Stuff I Found in a Packet Sniff Over Coffee

No, you really don’t want to know. Oh, nothing too bad or even extremely illegal, but as I was writing my last post—Hacking for good should be taught and encouraged—I was running a packet sniffer to make sure that my traffic was encrypted. Since I had the sniffer running in “promiscuous” mode, I caught everything [...]

Hacking for good should be taught and encouraged

In the world of hackers and hacking I’m not far above (maybe) the script kiddie level of knowledge, but I’m always happy to poke around with a packet sniffer and other tools to learn a thing or two. It’s been a long, long time since I would consider myself anything other than a white hat [...]

Learn to Build a Website with WordPress May 22nd at UBC Robson Square

Spring is in the air and that can mean only one thing…it’s Websites with WordPress time again! I’m teaching a full-day class on how to build a “regular” website with WordPress (for normal people, that is non-geeks) with UBC Continuing Studies on May 22nd (Saturday). The cost is $350 for the full day of my [...]

Sneak Listen at Part of Using WordPress: Are Premium WordPress Themes Worth It?

As you might have gathered, even though I haven’t been posting much lately, I finished the first draft of Using WordPress on schedule in mid March. Finishing another book, and this time on time, is a great feeling. That, however, isn’t what this post is about. This post is a sneak peak (or listen) to [...]

Just forgot to keep blogging

I checked the calendar and it’s been about two weeks since my last post. What gives? I could say I was busy, but really I think the reality is that I just needed a brain break. It’s either that or I’ve run out of things to say. Naw.

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