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August 16 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

status update fail - Mike

Robert Scoble

My blog was just hacked into. You MUST upgrade your Wordpress to avoid being hacked. We fixed my version.

August 12 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Yeah, this is why I wouldn't touch Wordpress with a 10-foot pole for our stuff. - Andru Edwards

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what version were you using that got comprimised? - Ron George

I assume he was using 2.8.3. They released 2.8.4 today to fix the vulnerability in 2.8.3 - Alan Hoskins

http://wordpress.org/develop... - Alan Hoskins

saw a report about this and just updated my blogs - Rachel Clarke

also, love that Friendfeed now has the 'comment' button at the bottom even when viewing as part of stream,A change that happened in the last few days - Rachel Clarke

I upgraded mine to 2.8.4 this morning, and then later saw a report about the 2.8.3 vulnerability. - Joey Gibson

It's a pain in the butt, but I upgraded all of my sites this morning. - Derek Coward

yikes - Mike

Alan: it was worse than that. We were still on 2.7x. - Robert Scoble

Someone might want to warn the Techcrunch blog(s), they appear to be on 2.7.1 still. - Mo Kargas

No, don't tell Techcrunch, they are too busy reporting on stuff. - Alex Scoble

Any who has a following should let any of their Wordpress friends know about this. As I understand this flaw doesn't give the hacker access to the blog, just changes the password to mess with the owner. - Keith Rowland

"Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner." - Wordpress.org - Keith Rowland

Mo: oh, boy. - Robert Scoble

I did today too and it was easier than usual, except my FTP client kept timing out. New hosting anyone? - Aron Michalski

Yikes. - DGentry

Thanks for the heads up, I upgraded - Mark Essel

I tried calling Arrington, he didn't pick up the phone. Oh well. I did leave him a message. - Robert Scoble

Does anybody use Thesis and if you do how do you like it? I'm considering purchasing a Thesis to update my old blog. - Jeunelle Foster

I use Thesis on four blogs. It is well worth it. I ran K2 before that, which was good, but the things you can do with openhook on Thesis takes it to another class. - david

Wow... - Helen Sventitsky

Sounds like a pretty benign vulnerability. Sounds like the Wordpress maintainers are doing a good job, especially considering it's PHP. - Bruce Lewis

Thanks David, you just helped me to decide. I am getting Thesis :) - Jeunelle Foster

I just upgraded. Thanks a lot. - Ben Hanten

Upgrade to what? - Suzen Sam

folks Scoble was running WordPress 2.7 with Thesis theme like a ton of blogs out there! Thesis is cool. - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed

time to upgrade WP 2.7x to the latest version - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed

I upgraded both my blogs tonite. - Mark Krynsky

Done and done - WorldofHiglet

I don't personally use Wordpress currently but for the "we wouldn't touch wordpress etc.." crew, what makes you think your choice of CMS/blog is any more secure? Even if you use static HTML, http servers can still sometimes be exploited. Being complacent about security because you chose some other software, is almost recklessly naive. - dannystaple

Bummer. This happened to me in April. Someone hacked into one of my Wordpress accounts and dismantled my blog completely. I'm pretty tired of updating and maintaining my Wordpress sites. It's a constant task. Typepad has actually been the most headache free platform in my experience. Squarespace is sounding pretty good these days though. Maybe I'll go totally minimalist and just do the Posterous thing. - Richard Merritt

It's a little easier with the the in admin update tool. Would be nice if it could do it automatically though - James Tenniswood

The "vulnerability" found the other day was more of an annoyance, really. It didn't offer a way into the site, just a way to reset the password and mail the new password to the admin. - Otto

Thanks for the heads up. Sorry it happened. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Richard: or you could switch to a managed wordpress.com blog and import all your posts easily. then you dont have to worry about upgrading. A upgraded Wordpress.com site is better than a squarespace site IMO. - Logan Lindquist

From what I understand the admin password vuln isn't that big a deal because they would need access to your email as well and if they have that your already screwed. - Logan Lindquist

Everyone managing a wordpress site sign up for the RELEASE NOTIFICATION here. http://wordpress.org/download/ - Logan Lindquist

This once more raises the question: is wordpress really worth all the hassles? It's far from the clean, intuitive system it once was, as anyone who has tried to show someone how to use it to build and maintain a reasonably full featured solution will find out. - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

I'm sorry to hear you were hacked. Yes, I upgraded to 2.8.4 when I read about the vulnerabilities. - Shevonne

"my FTP client kept timing out." - Have you tried the automatic updater in the control panel? - John Craft

Joelle: its not a hassle. yes its worth it. if you dont like managing the upgrades pay for a wordpress.com. - Logan Lindquist

what do you mean hacked? 2.8.3 only meant someone could do something that reset your password and emailed it to you (happened to me) but they wouldnt know your password. (this all assuming you were on 2.8.3?) - Paul Stamatiou

Paul: well, I was on 2.7x and someone reset my password AND posted some porn links into a blog post of mine. - Robert Scoble

Done. Thanks for the heads up. - Chris Nixon

C. Wess Daniels

Thom Yorke: No more Radiohead albums - http://www.guardian.co.uk/music...

August 11 from Tumblr - Comment - Like - Share

what???? - Mike

they're not stopping making music, just no more LP's I guess. - C. Wess Daniels from email

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listening to "Whats Golden - Jurassic 5" - http://blip.fm/~7hqok

June 2 from Blip.fm - Comment - Like - Share

Word power can plow through acres of cornfields Paragraphs cut like warm steel, preform ill... - Mike from Blip.fm

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listening to "Freedom - Jurassic 5" - http://blip.fm/~7hqb5

June 2 from Blip.fm - Comment - Like - Share

Hold on to this feelin', Freedom - Mike from Blip.fm

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listening to "Freedom - Jurassic 5" - http://blip.fm/~66rcx

May 13 from Blip.fm - Comment - Like - Share

Love peace and harmony, one universal family One God, one aim and one destiny - Mike from Blip.fm

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listening to "Lion's Mane - Iron - http://blip.fm/~66qpp

May 13 from Blip.fm - Comment - Like - Share

One of my favorite songs from Sam's first album - Mike from Blip.fm

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listening to "No One's Gonna Love You (Album) - Band Of Horses" - http://blip.fm/~66q7t

May 13 from Blip.fm - Comment - Like - Share

this album is amazing - Mike from Blip.fm

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May 4 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

Toons in fine art photoshopping contest http://is.gd/wAUz - Mike

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listening to "All I Need - Radiohead" - http://blip.fm/~5383t

April 27 from Blip.fm - Comment - Like - Share

the first song I fell in love with on IN RAINBOWS - Mike from Blip.fm

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listening to "Roots Radicals - Rancid" - http://blip.fm/~52d9w

April 27 from Blip.fm - Comment - Like - Share

Give them the boot - Mike from Blip.fm

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listening to "Paper Planes - M.I.A." - http://blip.fm/~52d1f

April 27 from Blip.fm - Comment - Like - Share

I've got more records than the KGB - Mike from Blip.fm

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March 25 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

10 Popular Web Designer Tools for Firefox http://is.gd/oIIq - Mike

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March 25 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

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March 23 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

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March 23 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

Netflix coming to the Wii http://is.gd/oxSh - Mike

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March 20 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

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March 20 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

Social networks, blogs more popular than e-mail http://is.gd/ofkH - Mike

Tamar Weinberg

I've decided to break my embargo on FriendFeed. I am due with baby #1 and s/he will join us in June. :)

March 18 - Comment - Like - Share

J. Abdul-Qahhar, Jay, Mike Fruchter and 101 other people liked this

OMG Congratulations!!!!! - Mona Nomura

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YEAY! - Shevonne

Congrats! You should join us over in the parenting room. :) http://friendfeed.com/rooms... - Rochelle

Wohoo! glad you put that smiley face. - Alfredo

Thanks all. Rochelle, just did -- and the messages there already scare me! :P - Tamar Weinberg

Hey! Congrats!!! - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Aww, don't be scared! Let me know if I can help or anything. :) I have very recent experience! - Rochelle

HUUUUUUUGS!!! - Helen Sventitsky

wow, good for you! good luck - Cee Bee

grats! - Joshua Schnell

Mazel tov! - Akiva Moskovitz

:) - Tamar Weinberg

w00t!!! - Derrick

WHOO HOOOOOOOOOO - Erin @queenofspain

Congratulations!!! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Awesome! Take the classes. They really do help. - Robert Scoble

Read Dr. Karp's 'Happiest Baby On the Block'. And keep a copy of Dr. Sears' 'The Baby Book' on hand. They're absolutely essential. - Akiva Moskovitz

WOOHOO! Congratumacations! - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

Congratulations! - Trish R

I agree with Akiva. I would go nuts without those two books. Dr. Karp's is also available as a DVD. - Rochelle

Thanks - will definitely check them out. - Tamar Weinberg

Congratulations! - Paola Bonomo

Congrats, Tamar! And good to see you back. If you're interested, you can run your own baby pool contest on my site here: http://bebepool.com ~ all the best! - Micah Wittman

Congratulations! - Anne Bouey

Congrats again Tamar :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

great to cya in austin! - sean percival

Yay! I can talk about it publicly now! Congratulations, Tamar. Great to see you at SXSW. (Also, sounds like I have to send a louisgray.com onesie) - Louis Gray

Congrats.. :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

congradulations :) - chaz2b

Congrats, Tamar! - Kol Tregaskes

Congrats. :-) - Håkan Dahlström

(S)he'll join FriendFeed in June? Cool :) - Jemm

Yayyy! Congratulations!!! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Congratulations! - Parth Awasthi

Congratulations! Now you have to listen to everyone give you advice on how to raise a child :) - Rob Diana

Yay!! Congratulations on the tiny one! - Yolanda

Congratulations! :-D - Ladybug Heather

Congrats!!! :) - Carmen - Happy 2010!

Congrats! - Manuela