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Look What I Learned on Twitter

I don’t use Twitter much, except when my WordPress blogs auto-post Tweets at the time I publish a new piece.

But half an hour ago or so, I Googled Key Bank because of site issues they seem to be having. And the search result I clicked was someone’s Twitter comment.

From there I eventually ended up on my own Twitter account…and saw this: Read it all

What Would You Do With This Drone?

I have not yet written the post I would like to put up. Doing that would be foolish. I just don’t believe in posting whining and sourness online. 😯

Instead, I offer you autonomous agile aerial robots: Read it all

What’s Special About This, Google?

Google Street View near Perrysville, IN — except what you see below is looking up.

I have no idea what that is, though apparently it’s near a farm on N County Rd 200 E.

Some other blogger posted a more-zoomed-out version, though I have no clue why. I studied it and failed to find anything particularly outstanding.

Except for this: Read it all

Hacked by Tariq SQL

The owner called me at 8:39 this morning, “My site’s been hacked.”

I was surprised.

I mean, it’s a WordPress-powered site, after all. And I try to run a tight ship security-wise.

So I had a look: Read it all

Casting a (Sorta) Wishful Eye

Cram your chair a little closer to the monitor. (Thanks.)

I’m about to cast a wishful eye on the week expiring to note posts that might have been.

(Should there be a comma in there somewhere?)

What might have been — how dreary, that! Read it all

A Shot Across Google’s Bow?

Wherein one Internet titan shows a thing or two to another Internet titan’s competing browser:

Users report Microsoft Security Essentials removes Google Chrome

On September 30th, 2011, an incorrect detection for PWS:Win32/Zbot was identified and as a result, Google Chrome was inadvertently blocked and in some cases removed. Within a few hours, Microsoft released an update that addresses the issue. Signature versions 1.113.672.0 and higher include this update. Affected customers should manually update Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) with the latest signatures. After updating the definitions, reinstall Google Chrome. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused our customers.

An inadvertent inconvenience — yup. Sure. You betcha. 😆

But, hey, they apologized.

I can believe that.

Question is, does Google?

Next thing you know, we’re going to hear about some strange search (non)rankings and (non)results for Microsoft products.

Maybe when you do a search for “word processor suite,” the results will show WordPerfect back its rightful kingly place. And Microsoft Word(no-perfect-there) will show up once at the bottom of the first page of results…with an ominous warning about it being a potential attack site.

Stand by, folks. This could get exciting.

We may be entering a new phase of the browser wars. 😯

Meanwhile, maybe you’d better play it safe. Use Yahoo! for search, Firefox for browsing, and WordPerfect for documenting. (And maybe Linux for an operating system.)

This PSA has been brought to you by Mark Roth, Ain’t Complicated, and your local browser. You’re welcome.

PS: Coming tomorrow — His Name Is Obama. If current plans don’t hold, well, that post won’t be coming tomorrow. Keep your browser tuned to this…ah…station.