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A key concept in protecting your WordPress site is to make sure the WordPress core and all of your plugins are up to date. Outdated plugins can contain vulnerabilities that allow a hacker to compromise your site. As always, it is important to have a backup of your WordPress site, especially when updating

When you set up your website monetization plan, don't put all your eggs in one (Adsense) basket. Diversify early on. Otherwise you might find your revenue suddenly dropping to zero. Overview Monetized websites are a great way to earn a side, or even a full time, income. The process is fairly simple: Create

I am in the process of adding Amazon ads to my sites. The Native ads showed up fine. However, trying to put a product or search ad using an HTML block resulted in a situation where that ad was not showing. The resolution had to do with CloudFlare's Rocket Launcher. Overview I added a

During my interviews in my recent job search, I've seen an alarming number of companies running on Rails 3.x and 4.x. Unless serious work arounds have been applied, these versions have multiple vulnerabilities. Overview - why it is important to keep as current as possible with your Rails version Any software goes through a

Updating to Rails 5.2 has a couple of 'gotchas'. Overview I have a portfolio site hosted on Digital Ocean. This is a demo of my rails code and a bit of a sandbox to try things out. I'm currently in between jobs (Thanks Covid and shutdowns). I can use this app to keep my

We are now about nine months into the Covid-19 pandemic. I am noticing that the range and depth of plumbing, electrical and hardware items is decreasing with intermittent shortages. I've come up short on more than one recent trip What's the problem, they had 95% of the parts you needed? Suppose you are a

I have a Ruby on Rails site that I use as an online portfolio. GitHub released a warning that there were vulnerabilities in Rails and associated gems. I started incrementally upgrading Rails. However, when I tried to push the Rails 5.2 update to production, the site crashed. Here is how I recovered The Problem

The simple command, rake stats will show you how the lines of code are distributed in your Ruby on Rails application. 'rake about' will show you the ruby and rails versions, the database engine and some other helpful information. If you are assigned a Ruby on Rails application, there are two simple commands that

Rubocop is a code linter for Ruby on Rails. When installed, configured and used properly it ensures that code is formatted properly and will identify some security issues. This post will cover installation and fixing basic auto-correctable errors. Why Rubocop? There are a number of other tools that can be used for

The whole system of "secret questions" used by tens of thousands of sites, including email providers, banks and government sites is fundamentally flawed. If you have even a casual acquaintance with someone, you can pick up enough information to access at least some of their sites. The "Where were you born" question is a

Beware of Facebook games such as this Facebook maiden name game as they can possibly be a scam. This game could be harmless but it exposes information that could be used to compromise your accounts. I see games on Facebook all the time where users willingly provide information that could compromise their accounts.

I tried a Guardzilla in 2017 and couldn't get it to work with my phone. It appears that the company has closed it's doors. I encountered a lot of frustration trying to install a Guardzilla camera. That led me to go to dLink. and then to Arlo and Wyze. Apparently Guardzilla ceased

If your Wyze cameras and videos are loading slowly this simple fix might work. The Problem - Slow loading of Wyze camera feeds and videos. I have about 6 cameras in two locations on my Wyze account. Periodically viewing the live feed or captured video becomes slow or impossible. I am on an

If you are locked out of a website because of a login loop or an infinite redirect loop, you can try using incognito mode or perhaps another browser The problem - An endless loop with Verizon I was trying to log onto my Verizon Fios and Wireless accounts on my desktop top pay my

I was working in Ubuntu terminals both locally and on a Digital Ocean Droplet. I wanted to find a command that I used previously but it was not saved in the terminal history. This is a design feature but can be overridden. Background. The terminal history can be very useful when you want to

I am in the middle of a job search and was missing phone calls on my Moto G7 Plan on Verizon Wireless after a recent update. It simply wasn't ringing. This seems to be a known issue with the Play and Turbo models. Seriously folks, isn't the purpose of a phone to

Even the cleanest homes and offices are a source of dirt and dust which can build up and end up damaging your desktop Dust and dirt will damage your desktop When the CPU in your desktop is working, it generates heat. The harder it works, the more heat is generated. Heat will cause