All Things Cahill

A Few Coherent Thoughts on Murdoch Blocking Google

Madison — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:21:05 +0000

Yesterday Rupert Murdoch, Chairman of News Corp, said that he was going to have Google blocked from all New Corp. websites. That means something From EditorandPublisher.com: The Chairman of News Corp. said in an interview with Sky News Australia (reported here in MediaWeek U.K.) that once the newspapers get their paywalls, News Corp. plans to pull its [...]

Everything You Think You Know About Blog Traffic Is Wrong

Madison — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:13:36 +0000

Brian Kirsten, a great engineer and a guy whose opinion I really respect pointed me towards a very important article by Niall Harbison entitled “How Much Traffic Does TechCrunch Send You?” in which he dissects that actual traffic volume which the tech megablog generated for him. TechCrunch itself is widely attributed to have over 4m rss [...]

Sarbanes-Oxley Killed…Round Up the Usual Suspects…

Madison — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:15:55 +0000

For the record, I’m the last guy you should get financial or economic advice from. Even so, I was shocked to find a story in the New York Times yesterday, entitled “Good Bye Reforms of 2002.” The lead ought to grab you: Sarbanes-Oxley was passed, almost unanimously, by a Republican-controlled House and a Democratic-controlled Senate. Now [...]

Money for Nothing and Your Chicks for Free…

Madison — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:10:03 +0000

(Disclosures: I work for Namemedia, who is technically a competitor of Internet Brands, owners of vBulletin. I also run several sites that use vBulletin and spend a significant part of my work week working in vBulletin code…) Over the past month, there’s been a slowly erupting feud in the vBulletin community over the new pricing structure [...]

Forget Disclosure and Transparency – We Crave Honesty

Madison — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:07:30 +0000

That’s right you heard it here first …the darling of the noveau marketing is “transparency” and unfortunately, it’s the wrong answer. Transparency and disclosure simply aren’t enough. For some crimes, Mea Culpa simply won’t cut it. Yes, if you are accepting payment from outside entities in return for writing that blog post or tweeting that little [...]

Mark’s Unofficial Guide to Dealing with the Butt Flu

Madison — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:04:20 +0000

Okay, for those of you who don’t have 11 year olds around to explain it to you: H1N1 Flu = Heinie Flu = Butt Flu. Yesterday, not a nice time. This morning, again not so nice, but this afternoon feeling much better. My tips, which, of course, shouldn’t take the place of real, trained medical advice. Stock [...]

Out of It This Week

Madison — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:52:34 +0000

Yeah, we’ve got a house guest this week, hailing from Mexico, it’s the Swine Flu, or at least that’s what the triage nurse says. Other than being really tired and really sore, I apparently have a fairly mild case. I’m working, but doing so from my home office to help save my coworkers [...]

A few Wordpress sites you might not have seen…

Madison — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:32:24 +0000

I’ve had a few launches recently and a few of them are worth mentioning. The Afternic Domainer’s Advantage – this is a knowledge center for use by Domainers, which is fully integrated with the AfternicDLS.com site. For those who aren’t aware, Afternic is the world’s largest premium domain marketplace with over three million domains available for [...]

Wordpress 2.8.5 Released

Madison — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:57:38 +0000

A new Wordpress release came out last night. Unlike the previous, this is what they are calling “a hardening release”, i.e. it is generally designed to make the code base more secure, but doesn’t fix any known vulnerabilities. As with all minor level releases, I suggest you update as soon as possible, if for no [...]

Louderback: Windows 7 – It’s Vista All Over Again

Madison — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:47:18 +0000

I’m a geek. I like new software, hardware and am generally predisposed to liking new shiny tech stuff. As such, I’ve really been looking forward to Windows 7. Deep down, I’ve been struggling with my inate desire to upgrade to Windows 7 on my various home machines, and leaving them as they are. Some are older [...]