I have been learning more about SEO. Which is in short, how to get a website into the top search listings of google, yahoo, dogpile, etc. under specific keywords. There are easy/evil ways to get your website up faster in the ranks, which involve link spamming. These are things I will not be doing since I don’t want to get my site(s) banned. My goal is to do it the right way, which is going to take time and patience I’ve read. Here are some of the books that I have been reading to educate myself on the topic:

Google SEO Secrets 2006
Sybex Search Engine Optimization
SEO Made Easy by Brad Callen
SEO For Dummies

Also Some Sites:
http://www.wordtracker.com/
http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
http://www.bruceclay.com/
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/
http://www.highrankings.com/

There is a Trojan horse that is targeting OSX that was found on some free porn sites. Pretty much go to a free porn site that requires you to download a codec to view the porn and it installs a trojan horse instead. After downloading the codec you are required to enter your root password which then grants the virus full access to your computer. So those foolishly thinking that macs are virus free, think again. Unfortunately, with more people buying macs more viruses will be written for the OS. Read here for more details.

I ran across a good how to on installing leopard from a DMG file which is helpful if you don’t have a dual layer DVD burner. There are legal ways to obtain a copy of Leopard that comes in a .dmg file. These are spelled out in the how to. If you do have access to a dual layer DVD burner then just burn the stinkin’ image and install that way. This is not something an amateur should expect to do very easily. Read on for more details.

Why would someone want to do this? Well I wanted to do this because my ISP (internet service provider) changes my IP address every 3-6 months for an unknown reason (security?). This makes it hard to host your own webserver. After some searching, I found this script and modified it to my own liking, since it didn’t quite work right when I first got it. I am NOT assuming responsibility if some goofball breaks their computer because they don’t know know what they are doing. Please realize that you will need to install wget and sendmail if you don’t already have them on your Unix system. I will not get into installing these packages in this post. To get this working you will need to set up a cron job to run this script every hour. If the IP hasn’t changed it will not send an email. Here is more information how to set up your cron jobs. Please refer to my last post to send text messages to your cell phone vie email. There is more than enough information on the given websites for the packages. Here is the original script.
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Well, I just got home a few minutes ago from work. The first time ever that I’m dressed nicely enough (coming home from work) that I’m afraid to roll around in the grass with Mozart. Work was good, and the day went by rather quickly. I ate lunch at my desk and didn’t take a lunch, which is what most of the programming team does everyday. I snuck in the employee door today and waited for Bill Pratt to come and show me where I would be sitting at everyday. I wasn’t sure what to do until 8am (I got there at 7am) since Chris doesn’t come in until 8am and she is the one that is training me. Well after a few hours of setting my computer up (I have dual displays!) my machine ended up breaking and I had to get a new one. The mother ended up being bad and one of our ITs, Jeremy, gave me a new box. All in all the day was good. I enjoy dressing up to go to work and having to iron my shirt and pants before putting them on. I wonder if this will get old, it probably will. I have done so many different jobs in the past and I’m excited to do something different. The only downside to this job is having to sit down all day, which I hope won’t cause me to become obese. And I am inside all day long so I have no idea what is going on outside. Hell a tornado could rip up half of South Bend, and I wouldn’t even know it. I realized this as I’m walking out the front door and I’m looking out the window and thought to myself “It’s cloudy outside?!” which was a shock to me. I then realized that I had been inside all day which is a change compared to my other job where I was in the elements for my work day. Well, I’m excited for what tomorrow is going to bring. Thanks for reading! PS: Oh yeah I’m going to try and see “BORAT” with my brother Justin. He is the person that introduced me to the comical politician. I heard it’s a good movie!