With the Denial-of-Service Attack (DOS) on Twitter in early August 2009, it has some users wondering what it is and how to prevent it. According to Wikipedia, a denial-of-service attack is: A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users.
[Continue Reading...]Social Networking and Game Applications: Ridiculously Expensive?
Game applications have been quite popular the past few years on various social networks like MySpace and Facebook. In fact, one of the most popular out there is Mafia Wars. There have been others that have surfaced and users flock to try them out. I have even joined a few. However, I am finding something
[Continue Reading...]Paid to Blog 101: Etiquette
I have come across mixed opinions about blogs that contained paid-to-review, also known as, paid to blog. Some people are not fond of it, while others are happily writing posts they will eventually get paid for. Blondish.net does have paid posts from time to time. Since my site revamp, my focus has prevented me from
[Continue Reading...]10 Designers/ Developers Who Give Back
Some designers go that extra mile when they do not have to. Some designers are just freelancers. For some, it is not always a glamorous position, but those who give back are usually worlds above. Below are some designers and web developers who have given back with tutorials, graphics, resources, programs, plugins, and more. Please
[Continue Reading...]Twitter Comments In Facebook Stream?
Well, that was what I had come up and that was before I read TechCrunch’s article, New Twitter Cross-Posts To Facebook Have Users Bewildered. One thing I remembered was that I did not have this application installed currently. I had removed it over a month ago. However, after already posting in my Facebook stream my
[Continue Reading...]Nice Homepage Twitter, But What Now?
After reading both WebProNews and TechCrunch on their articles about the new Twitter homepage, I am still left with questions. Jeremy Muncy does a great job breaking down the new Twitter homepage in his article Breaking Down Twitter’s New Homepage for those needing a little more explanation. I could care less that the front page
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