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• Critical WordPress Flaw Found → “The Remote SQL Injection vulnerability affects the latest versions of WordPress including Wordpress <= 2.2.2 and Wordpress MU <= 1.2.4.” #
• Firefox Campus Edition → A new twist for gaining new Firefox users — a distribution with some student–worthy addons! #
• Sad day → Great Windows patching app AutoPatcher has been asked to stop distribution by Microsoft Legal. This after four years of being of great value to Windows users, doing a job that Microsoft should have been doing in the first place. #
• 5 tools every PHP programmer should know about → I think ‘propel’ is interesting… #

• Amped about this ax → “The Burst guitar, with its lush finish and rich sound, has gone from pawnshop castoff to $500,000 collectible. Its devotees are ‘relentless.’” #
• What crisis? → “Is there truly a crisis in web standards? Tell us. We will support you. But really tell us.” #
• Google Proxy Hacking → Spammers can now not only copy your site, they can even knock you off the top results, leaving their spam sites at the top. #
• Is Reciprocal Linking Bad? → My second article over at Wisdump, discussing the recent changes in Google’s webmaster guidelines suggesting that reciprocal linking is not an acceptable practice. #
• Thirteen Blog Clichés → Know ‘em and break ‘em. Or at least just some… #
• 5 Ways to Manage Email Stress → Email is a top cause of stress, so here’s how to minimize the chaos that comes with it. #

• 38 Free Icon Checkpoints → Tools and lists for finding and making great icons. A recent client would love this! #

• Van Halen singer back in band after 20 years → Yes, you read that right, David Lee Roth is back with Van Halen! 25-date North American tour starts September 27. #
• Tutorial: Mass-transcode of a large batch of files → Convert your audio files from one format to another, or transcode to save storage space, all this using freely available solutions. #
• Hacking on Open APIs → Playing with APIs using the most commonly used technologies. #
• Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks → How a personal obsession can turn into a popular favorite and maybe even a full-time job. #
• Jeffrey Zeldman: King of Web Standards → The man who fought the web standards battle — the battle we collectively won. #

• Pinoy Penman’s The Anti-Rant Rant → “But there’s a difference between the ranter who just rants, and the ranter who disses the world then picks up a chisel or a compass to change it—or a pen, to write beautifully and even blissfully of one’s pain, ultimately to transform it into something more valuable and enduring than this season’s hemline or tomorrow’s gadget.” [via jayvee] #
• Career Advice → Dilbert’s Scott Adams: “Capitalism rewards things that are both rare and valuable. You make yourself rare by combining two or more ‘pretty goods’ until no one else has your mix.” #
• Blueprint → A CSS framework for cutting down development time, producing sensible typography and utilizing customizable grids for advanced layouts. #
• 46 Must-Read Productivity Tips for Freelancers → I’m sure this list will come in handy one of these days… #
• Do it Fucking Now. → You want to succeed in Business and in Life? Do it fucking now. #

• Whatever Happened to Civility on The Internet? → “… the fine art of disagreement: the ability to respect the people you disagree with, and to earn their respect in turn.” #
• WordPress & Joomla theme users beware! → Templatebrowser.com is redistributing various themes for WordPress and Joomla that have been modified and may be used to execute malicious code. Beware! #
• Top 10 Lies told by Clients → I’m sure you’ve heard at least some of them before. #
• That Dropped Doughnut: How Soon, and How Often, Will It Come Back Up? → Is it simply the five–second rule? #
• 5 business lessons from Costco → Do your business right. #