Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

After a massive blog hack attack, I’m much more keen to the tools and techniques for hardening my WordPress installation. I have found some very valuable resources, so I thought I’d share them here with you. Do realize that hacks on WordPress blogs has risen exponentially. Take care to keep your WordPress sites secure. WordPress [...]

I’m horrified at the rampant spread of malware and viruses that are hitting computers. That junk used to be a threat for people who visited “seedy” websites, or who opened up email attachments (which I don’t). Now, your computer can get a viruses or trojan just by VISITING an infected website. Disgusting! I found a [...]

This post isn’t about finding help online– it’s about finding help online! haha! I’m not talking about finding technical help online, but emotional and mental support online– the ability of online communities to enrich our lives and help us overcome problems and obstacles. Social networking is hot right now (I do a lot of it [...]

Good forums are hard to find. When I have a tech problem to solve, I often do a keyword search, and get hundreds of results that often lead me to forums. The only problem with this is, is that MOST forums seem more concerned that the topic is posted in the *right* thread, or that [...]

Need some online advice? The Internet abounds with assistance. Personally, I’m amazed by all the stuff out there: manuals, how-to’s, etc. The latest tool I’ve seen is the very timely 2009 Loan Modification Guide: Saving Your Home From Foreclosure guide online. It’s a free guide, and it has some helpful information with 20+ pages of [...]

I saw this in one of my technology news e-magazines, and want to post it here for anyone else having this problem. There seems to be an issue with Windows Vista machines “hanging” (freezing, or, the screen stays black and the Windows logo never appears) after you hit the power button to the computer, or [...]