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This rule has simply made my day, check it out at http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/06/10-web-design-rules-that-you-can-break/ .

Cybergangs? Scams? Oh the horror!

With that out of the way I must bring to queation why this is just now making the news?

I’m pretty sure plenty of users have seen this scenario one tooooooo many times.

Read the full article “Scareware’s pitches for fake security show up in odd places” at USA Today’s website

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-06-09-cybergangs-scareware-hackers_N.htm

For those looking for a captcha solution, I highly recommend you check out reCaptcha.

reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that helps to digitize books, newspapers and old time radio shows.

Check it out at www.recaptcha.net.

I’m late to catch this post from Paul Annett of Clearleft, but I highly recommend checking out his presentation regarding easter eggs and the small visual ‘magic’ tricks web designers can add to a project.

View the post and presentation at http://paulannett.co.uk/sxsw09

Always, always double check your links for typos. As developers/designers/content managers we’ve all made the mistake of not checking our links at least once.

A colleague had wondered why a link on the Microsoft support page article “Information about Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and for Windows Server 2008″ was taking him to a suspicious web site.

Reason - Microsoft typo’d the url.

View the article at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948465

The link on the page in reference SHOULD be http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd767387.aspx.

Always remember - hackers will use any resource that can be exploited, including typos if the environment permits!

So, I was gonna do a post.. but decided snuggling with the girlfriend was more important.

However for your reading pleasure, here is a link to an article at NeTTuts about building a social network with Joomla!

• Read the article “Build a Social Network Using Joomla!” at NeTTuts

Today marks the tenth anniversary of one of the darkest moments in recent US history. Columbine is notoriously etched in history as one of the most horrific school shootings to happen on US soil in the past twenty years.

Then I was in seventh grade and was quite shocked with what happened in Colorado (as I was a VA student). Weeks later students were expelled at my own school for a similar plot.

Ten years passes by fast. What have we truly learned since then?

Yes, I sold out.  But, who knows, it could be of use for me.  Follow me if you like.

• http://twitter.com/bobbyhash

Drupal 6 Social Networking is one of the lastest publications addressing the use of the popular open source content management framework.

I’ve fought it for a long enough time, but I’m finally taming my dislike of Drupal.  I’ll admit - its mostly because I’m now using it for what it is - a framework and not as a content management system.  Now I seem to be growing as a Drupler.  Fast-foward to a few weeks back: I was browsing about Amazon and came across Drupal 6 Social Networking.  After reading the entire book in a few days, I felt it deserved a review.

Drupal 6 Social Networking is written to reach a wide audience - from programmers to content administrators, no matter the level of experience.  It is authored by Michael Peacock of Peacock-Carter, a web developer from Newcastle, UK.

The book is broken down into 10 chapters, ranging from an introduction to drupal and social networks, installing drupal, using the framework to create the functionality desired, and even into web site promotion.

The highlights of this book is that is an easy read and is written for those that are not exactly sure of what certain features relate to in the system.  For example, have you ever wondered what the full use of Taxonomy is in Drupal?  Peacock has a casual writing style that gets directly to the point, accompanying his writing with on-point visual examples to add visual detail to his writing.

If you are new to the Drupal framework, this book will guide you from installation to project setup.  If you are seasoned with the framework, but not exactly sure how to make the best of specific modules to get the performance / functionality you need, this book will enlighten you with which module to use and why to use it.

Overall, this is a worthy purchase that gets directly to what the title states - drupal 6 and social networking.  This mean, you guessed it, Michael directly focuses on how drupal can be used to build a social network and he doesn’t slide off topic in doing so.

For those interested:

• More on the Drupal Framework
• Buy Drupal 6 Social Networking from Packt Publishing
• More on Michael Peacock and Peacock-Carter

I’m pretty sure those of you that follow the website have wondered as of late why I haven’t posted much. To be quite honest, it’s due to timing, crappy health, and lack of interest in writing.

However, I have a few write-ups coming.

- Why we should still consider ie6
- 4/16/07 reflection
- Journey into the world of drupal
- Sharam ‘Get Wild’ album review

Thanks to those that continue to visit.