Author Archives: John Hoyle

About John Hoyle

Location: Salem, Oregon Age: Old enough to know better Interests: Read my blog!!!

The Great Storm of ’08

Posted on December 26, 2008 by John Hoyle

What we first thought to be gunshots continued unabated throughout the day on Sunday. Our home is surrounded by very tall evergreens of every species and stately old oaks – and we soon realized that our own private forest was … Continue reading →

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Conversion to WordPress 2.7 begins

Posted on December 14, 2008 by John Hoyle

Some of my website clients have contacted me and wondered when their new sites will be finished and ready for daily use. Others have been expecting upgrades or major modifications to their sites and wondered if I had forgotten about … Continue reading →

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More on “news alerts”

Posted on August 14, 2008 by John Hoyle

After publishing the previous article entitled “Watch out for ‘news alerts,’ I did some updated checking to see if either CNN.com or MSNBC.com have acknowledged the problem and have tried to do anything about it. I’m pleased to say that … Continue reading →

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Watch out for “news alerts”

Posted on August 14, 2008 by John Hoyle

Over the past few weeks many of my email accounts, especially Yahoo!Mail and Hotmail.com, have been inundated with messages purporting to be from CNN.com and MSNBC.com. They are “phishing” emails, trying to harvest new active email accounts by either (1)registering … Continue reading →

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