Google is just crawling today. Searches take a very long time to return, if at all. Sometimes only half the page loads, too.
Updated 2009-05-14 @ 2:41:15 pm: Yep, according to cnet, widespread outage.
Updated 2009-05-14 @ 10:02:40 pm: It’s really nice when a company owns up to their mistakes.
