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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-03

Michael Clark — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:50:00 +0000

@jdefontes email sent to you, with link to complete log file in reply to jdefontes #
Aah, a wonderful story: http://planetmike.com/x/lf Justice! #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-03

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-02

Michael Clark — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:50:00 +0000

@jdefontes The Podtrac Feed Scanner read my podcast file then something at the same IP address with no user agent hit me 97 times in 8 secs. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-02

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-01

Michael Clark — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:50:00 +0000

Rule #1 to those of you writing a web spider of any sort: Define a user-agent! Leaving it blank is A Bad Thing. Podtrac I'm looking at you. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-01

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-17

Michael Clark — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:50:00 +0000

ClintonBushHaitiFund.org: http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/ #

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-17

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-13

Michael Clark — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:50:00 +0000

My tips on "How To Succeed At Twitter" http://bit.ly/8tfMnz I hope they're helpful. #
I really miss the iTunes shopping cart. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-13

How To Succeed At Twitter

Michael Clark — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:19:03 +0000

Here are a few tips on increasing your Twitter effectiveness 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

1. Repeat the same tweet day after day. People may forget your information, they need to hear it multiple times.

1b. Corollary: If your information is really important, post the same tweet multiple times per day.

2. Post inane information, such as what you had for lunch. People are interested, and besides, you can’t really say anything substantive in 140 characters anyways.

2b. Corollary: Post more than ten times per hour. For eight to ten hours a day. People want to know what you’re doing throughout the day. “Good morning” or “Good afternoon” posts are helpful.

3. Customize your twitter background with a tiny image that repeats many times. Your artwork isn’t at all distracting when reading an individual post.

3b. Corollary: Customize your avatar with the same image as your background image. Using your existing logo as an avatar is silly.

4. Customize the appearance of twitter pages with different colors and fonts than your existing web site. Using your existing branding and style is silly.

4b. Corollary: Make the fonts and colors you choose as different as possible from your existing marketing materials. Differing styles makes your organization look larger.

5. Only provide links to your own web site. Why take the chance a reader may visit the competition?

5b. Corollary: Only link to your home page. Once someone is there, they can navigate your site to find the details they are looking for.

How To Succeed At Twitter

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-08

Michael Clark — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:50:00 +0000

#shortyawards @showbizradio #news because they summarize all of the DC area's theater news stories for local fans of theatre #dc #

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-08

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-06

Michael Clark — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:50:00 +0000

I'm not seeing any ads on Youtube RT @ejwc:The video ads showing up on Youtube now before seeing what you want basically make it unusable. #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-01-06

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-04

Michael Clark — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:50:00 +0000

Ken Follett's "Pillars of the Earth" being shot in Hungary, Austria http://planetmike.com/x/ho (A great novel, I hope the movie is as good!) #
@jtimothyking Is "ftaoc" the novel you wrote for NaNoWriMo? I just downloaded the free copy, and will try to send you some notes. in reply to jtimothyking #

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-04

Making the 4G Blacklist Easier to Manage

Michael Clark — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:49:12 +0000

Jeff Starr wrote back in March about his attempts at keeping scammers and crackers and other undesirables away from his web sites. He’s published his suggested settings for the Apache web server at The Perishable Press 4G Blacklist. 7b1d91231a87fb75e0054e886a0dea57

I’m not a fan of adding lots of stuff to my core system files. So I simply put the rules in a file called “perishable-press-blacklist.conf” in my /etc/httpd/conf.d/ directory. If I put them in one of the regular configuration files, such as httpd.conf, I may overwrite the file or forget it’s there. By keeping it in its own separate file, I can more easily tweak the settings.

Making the 4G Blacklist Easier to Manage