How to Setup your own Blog, The Easy way

Over the weekend I had a chance to talk to my sister who was interested in having setting up her own blog. She didn’t know a thing about setting up her own blog and asked me to walk her step by step. So I thought I would also walk my readers through this whole process and help you set up your own blog to.

This process will take approximately an hour to two hours, each step will be talked about in detail through a series of blog post. This shouldn’t not take long for anyone to do, depending on the speed of your internet. In fact if you follow my directions, it should be really quick and easy. No mess or fuss.

• How to Setup your Own Blog, The Easy Way
• Picking the Hosting Provider & Setting up your Domain
• Setting up Wordpress
• Securing Wordpess
• Picking your Blog Theme

Hulu Days of Summer For July 27 thru 31, 2009

So here are the latest Clues for The next week:

• Monday July 27, 2009 — Desperate Housewives Season 1 and Day Break (The Complete Series) (clue : “B00079FUI6 & B00127Z5D2″)
• Tuesday July 28, 2009 –October Roads First and Second Season (Clue : 786936754209)
• Wednesday July 29, 2009 — Queer as Folk (UK Version) (Clue : tt0185102)
• Thursday July 30, 2009 –
• Friday July 31, 2009 –

and the clues information:

• Monday July 27, 2009 — Clue one google it and it comes up with Desperate Housewives Season 1 and If you google the other clue it will come back with Amazon Day break Complete season.
• Tuesday July 28, 2009 –Although it is the UPC code for Second Season of October roads, I would think they would also put first season on there too.   Wouldn’t make no since just to put second season and not the first season.
• Wednesday July 29, 2009 — Just google the “tt0185102” it comes back Queer as Folks UK version.
• Thursday July 30, 2009 –
• Friday July 31, 2009 –

Sorry It took so Long but I had some things to do Friday Night Enjoy!!

Hulu Days of Summer Clues July 20 to July 24 2009

Ok so Hulu Released the clues starting off for Monday:

• Monday July 20, 2009 — Stargate Sg-1 Season 5 (Clue “Between Two Fires“)
  
• Tuesday July 21, 2009 — Inuyasha (Clue : Seekers of the Sacred Jewel)
  
• Wednesday July 22, 2009 — “H.R. Pufnstuf“   (Clue : “The Wheely Bird”)
  
• Thursday July 23, 2009 –   Power Rangers S.P.D. Spaced (Clue : Beginnings)
  
• Friday July 24, 2009 — X-men Evolution (Clue : Strategy X)
  

And Here are some things that I know:

• Monday July 20, 2009 –  Between Two Fires is one of the episodes in Stargate SG-1.   Yipee I can’t wait till monday!!
• Tuesday July 21, 2009 –  People have discovered it is the Show Inuyasha a TV Series.
• Wednesday July 22, 2009 — A Really old Children TV Show That is about all I can say! I don’t know how what happened, because It was “The Electric Company” And not “H.R. Pufnstuf” according to front page. It could be a mistake so I will wait and change this if they don’t fix it by this Afternoon

Hulu Days of Summer for July 13 through 17, 2009

So here are the Clues for:

• Monday July 13, 2009 — Scrubs (Clue :  Cellar Blew In)
• Tuesday July 14, 2009 – Ugly Betty (Clue : Halo Visitor)
• Wednesday July 15, 2009 — Brothers and Sisters (Clue : Baron Biz Joint)
• Thursday July 16, 2009 — Castle and Inspector Gadget (Cartoon) (Clues : “A Lawnmower Drew,” “Brain Hub Icon”)
• Friday July 17, 2009 –  Private Practice (clue : She Had Minors)

And Here are what I think they will be:

• Monday July 13, 2009 — The Clue unscrambled is “Bill Lawrence” which ends up to be “Scrubs“
• Tuesday July 14, 2009 –Clue Unscrambled is : Silvio Horta.  Which Endus to be Two Possible : “Ugly Betty” or “Jake 2.0“.  I am betting on Ugly Betty although they also have Sci-fi Channel possiblity!
• Wednesday July 15, 2009 — Clue Unscrambled  is Jon Robin Baitz Which ends up to be “Brother and Sister“
• Thursday July 16, 2009 — Clue Unscrambled are : Andrew W. Marlowe and that leads to Castle. The Other clue unscrambled is : Bruno Bianchi and looks to be one of several possible DiC EnterPrises animation shows.

Microsoft Get Ready for Patch Tuesday. 6 Bulletins

According to Arstechnica there will be 6 Bulletins and each of them are very interesting:

• Bulletin 1: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows
• Bulletin 2: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows
• Bulletin 3: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows
• Bulletin 4: Important (Elevation of Privilege), Virtual PC, Virtual Server
• Bulletin 5: Important (Elevation of Privilege), ISA Server
• Bulletin 6: Important (Remote Code Execution), Office

It looks like there will be another Directx Patch for those who have Directx 7 through 9.0c.  It also seems they will be Patching the Virtual PC and Server and ISA Server.    Microsoft will also be patching 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 1.  They will also Be Releasing 14 different patches for non Critical status.

The vista-users-unaffected.ars” target=”_blank”>Directx Flaw that was reported in May is reportedly being patched and that is why we have these Directx updates that are comming down from Microsoft.

So Now is the time to get Autopatcher updated to the lastest updates and schedule a time next week for you to test and install these updates.   I would recommend updating your anti-virus and Firewall software if you have any, if not it is time to get them and install them.

Hulu Days of Summer Clues for July 6 thru 10, 2009

Ok So we hit it off well this week now they seem to want to give us some really hard ones.   So I figure we can disqus this in the forums or other in comment sections.  I want to hear what you think:

• Monday July 6, 2009 –  Grey’s Anatomy (Last Five Episodes) (Clue : “Greedy Hermit”)
• Tuesday July 7, 2009 –   Desperate Housewives (last five Episodes) (Clue : Cola Envy Test.)
• Wednesday July 8, 2009 — “The Superstars” and “Better off Ted” (Clue : “A Cornmeal Viper” + “Jar Shoed Nuns”)
• Thursday July 9, 2009 –1)I Survived a Japanese Game Show & 2)Kite Liberator & 3)Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (Clues :  1) A Dear Monk, 2) A Moan Cough Ink, 3) Manila Tigers)
• Friday July 10, 2009 –  Primal  Fear(Clue : Valiant Rim)

So Let’s Start this off,  There are Some good Possibilities:

• Monday July 6, 2009 — “Spongebob” or “Grey’s Anatomy“.
• Tuesday July 7, 2009 — Desperate Housewives
• Wednesday July 8, 2009 — “Home And Away” (1988) “The Superstars” And “Better off Ted” Thanks to mmendonca31
• Thursday July 9, 2009 : “I Survived a Japanese Game Show” And (“Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles” Or “Milady“) and “??”

Back by Popular Demand Hulu days Of summer June 29 – July 3 2009

So I had a couple people wanting me to keep track like we did last year so I will be start by updating this daily with new clues.   Look to be updated late night for those who want to keep updated for them:

• Monday June 29, 2009 -  Dead Again (Clue : 16Tl4k)
• Tuesday June 30, 2009 – Rhoda and  The Donna Read Show (Clue: CBfWJ, zlpdl)
• Wednesday July 1, 2009 – Benny & Joon And Prelude to a Kiss (Clue : pbKEf, 2MqNCV)
• Thursday July 2, 2009 – Sliders Season 3 — (Clue: 10×3u9)
• Friday July 3, 2009 – Dead Like Me Season 1 — (Clue : nMhKQ)

I will update daily when they put out more clues so Check back daily on my Homepage for more. I will keep this on the sticky until the next clue comes out. Feel free to discuss this on my Forums or the Disqus community.  Although these seem simple they might get harder later one so I might need your help in solving these.

Hulu Days Of Summer are here again

So we have it here right now, and it starts out really good.   You can watch Stargate SG1 Season 1 through 4 the whole summer.  The last of the Mohicans was the frst movie they brought out for this event.  I rember last years one where we had to guess the coming week.  Some of the ones that I did last year were:

• Hulu’s Summer Clues Aug 11th-15th, 2008
• Hulu’s Summer clues — Unleashed Edition 2!
• Clues of the ages unearthed! June 28 – Aug 1
• Hulu’s Summer Clues Aug 11th-15th, 2008
• The Clues of the Ages Unlocked!! Aug 4-8, 2008
  

Now I don’t know all that will come this summer but I would of liked to have clues like we did last year. That would of been really fun.  Oh well, I will keep watch on this and see what comes from this.   I also have been using the Hulu Desktop more and more, it seems to work well with A600 Cricket modem really well.  For those who have it, I would suggest using the lowest quality of playback for using it.  It really isn’t bad quality for watching shows and such on.   You really don’t have to worry to much about buffering.  Although you should check your settings on the player and change them.

Ms Patch Tuesday For June 2009

Microsoft has released the upcoming patch information for this Tuesday, and boy does it look like a big one. It looks like there will be 10 bulletins this time around:

• Bulletin 1: Critical (Remote Code Execution):   Windows
• Bulletin 2: Critical (Remote Code Execution):   Windows
• Bulletin 3: Critical (Remote Code Execution):   Windows, Internet Explorer
• Bulletin 4: Critical (Remote Code Execution):   Office
• Bulletin 5: Critical (Remote Code Execution):   Office
• Bulletin 6: Critical (Remote Code Execution):   Office
• Bulletin 7: Important (Elevation of Privilege):        Windows
• Bulletin 8: Important (Elevation of Privilege):        Windows
• Bulletin 9: Important (Elevation of Privilege):        Windows
• Bulletin 10: Moderate (Information Disclosure):    Windows

It will also include one or more updates on WSUS and Windows update, and Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.   This looks to be quite a big set of updates.   Each one is very serious and will probably be a big download.   If your in corporate IT you may want to get ready the Autopatcher program this will help update all the important files on each system without having to have a internet Connection.

Are you seeing the fail whale — Oprah to Kill Twitter!!

I found Oprahs twitter account and this isn’t funny, every time I refresh her account it keeps getting bigger!!  I was going to search for her and I see this:

According to people on twitter that she will talk about Twitter tomorrow, April 17, 2009.  So what does that mean there will be a whole influx of people joining Twitter and people following her so I would imagine tomorrow and the next few days, you will see the great white whale!!  Twitter will be sluggish and possible unresponsive the next few days also.

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You best bet is not stress Twitter out to much but I am curious to see if this actually breaks Twitter.  Only time will tell but I am sure going to keep watch on this just because this is big news!!

*Update*
From the tweets I am seeing this all stems from:

Just to let you know he has 977,307 as of current but that should change.  So this will be rocking Twitter tomorrow guys!!

Patch Tuesday List for April 14, 2009

So Microsoft has released the patches for April and here they are:

1. Vulnerabilities in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (KB959454) — This security update resolves four publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker is allowed to log on to the system and then run a specially crafted application. The attacker must be able to run code on the local machine in order to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could take complete control over the affected system.
2. Vulnerabilities in Windows HTTP Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (KB960803) – This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows HTTP Services (WinHTTP). The most severe vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
3. Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (KB963027) — This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer or if a user connects to an attacker’s server by way of the HTTP protocol. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

So it Is April 1, 2009 Now What?

So you survived the April Fools Joke that most people were talking about. Are you more Mindful of what a Virus is and how to best defend against it.  If not let’s go back in the past and talk about some of the necessary Programs:

• If you haven’t already installed a Free Anti Virus, this would be the time to.  Also install a Firewall to better protect you.
• Never install any software from unknown site — This is most important even though they seem harmless enough there are sites that have fake adobe updates or even flash updates that will install Maleware into your system.  So if you have any doubt should visit the main site like Adobe.com to check for updates.
• If something scares you, count to ten –  That is very useful when it comes to scareware sites that like to scare you into buying there fake anti virus software that doesn’t do anything.  I say count to ten because by the time you did you will go looking for information on either that site or that warning and come to the conclusion it was scareware.

TINYURL being used by scammers and hackers — How to prevent it!!

With Phishing attempts going on with the TINYURL redirect website, I thought I would show you how you could prevent from going to a site you don’t want. Tinyurl.com has a great little feature, although it is a feature based on your cookies. It however will help prevent you from going to a site that you don’t know anything that about. It’s called the Preview Feature, and is available to any user who wants to use it.

As you can see if you enable it and you go to a click on a tinyurl, you will see this:

http://tinyurl.com/6t7ukk

As you can see, if you click any TINYURL links you will automatically be told where that link is redirecting you to. This however only works with there being a cookie left behind in your system to let tell Tinyurl that is has to show the link first. So if you clean your cookies out from time to time, you will need to enable it every time after you clean the browser cookies. This will help prevent you from being phished because you will be able to tell if it is the right site in the first place. If not then you don’t have to visit that site. This should be enabled on all Short URL Sites, I hope they make it a mandatory for any site that redirects. This would help stop phishing and scammers because they can’t hide behind unknown url. Only time will tell though, these sites are always going to have problems but this would solve so many problems.

Figuring out the Hole for The USB Cricket Card? UM100C

So you bought and you see:

You probably wondering what that can be used for? Here’s what I know and from what I found out. That little can be used as an external Antenna. You could also use this to boost your signal and be able to use this for places that might not be getting a better speed upward and downward bandwidth. You see it all depends on where the Cell Towers are. Although this will likely help those who are either 1 to Almost Zero signal, it will not help those who are outside of the network. It might help and it might not, it depends on the location your at and the closest coverage area. If your on the edge of the coverage area and you buy this antenna it Should boost your signal and get you a better speed. I will not say it will help but in theory it could help. If you want to find out the other post that I have done on this subject please check my Cricket tag for more information.  Although it varies on person to person, and region to region this is going to be a variable that will always remain in the grey.   Only way to find out is to try it.

Phishing sites pop up for IRS!

Well, this just came to light with The Spywareguide blog. I’ve seen some activity about Where’s my refund lately and I thought I tell you how to make sure you’re on the right site. If you’re expecting a refund check the OFFICIAL SITE. The Official Site is http://www.irs.gov and nothing else. If you want to find out about some of the most common Phishing attempts check out the Phishing advice from the IRS.

The Spyware Guide blog talks about sites that looks to be IRS but are actually just phishing for information.  Some of the ones they talk about are:

gicrisis.org/data/refundtax/SearchTAXERR.php

irs-2009.com/refund/refunds.html

collectrefund-irs.com/refund/refunds.html

cimaonline.ca/application/Internal/Revenue/Service/pas.php?certegy_vm=trueportlet_change_1_actionOverrideFchaseonlineFchangeFprocessDetails_windowLabel_portlet_process_pageLabel_page_process

jklabs.cz/phpayv2/admin/import/.secure/www.irs.gov/get-refund/refunds.php?Where_is_my_refund&Get_Refund

Although this list will most likely change this is just starting for people who filed there income tax. Some things to Remember are:

You can generally access information about your refund 72 hours after IRS acknowledges receipt of your e-filed return, or three to four weeks after mailing a paper return

Via IRS.GOV

Barack Obama isn’t leaving the White House!

In a story from Sophos, some e-mails are going around saying that Barack Obama is not going to be president or that he will not be inauguration.   Sopho’s also makes a great comparison for the two sites and it does try to look like the official site.

Which if you click on the “Continue Reading” link it will try to send a file “Speech.exe” which is W32/Waled-Gen or Mal/WaledPak-A.   It is a fake site to look like the real site, it is never a good idea on clicking on links that looks real. For those of you who want to watch the Inauguration online I would suggest Hulu:

You can watch it happen when it happens. So sit back relax and enjoy the show!!

Microsoft Keynote CES 2009

Some Key topics talk about in this Keynotes are:

Windows 7 — Lighter, Faster, and Reliability. Windows 7 Should boot quicker and faster, and enables cool new interface touch.

Windows 7 — Beta will be available Worldwide on January 9, 2009 and will be available for download on MSDN and Technet.  Also it will be available at : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7 For those who want to download it from Microsoft directly.

Windows Live Essentials — Windows live Messenger, Mail, and Photo Gallery works with Windows XP, VISTA, and Windows 7. It is available for download worldwide. Dell will also be putting this on their consumer and small business computers.

Windows Mobile — 11 Different Mobile phones.

Verizon Mobile –  Windows Live Search will be available through Verizon and it’s a partnership with Microsoft.

Demo of Windows 7, Live, and Mobile:

Windows 7 will have Windows touch and be able to use net books with Windows 7.

Windows 7 has been designed with the Touch DNA in mind.

Windows Mobile demo with an Panoramic display.

Windows Live Demo –  Various things they discuss here including Photo’s and Silver light.

Windows XBOX:

Upcoming CES 2009 — Juicy Stories

So we are getting close to CES or Computer Electronics Show to some.  This is going to be a very interesting year, due to the depressing economy.   So I wanted to talk about some of the upcoming announcements at CES so people could get ready for the upcoming 2009 Show:

• Skype will announce free US and Canada calling to cellular numbers or land lines.  This will undoubtedly be an Ad supported service and have a limited amount of minutes per call.  This will be good for people on the road who need to make a quick call here and there without having to pay for anything.  They have given some of the tidbits out already but I can’t wait to find out what else they will announce at CES.
• Windows 7 Beta — People seem to think they will release the beta the same day they announce just like they did at the PDC(Professional Developers Conference) and also give it out to people at CES.  Although that might work to a point it will be very hard for people to get in the BETA.  There is a list brewing of people wanting to get onto the beta in the Microsoft Connection Community Site.  I can’t wait for next month but I am sure it is going to be nice.