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Spamming My Blog More Frequent Than I Publish

February 9th, 2012 by Edwin 2 comments »

Those who blog and say there have not been hit by any single spam is an utterly true liar. I would humbly ask to excuse me on that straight-forwardness.

But I think it’s fact that spammer subsist in our social blogosphere. Especially to new social bloggers like myself, who persistently trying to defend all spams carry an anonymous identity.

I received 25 spams yesterday.

There continue to spam my blog more frequent than I publish my post. Outrageous and cowardly if any writer would want to refer them as.

For me, I wish them nothing, but more than happy to have their volunteering clicks on those ads in my blog. Be generous! Those are my iron rice-bowl I’m trying to reinvent. So click to feed me.

There is also a Donate button located at the right column of this blog. This is for your generous contributions to maintain and improve this blog.

Here are 3 examples below, comments are too generalize and without substance. You will be amused and bamboozled by all this unrelated comments.

Greetings I found your webpage by mistake when i was searching Live search for this topic, I have to express your webpage is really very helpful I also enjoy the style, it is cool!

This is certainly something I have to find more information about, thank you for the article.

Thank you for taking the time and spreading this information with all of us. It was really very helpful and informative while being straight forward and to the point.

However, on what has been said, the most inevitable wordpress plugin to prevent spam is Akismet. It allegedly, is all about the need to fight spam for your blog. And it bundled exquisitely as a default plugin when wordpress is first installed.

I shall have my post to be short today. Have spent the day reshuffling my posts, categories and tags.

And the sub-domains have stopped their services, so I be focusing on this one. Plus 3 more blogs of mine.

Content of the sub-domains has printed into PDF format and can be downloaded by clicking the links below.

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Posted in Social, What-is, Wordpress

Tags: Plugins Scams Spam Wordpress

One Blog Post per Week is not Demanding

February 5th, 2012 by Edwin No comments »

It’s has been 2 years this blog exists. A personal blog including post about internet, Facebook, proxy and traveling web user.

All this while, this blog has been growing upwardly and persistently trying to post at least once per week.

That frequency is not demanding, however, considered as the minimum amount of regular post. How I hope I can blog almost everyday, 365 times a year. Or even 3 times per week.

Talking is cheap. Action speaks louder than words. I better stick on to my effort to post weekly.

This blog has 3 sub-domains. Sad to say, I would be tearing down the content soon and just focus on this http://Cyperwin.com.

That doesn’t mean lesser content in future. If my thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set my focus steadily toward my blog post required.

There is another reason why I choose to have weekly post. Before saying more, I ought to emphasize as a valid reason, not a lame excuse.

I’m having 2 other blogs, i.e. http://PhotoPortraitPainting.com and http://ColorPaintingArt.com

PLUS… one more which I have just registered. It took me quite a while to consider having this new website blog. It will be a journal of my years spending in another South East Asia country.

I will be relocating to Taiwan, Tainan city. A beautiful country, rich in culture and friendly people.

Taipei city is the capital of Taiwan located in northern region, whereas Tainan is the oldest city in southern Taiwan.

Presently, I’m trying to spend time organizing the new website. I will be sharing the web address soon.

If you know about Tainan city in Taiwan, do share your thoughts by adding your comments. I would love to read them and learn from you.

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Posted in Facebook, Myself, Proxy Server, Social, Traveling, Wordpress

Tags: Facebook Myself Proxy Server Social Traveling Wordpress

Purpose of My Blog, About Me

January 25th, 2012 by Edwin 1 comment »

Few months ago, I have written a page to describe the purpose of my blog. It may seem quite recent, though, page has been published on November 2009. Sometime, I just wonder what have I been doing that took me so long to refine the About.Me page.

And then, I made an effort to re-write About.Me page by including over 500 words from the original post. I have no better adverbs to describe how short my earlier page was, but to put it as pathetically brief and pointless. It never disappoints me then.

The second attempt was better in a sense that I have written a clearer overview of the purpose of my blog. However, I would grade it as just satisfactory.

Why is it so? Over 500 words may give sufficient detail to read, but the span is still too lenghty.

I should have shorten is by half its length, if better, reduced to 50 words. Make it succinct and to the point.

Sound challenging. The original was too short with about 100 words, now it has at least 500 words. So from the existing 500 words it will summarize to target within 50 words? Perhaps, I have high expectation and want to have continuous improvements.

I will re-write it. All the content preserved, be it good or bad. I have pasted the entire post here so that everyone can read.

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I have been surfing the internet since 1990. Back then, the highest speed was 56K using a dial-up modem. And that’s the best technology and connection speed available in any developing Asia countries. As of today, highest speed attainable is very much faster and affordable.

Am I trying to sell some product online? The answer is ‘No’. I’m not promoting any subscription of fiber optic cable connection, or the latest technology gadget, such as iPad, Andriod, PC tablets, etc…

Neither am I sharing another lengthy history of what I have done for the past 2 decades, nor a biography of myself. So please read on the About page. I shall get this straight to the point.

http://CyperWin.com is about social blogging and the web users. The overview of this social blogging envision a thought for “Now I know, so I blog.” Helping readers to understand easily and to learn, “Make it simple, and you learn.”

The blog aims to interact and help any online novice, who uses the internet. Blogging about interesting web tools that are ever-changing and fast paced. Sharing tips on how-to, ideas of what-is, and helpful advice on optimizing tools, and introducing simple cloud applications. I’m one who emphasize on web applications that are lightweight, simple and objective-oriented.

On top of that, this social blogging is also about updating the latest trends happening in the web. Such as, Twitter post on “What’s happening?”, and Google search on what’s up and coming. Or simple blog about “How to login to Facebook?” can be challenging, especially in countries where social websites are banned.

At times, I will blog about some basic internet security, such as malware that goes virally on Facebook. This includes important measures and simple guidelines to keep your web surfing safe and secured.

Some of my blogs also talk about traveling advice and backpacking tips for students and vagabonds who travel on shoe’s string.

Generally speaking, this social blogging is about the Web Users.

In addition, I have 3 other blogs in the my sub-domains. Namely :-

Blogging about online scams and phishing.

Please visit http://Scams.CyperWin.com

Blogging about Open Source and Gentoo Linux OS.

Please visit http://Gentoo.CyperWin.com

Lastly, on English Language and Random Thoughts.

Please visit http://English.CyperWin.com

At the moment I work alone, and I hope to have a small team with a common goal. Furthermore, I’m not really an expert in this I.T fields. Whatever I have gained, I learn. And I want to share in this blog. I maybe a few steps behind any elite bloggers, but definitely not the last in the race of fast-tracked technology. Perhaps somewhere in the middle…

I read my mails every day, not wanting to miss out any information that is important to me. Therefore, I will be glad, if you able to share with me your thoughts and opinions, by contacting me with below 3 methods.

1) Email me: http://CyperWin.com/Contact

2) Facebook: http://Facebook.com/CyperWin

3) Twitter: http://Twitter.com/CyperWin

Additional notes:

“CyperWin” is a 8-letters word , having 3 syllabus in pronunciation. It is also a word that I have created to define myself.

The first 2 syllabus, “Cyper“, is a combination of 2 words that can be easily found in the dictionary.

“Cyper“, is a pretext combine by 2 root words ‘Cyber’ and ‘Hyper’. My reference below is from Longman Dictionary.

‘Cyber‘ : “from relating to computers, especially to messages and information on the Internet”
“Hyper” : “extremely excited or nervous about something”

With the above meaning, I’m trying derive the meaning of “Cyper” as “Any activities relating to computers and internet, which are evolving in a fast pace environment “.

“Win” is regard as a countable suffix to the former. Literally, it mean victory or leading. It is also the second syllable of my first name.

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Posted in Social

Tags: Social

How To Select Proxy Address

January 17th, 2012 by Edwin No comments »

There are endless numbers of proxy address available as free. I often use to login facebook while traveling in Vietnam. Before we proceed to the free proxy list, I will have to share with you the basic of how to select proxy address.

Proxy Address is a numeric label assigned as an intermediary gate to the desired website u be visiting. This label also called proxy server used for settings described here.

Choosing the proxy address can be determine by 3 basic filtering components. Namely, proxy type, proxy port, and proxy country.

Below technically describe the terms.

Proxy Type ~

The level of anonymity for user. There are:-

Non-anonymous proxy server. For casual surfing of webpages. Example: Google search.
Anonymous proxy server. With certain degree of anonymity for web surfing. Example: Facebook Login.
Highly Anonymous proxy. Highly secured and for elite user. Example: Yahoo mail login.

Proxy Port ~

Act as a listening channel to consolidate all internet request. Both proxy port and proxy address work in pairs, relying on each other to function or connect properly.
Most common proxy port is 8080, supporting web address with protocol beginning with “http://www…” and “https://www…”. The latter protocol is SSL; short for Secured Sockets Layer, a protocol for encrypting information over the Internet.

Proxy Country ~

Location of proxy server. For example: If your physical location is in Vietnam, you might one to choose a proxy address located in Germany or United States. Virtually, you are also identify as one surfing from that chosen location. No concern if you don’t have any particular preference.
However, the security of Facebook Login will detect your login as an unidentified user of different country. Do not panic, just login and answer all the security questions by Facebook.

Here is another simple way of explaining above terms.

Let say you are an online seller. You have to deliver the successfully sold item to your buyer by the chosen courier service. Or you could be a wholeseller delivering branded goods to supplier (intermediary gate) who later distribute (serve) to his customers living in smaller towns. Product could metaphorically refer to sending your internet requests as a package.

Before delivering your product to supplier’s address (Proxy Address), you need to know:-

the province or country (Proxy Country) of the buyer’s residency you are sending to, and
the shipping port (Proxy Port), airport, seaport or post office to consolidate all incoming goods.
the degree of securing the product (Proxy Type). E.g. special packing, registered-article or just a simple plain mail.

Once you understand these 3 basic requirements, you may proceed to select your own proxy address that works for Facebook Login.

Here is the link for recommended free proxy listings: http://spys.ru/en/.

Try filtering the 3 components to search for the desired proxy address usable in Facebook Login.

Free Proxy List