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UrbanGrounds: Site Still not Working After This Weekend Cyber Jihad Attacks

Still having some issues from the recent hack into my site. Lots of stuff not working. Probably won’t be fixed until this evening. Please check back tomorrow, when I hope to be up and running normally again.

Hacked by the Azerbaijan Defacers

My site was hacked earlier today by a group called the Azerbaijan Defacers. The result of the hack was to make all of my uploaded images to no longer display on the site.

Random Referral Log Blogging

A little random referral log blogging to pass the time — these are the terms or phrases that different people searched for (and ended up at UrbanGrounds.com) in the last hour.

FTC to Regulate Free Speech on Blogs and Social Media Sites

Candidate Obama promised the most transparent administration EVAH! if elected. And just like every other promise made by Candidate Obama, that one has been proven to be a lie.

5 Year Blogiversary

Last week was a crazy, hectic week, both personally and professionally. So much so, that I missed my 5 year Blogiversary on September 22.

Internet Explorer Sux

I’ve fixed the problem for new posts going forwards…but will have to go back and fix the broken links manually later.

UrbanGrounds New Design

I had been using the same WordPress theme for nearly 5 years. In addition to it just being time for a change, the old theme did not support many of the newer plugins, widgets, and functionality of later builds of the WordPress software.

WordPress Upgrade Underway

Excuse any wonkiness with the site today, as I’m in the process of (finally) upgrading my WordPress installation to version 2.8.1.

How is Outing Publius Different Than Outing Gay Republicans?

But until the Left stops “outing” closeted gay Republicans for sport, I’m can’t begin to feel any sympathy over their faux outrage at an anonymous lefty blogger getting “outed”.

Obama’s Army of Internet Trolls

Well, I’m not your typical RightWing Nutcase. And I’m more than willing to roll-up my sleeves and bloody some noses in this dirty fight.

Would You Pay to Keep Newspapers Alive?

If Newspapers really want to save themselves, then they should return to objective news reporting that is not agenda or ideology driven. They should return to producing content that is worth paying for. Right now — with very few exceptions — they’re just not doing that.

Where in the World

I’m in the midst of three days of intensive management/leadership training for my company, and they are intentionally keeping us unplugged from the real-world and — especially — from the office.

Wordpress Upgrade to v2.7

Finally got around to upgrading my WordPress installation to version 2.7.

Democrat Spin And The Darwin Awards…A Double-Dip

I found this wonderful post at Anti-Mullah!
First a snippet from the Democrat Spin aspect.
Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California, was doing some personal work on her own family tree.
She discovered that Harry Reid’s great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and [...]