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Day[0] - Zero Days for Day Zero
Session-ception and User Namespaces Strike Again

Day[0] - Zero Days for Day Zero

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 49:36


API hacking and bypassing Ubuntu's user namespace restrictions feature in this week's episode, as well as a bug in CimFS for Windows and revisiting the infamous NSO group WebP bug.Links and vulnerability summaries for this episode are available at: https://dayzerosec.com/podcast/279.html[00:00:00] Introduction[00:00:28] Next.js and the corrupt middleware: the authorizing artifact[00:06:15] Pwning Millions of Smart Weighing Machines with API and Hardware Hacking[00:20:37] oss-sec: Three bypasses of Ubuntu's unprivileged user namespace restrictions[00:32:10] CimFS: Crashing in memory, Finding SYSTEM (Kernel Edition)[00:43:18] Blasting Past Webp[00:47:50] We hacked Google's A.I Gemini and leaked its source code (at least some part)Podcast episodes are available on the usual podcast platforms: -- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1484046063 -- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NKCxk8aPEuEFuHsEQ9Tdt -- Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9hMTIxYTI0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz -- Other audio platforms can be found at https://anchor.fm/dayzerosecYou can also join our discord: https://discord.gg/daTxTK9

SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Network/Cyber Security and Information Security Stormcast
SANS Stormcast Friday, March 27th: Sitecore Exploited; Blasting Past Webp; Splunk and Firefox Vulnerabilities

SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Network/Cyber Security and Information Security Stormcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 6:15


Sitecore "thumbnailsaccesstoken" Deserialization Scans (and some new reports) CVE-2025-27218 Our honeypots detected a deserialization attack against the CMS Sitecore using a thumnailaccesstoken header. The underlying vulnerability was patched in January, and security firm Searchlight Cyber revealed details about this vulnerability a couple of weeks ago. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Sitecore%20%22thumbnailsaccesstoken%22%20Deserialization%20Scans%20%28and%20some%20new%20reports%29%20CVE-2025-27218/31806 Blasting Past Webp Google s Project Zero revealed details how the NSO BLASTPASS exploit took advantage of a Webp image parsing vulnerability in iOS. This zero-click attack was employed in targeted attack back in 2023 and Apple patched the underlying vulnerability in September 2023. But this is the first byte by byte description showing how the attack worked. https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2025/03/blasting-past-webp.html Splunk Vulnerabilities Splunk patched about a dozen of vulnerabilities. None of them are rated critical, but a vulnerability rated High allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. https://advisory.splunk.com/ Firefox 0-day Patched Mozilla patched a sandbox escape vulnerability that is already being exploited. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-19/

Skip the Queue
Building a Sustainable Future: Real-World Solutions for Visitor Attractions

Skip the Queue

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 34:01


Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is Paul Marden.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcast. Special Clips from our previous guests:Understanding Sustainability Reporting https://skipthequeue.fm/episodes/polly-bucklandPolly Buckland sat on the client side in a marketing manager role at BMW (UK) Ltd before co-founding The Typeface Group in 2010. She's an ideas person, blending creativity and commercial awareness to get the best outcomes for our clients.The Typeface Group is a B Corp Communications Agency + Design Studio based in North Hampshire. Their mission is to counteract digital chatter by championing authentic and strategic communication. Team TFG work with brilliant minds in business to extract, optimise and amplify their expertise, cutting through content clutter and stimulating saleswhile reducing digital waste at all costs.  The Typeface Group have been B Corp certified since October 2021 and is currently going through recertification. Digital Sustainability and the Elephant in the Room https://skipthequeue.fm/episodes/james-hobbsJames Hobbs is a people-focused technologist with over 15 years experience working in a range of senior software engineering roles with a particular focus on digital sustainability.He is Head of Technology at creative technology studio, aer studios, leading the technology team delivering outstanding work for clients including Dogs Trust, BBC, Historic Royal Palaces, and many others. Prior to joining aer studios, James was Head of Engineering at digital agency Great State, where he led a multi-award-winning software engineering team working with clients including the Royal Navy, Ministry of Defence, Honda Europe, the Scouts, and others.He also has many years experience building and running high-traffic, global e-commerce systems while working at Dyson, where he headed up the global digital technical team. Making Holkham the UK's most pioneering and sustainable rural estatehttps://skipthequeue.fm/episodes/lucy-downing-and-sue-penlingtonLucy Downing - Head of Marketing and Sue Penlington - Sustainability Manager at Holkham Estates.  Transcription:  Paul Marden: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in and working with visitor attractions. Paul Marden: When consumers are asked if they care about buying environmentally and ethically sustainable products, they overwhelmingly answer yes. A recent study by Nielsen IQ found that 78% of us consumers say that a sustainable lifestyle is important to them. And while attractions have been great at a wide range of initiatives to improve their sustainability, this year's Visitor Attraction Website Survey will show that as a sector, we're lagging behind on digital sustainability. Paul Marden: So in today's episode, I'm going to talk about the learning journey I've been on personally, along with my colleagues at Rubber Cheese, to understand digital sustainability and how to affect real change. Paul Marden: I'll talk about what I've learned from hosting this podcast and how we've started to make real changes to our processes and our client sites to make them more sustainable. Welcome to Skip the queue. I'm your host, Paul Marden. Paul Marden: Back in April, I spoke to Polly Buckland from The Typeface Group about the importance of sustainability reporting. Polly Buckland: There's buckets of research out there as to the relationship between consumer behaviour and sustainability. So McKinsey did a study. “60% of customers actively prioritise purchasing from sustainable businesses.” Capgemini, “77% of customers buy from and remain loyal to brands that show their social responsibility.” I could literally keep quoting stats as to why businesses should take their sustainability goals very seriously and the communication of their sustainability initiatives very seriously, because it's becoming clearer. There was another stat about primarily women making the decisions based on sustainability of a business, and Millennials and Gen Z being sort of high up the list of people that are taking sustainability creds into consideration when they're making a purchase. So, I mean, it's a barrel load of stats that suggest if you don't have your eye on sustainability reporting and communicating your sustainability goals, you perhaps should have. Paul Marden: Of course, many attractions have been blazing a trail on the subject of sustainability for years. Going back in the archives of Skip the Queue to 2021, Kelly spoke to Lucy Downing, the Head of Marketing, and Sue Penlington, the Sustainability Manager for the Holkham Estate. First, let's hear from Kelly and Lucy. Kelly Molson: Lucy, I wondered if you could just give us an overview of Holkham Estates for our listeners that might not be aware of you or visited there themselves. Lucy Downing: So if you sort of picture it, most of the time when you think about stately homes, you picture a stately home with a garden. At Holkham, we are very much a landscape with a stately home. So 25,000 acres. We have a national nature reserve. A beach, b eautiful beach. It's been in Shakespeare in love. If you know the final scenes of Gwyneth Paltrow walking across the sands, that's Holkham, a bsolutely stunning. We're a farm, but at the centre of that, we've also got our 18th century palladian style mansion and that's home to Lord Lady Leicester and their family. They live in the halls. It's a lived in family home. But then we also have all of our visitor facing businesses. Lucy Downing: So we've got the hall, our Holkham stories experience, which is an attraction museum telling us all history and the now and the future of Holkham. Lucy Downing: We've got a high ropes course, cycle hire, boat hire, normally a really buzzing events calendar. We have accommodations. We've got Victoria Inn, which is near the beach. We've also got Pine Woods, which is a holiday park with caravans and lodgers. We have our self catering lodges, which within the park. And then we've got farming, conservation, gamekeeping, land and properties. We've got nearly 300 properties on the estate that are tenanted. A lot of those people work for Holkham, or if not, they work in the local community. We've got forestry and then we've also officiated and it's won lovely awards for the best place to work in the UK. It's a stunning landscape that surrounds it and we've got. I don't know if you've heard of her, but Monica Binnedo, which is global jewellery brand, she's based at Longlands at the offices. Lucy Downing: She decided a few years back to base her whole business there. She got all of her shops around the world, but that's where her business is. And I think she's ahead of the times, ahead of this year. She sort of knew how wonderful it would be to be working, I suppose, and not in a city centre, so I hope that gives you a flavour. But, yeah, I think it's 25,000 acres of beauty, landscapes with a house in the middle and lots of wildlife. Kelly Molson: I mean, it really is one of the most beautiful places and that stretch of the world holds a really special place in our hearts. It's somewhere that we visit very frequently and it's stunningly beautiful. Paul Marden: Later in that episode, Sue shared her insights on their sustainability strategies. Sue Penlington: So we've got three main themes. One is pioneering environmental gain I, which is all about connecting ecosystems and biodiversity and habitats. One is champion low carbon living, which is all about carbon emissions, our impact on construction and housing, our leisure operations. That sort of thing, and farming. And then the last one is the one that we always talk about. Tread lightly, stamp out waste. So that's all about recycling, reducing single use plastics and that sort of thing. So those three themes are what we're running with for 2021. We've got three goals, which are quite ambitious as well. And for me, I just see 2021 as that year of change where we'll make an impact. So we've done quite a lot of talking, and rightly so, and we want to take our visitors on that journey and really start to chip away at those goals. Paul Marden:  Now, let's talk a little bit about the fears around talking about sustainability. I think one of the things that is getting in the way of an open discourse around digital sustainability is fear. We're afraid of being judged by our actions and our intentions. In a recent survey by Unilever of social media influencers, 38% were afraid to openly discuss sustainability for fear of being accused of greenwashing. Again, let's hear from Polly, which is. Polly Buckland: Why, again, that storytelling part of the impact reporting is really important for me, because I will say we are not perfect. These are the things that we know we need to work on, but these are the things we've done better. And that's what I really like. The BCorp BIA assessment and their framework is because it takes you across five categories of measurement, and no one's perfect in any of them, but what it does do is it provides a framework for you to better. Paul Marden: Yes, absolutely. Polly Buckland: And measure yourself against. Yeah, I think if. I think the messaging behind your sustainability is really important. If you're professing to be perfect and you're not, you will get stung, because I think people can see through that. But if you are showing that you're trying to better, I don't think many people could argue with that. Paul Marden: Now, let's rewind a little and talk about my interest in digital sustainability. When I spoke to James Hobbs of the aer studios about digital sustainability back in July, we talked about my ignorance. So my background was at British Airways and I was there for ten years. It really wasn't that hard to spot the fact that environmentally, that we have a challenging problem, because when you stood on the end of Heathrow Runway, you can see what's coming out the back end of a 747 as it takes off. But I don't think I ever quite understood the impact of what I do now and how that's contributing more to CO2 emissions than what I was doing previously, which, yeah, I just don't think there's an awareness of that more broadly. James Hobbs: No, yeah, I'd agree. And it's complicated. Paul Marden: In what way? James Hobbs: I guess it's complicated to quantify the carbon impact of the type of work that we do in the digital industry because I guess there's what we're shipping to end users, which is one thing, but most modern websites and applications and stuff are built on a big tower of cloud services providers and all of their equipment has to be manufactured which has a carbon impact and rare earth metals need to be mined out of the grid. All of that stuff. Theres a big supply chain backing all this stuff and we can influence some of that directly, but a large chunk of it, we cant. So it makes choosing your suppliers quite important. Paul Marden: But in a presentation by my friend Andy Eva-Dale, now CTO of the agency Tangent, he opened my eyes to the impact that the digital sector has on the environment. The Internet consumes 1021 terawatt hours of electricity per year. That's more than the entire United Kingdom. Globally, the average webpage consumes approximately 0.8 grammes of CO2 per page view. For a website with 10,000 monthly page views, that's 102 kilos of CO2 per year. And as we'll see in a bit, the Rubber Cheese Visitor Attraction Website Survey shows this year that the websites in our sector are anything but average. But let's talk about my learning journey. I've used this podcast as a way to learn about the sector and to drill down into sustainability itself. My interviews with Polly and James taught me a lot. It's one of the real benefits of running a podcast. Paul Marden: I can sit and ask people questions that in real life they may not want to talk about. Beginning from absolute first principles. Following the advice from James in the podcast, I've gone and studied the online materials published by the Green Software foundation, including their green software practitioners certificate. Some of that is quite technical, but a lot of what's in there is a real interest to a lot of people. Now let's talk a little bit about what I've learned along that journey. In an interesting conversation with Andy Povey the other day, he talked about people's innate reaction to digital sustainability and that for many people, the move to digital feels sustainable. I'm not printing things out anymore, so it must be sustainable. Of course, all that computation and networking has a massive global impact on greenhouse gas emissions, so not every website is sustainable. Paul Marden: In another conversation I had recently, someone said to me, why does all of this digital sustainability stuff matter? If I host my site on a green hosting server, there's no harmful emissions from the server. But that's only one part of a complex web. The power needed to connect up all the servers in the world and to all of the endpoint devices is immense. Of course, the carbon emitted to generate power varies country by country as well as by time. And that's not really in our control. But we can definitely control the impact our website has on all of that infrastructure. As the web page is in flight over the Internet to somebody's mobile device, the power it uses and consequently the carbon emitted along the way is therefore something that's definitely in our control. Paul Marden: The other source of learning for us this year has been the sustainability elements of the rubber cheese survey of visitor attraction websites. We made sustainability a core theme of this year's survey and we found some really interesting things. 80% of attractions in our survey have got some sort of sustainability policy, which is an amazing achievement and sets a benchmark for the sector. Also, a number of attractions are taking active steps to improve the sustainability of their website. But we found that this isn't necessarily being done in a framework of measuring and monitoring the sustainability of their website. So the changes that people are making could be making improvements to the sustainability of their site, but at worst, some of the techniques being used could actually harm the performance and sustainability of the website. Paul Marden: The thing is, if you're not testing and measuring, you can't ever know whether the changes that you're making are effective. The Green Business Bureau talk about how benchmarks provide a reference point to assess trends and measure progress and baseline global data. They say, "Companies have begun measuring sustainability performance, which allows them to make continuous assessments, evaluate where they lie on the sustainability agenda and make data driven decisions and policies. Measuring sustainability requires proper selection of key sustainability metrics and a means of making effective process improvements. These measures provide real time data and much needed quantitative basis for organisations to strategise and mitigate environmental and social and economic risks." I'll come back to making process improvements later, but for now let's just stick with measures. Back to James Hobbs, who talked about the ways in which you can measure the CO2 emissions on our website. James Hobbs: There are some tools out there that you can use to help you quantify the carbon impact of what you've got out there in the wild now. So the big one that most people talk about is websitecarbon.com, which is the website carbon calculator that was built by, I think a combination of an agency and some other organisations come up with an algorithm, it's obviously not going to be 100% accurate because every single website app is slightly different and so on, and as a consistent benchmark for where you are and a starting point for improvement. Tools like that are really good. Ecograder is another one. Those offer non technical routes to using them. Paul Marden: Now, both of these websites use similar technologies and methodologies to understand the CO2 emissions of a website. But the survey shows more than half of attractions have never tested the CO2 emissions of their site. This got me thinking. If it's that easy to test the sustainability of a single webpage and you can run them on any website, but most attractions aren't doing it, then what can we as Rubber Cheese do to help? So in this year's survey, we've run the largest audit of visitor attraction sustainability scores that we're aware of. So working with our lovely podcast producer Wenalyn, who also supports me with the survey, firstly, I run a proof of concept gathering and comparing data for a small number of attractions in our database this year. Paul Marden: Once we began to better understand the data, Wenalyn went and ran this against all of the sites that were in our database. With this, we hope to support the sector with a benchmark of webpage sustainability that can be used by anyone in the sector. And what this has shown us is that 58% of attraction websites are rated f by Website Carbon. That's 8% worse than the general population of all websites. But the sobering thing for me as an agency owner is that the sites that we build were in that 58%. The work that we've been doing recently isn't good enough from a sustainability perspective. So this triggered a number of projects internally for us to improve the sustainability posture of the sites that we design and build. Paul Marden: So I'm going to dig into one of those sites and the journey we've been on to remediate the sustainability of their site, because I think it can give a really nice understanding of the journey that you have to go on, the changes that you can make, and what the impact of those changes could be. Now, we started by benchmarking the scores for the site in question from Website Carbon and Ecograder. And this site was a grade F and marked 51 out of 100 by Ecograder. From there, we drove our improvements off of the feedback that Ecograder gave us. We worked as a team to estimate the work involved in the feedback from Ecograder to identify the tasks with the lowest estimated effort and the highest potential impact. Paul Marden: Essentially going for the quick wins, we implemented a number of really simple measures, we implemented lazy loading of images. This is making the browser only download images when they're just about to show on screen. If you don't lazy load an image on a page, then when the webpage opens, the browser will go and grab the image, calculate the size, and redraw the webpage with that image in it, even though the image is off screen. If the user then clicks something in the top part of the screen, maybe in the top navigation, and they never scroll down, they will never see that image. So all that network traffic that was used, all the computation in the browser to be able to figure out the size and paint the screen, was completely wasted because the user never got to see the image. Paul Marden: So by lazy loading, it means that if a person doesn't scroll all the way down the page, then an image near the bottom of the page will never get loaded. And it's an incredibly simple code change that you can write in now. This used to be something that you had to write custom code to implement, but most browsers now support lazy loading, so it should be really easy for people to implement that. Paul Marden: Another thing that we did was to correctly size images. We found that, but with best rule in the world, our editors were uploading images that were very high resolution, very big images, even though on screen we might only show a thumbnail. By resizing the images inside WordPress, we've made it easy for our editors to upload whatever size image that they like. But we only share the smaller image when somebody views the webpage, again, cutting down network traffic as a result of that. One other thing that we made a change on was to make the website serve more modern image formats. Paul Marden: Again, we used a WordPress package to do this, called imagify, and it means that our editors can upload images using the file formats that they're familiar with, like JPEG, GIF and PNG, but that we convert them to more modern formats like WebP inside WordPress. And that has better compression, making the images smaller without any discernible loss of quality, and making the whole webpage smaller, lighter, faster as a result of it, which has the impact of reducing the CO2 emissions that are needed to be able to use that webpage just as a guide. We measure everything that we do in the business in terms of the time it takes us to do things. So we're real sticklers for time tracking, but it was really important in this project for sustainability to work out what the differences were that were making. Paul Marden: So these changes, those three that I just outlined there cost us about a day and a half of development effort and much of that was done by one of our junior developers. So it wasn't hugely complex work that was done by an expensive, experienced developer. But in return for those changes, that one and a half days of effort, we've seen an improvement in rating by website carbon from F  to B and on eco grader from 54 out of 100 to 83 out of 100. This puts the site well into the realm of better than most websites on the Internet and better than 84% of attractions in this year's survey. Is it enough? No, of course not. We can do more and in fact, there are still technical improvements that we can make that don't impinge at all on the user's experience. Paul Marden: We can and we will make more changes to move the site from B to A or even to A+. But there's no doubt that following the old 80-20 rule, these marginal gains will be progressively harder and more costly to achieve. And there may be changes that are needed that will impinge on the user experience. Some things you cannot improve from a sustainability perspective without changing what the user is going to experience. If you've got an auto playing video on your website that consumes bandwidth, it generates network traffic. You cannot remove that video without removing the video entirely and changing it to be something that isn't autoplay but plays w hen a button presses that will have an impact on the user experience. Not everyone will click that button. Paul Marden: Not everyone will watch that video and say not everyone will necessarily have the same feeling about the attraction that they got when there was an autoplay video in place. But there are undoubtedly lots of things that can be done that don't impact the user experience of the site. One of the changes that we still haven't made, which is a little bit more effort, it's a little bit more complexity, and adds a little bit of costs to the hosting of the website is the introduction of a Content Delivery Network or CDN. Here's James Hobbs again from aer. James Hobbs: From a technical angle, I think one of the most impactful things you can do, beyond making sure that your code is optimised and is running at the right times, at the right place, is simply to consider using a content delivery network. And for your listeners who aren't familiar with a content delivery network, a CDN is something that all of us have interacted with at one point or another, probably without realising. In the traditional way of serving or having a website, you've got some service somewhere in a data centre somewhere. When someone types your website address in, it goes and fetches that information from the web server and back comes a web page in the simplest sense. James Hobbs: Now, if your website servers live in Amsterdam and your users on the west coast of America, that's a big old trip for that information to come back and forth, and it's got to go through lots of different hops, uses up lots of energy. A Content Delivery Network is basically lots and lots of servers dotted all over the planet in all of the major cities and things like that can keep a copy of your website. So that if someone from the West Coast of America says, "Oh, I'm really interested in looking at this w ebsite.", types the address in, they get the copy from a server that might be 10,20, 50 miles away from them, instead of several thousand across an ocean. James Hobbs: So it loads quicker for the user, which is great from a user experience, SEO, but it's also great from an energy point of view, because it's coming from somewhere nearby and it's not having to bounce around the planet. That's one thing that you could do that will make a massive and immediate impact commercially and from a sustainability point of view. Paul Marden: So there's another example of something that you can do that has very little impact on the experience of the website. In fact, it massively improves the user experience of the website, takes relatively little effort, but offers a huge improvement. Those are all things that we've done to one individual website. Let's talk a little bit about how we bake that into our process. In a 2022 article in the Harvard Business Review about how sustainability efforts fall apart, they recommend embedding sustainability by design into every process and trade off decision making. I found that language really interesting. It's similar to the language used widely in technology and security that was popularised during the launch of the EU General Data Protection Legislation, which talks a lot about having a security by design approach. Paul Marden: So taking this idea of designing sustainability into every process and trading off the decision making, we've incorporated it into our sales proposal, writing, designing and testing processes. Our people responsible for selling need to bake sustainability into the contract. We want to hold ourselves and our clients accountable for the sometimes difficult decisions around meeting a sustainability target. So we'll discuss that target at the beginning of the project and then hold ourselves to that throughout the design and build process, thereby not needing to do all the remediations that we've just done on the other website, because it's typically much easier, quicker, cheaper for us to implement a lot of those things. The first time through the project, as opposed to as a remediation at the end. We've also baked sustainability testing into our process. Paul Marden: No site goes live without having been tested by both website carbon and eco grader to make sure that the site meets the criteria that we set out at the beginning of the work. So we've thought a lot about how we can improve what we do and we've started to go back and remediate over some of the work that we've done more recently to make improvements. But my learning journey hasn't been entirely smooth. There are challenges that I've hit along the way. I think there's a few interesting challenges that are to be expected as you're going about learning things that I wanted to share. For example, we've done work to remediate the scores of one of our sites and been super excited with the impact score. Paul Marden: I mean, went from bottom of the Fs to A+, only to deploy those changes into production and it didn't move the dial at all on the production website. And that was heartbreaking. Once we looked into that in more detail, thinking that we've done loads of changes, move the dial such a dramatic amount, only to launch it into the wild and it barely touched things. What we realised that in the test environment that we used, we had password protection in place and the website carbon and Ecograder were testing the password screen, not the actual homepage underneath it. So there was a lesson learned for us. The other area where we've made lots of learnings is during the survey when we created our sustainability benchmark. We've seen test results so good that they can't be explained. We've seen somebody hitting 100 on Ecograder. Paul Marden: We've also seen scores that were contradictory on Ecograder and Website Carbon, and also scores that have dropped dramatically. When we first tested in August and did a validation test checked last week, we're still working our way through these wrinkles and I think some of it is because we're looking at many hundreds of websites rather than trying to learn by testing and improving just one site. But beyond the kind of technical challenges, there remain some things that I simply don't understand. And my mission going forward is to fill those gaps. Firstly, while both Ecograder and Website Carbon use the same underlying principles and tools to calculate CO2 emissions, they often can and do give different results. Paul Marden: Not just in the fact that one is A+, a F score and the other is out of 100, but that the basic page sizing in kilobytes and consequently the CO2 can and often is different depending on which tool you look at. And I don't understand why that is, and I need to look into that. And I'm sure we'll come back to the podcast and talk more about that once I do understand it better. But the other problem is that I'm struggling with the size of the problem and the size of the prize. There's no doubt in my mind that making these improvements is the morally right thing to do, and commercially it's right as well, because it improves your outcomes on the website as well as the sustainability. Paul Marden: I'm just struggling with the business case, because if I had an unlimited budget, I do make every change in business that improves the sustainability posture of the business. But most marketers, most people that listen to this podcast don't have an infinite budget. They have a very finite budget, and so they have to put their budget to work where it's going to have the most impact. And what's the return on investment of spending 5k on improving the website versus changing light bulbs to leds, or moving away from gas powered water heaters in the outside toilets by the penguins? It's really difficult at the moment for me to be able to understand where this is the right and sensible investment of sustainability funding within an organisation. So I've shared my learning journey over the year. What about you? What can you do next? Paul Marden: For one last thought, let's head back to the conversation between Kelly and Lucy and Sue from Holkham. Kelly Molson: Are there any advice that you could share with our listeners in terms of how they start or begin to look at sustainability? Lucy Downing: Interesting. I was chatting with Lord Leicester yesterday about the subject and were sort of agreeing that I think you definitely need to know where you are, particularly as a business. You know where you are, because then you can set your goals in a realistic fashion. And I think the one thing to remember is that it has to be realistic, because you need to set goals that you can financially deliver, because if they're not financially viable, then you're not going to be here as a business to deliver them. And what we're also finding and talking to other businesses that actually quite a lot of the sustainability gains that you can make are actually in financial ones too, because you probably cut down on some of your resources that you're using, you'll think better, you'll work smarter. Lucy Downing: So it's just, I think that's something to definitely remember, that it has to be sustainable in all ways, socially, financially and environmentally. That's definitely some key advice. And I think be authentic. There's a lot of talk around greenwashing. Don't be guilty of thinking, wow, this is something we really should do and we're going to do it and just talk about it. It has to be authentic. So really think about where you can make the biggest changes environmentally for sustainability and focus on those and just make sure. Yeah, it's like us really. We're saying we're launching our sustainability strategy, but actually for the past ten years, we've now we've got 100 acre solar farm, we've got anaerobic digester, we heat the hall and all of our businesses with woodchip, so we've got our biomass boilers. Lucy Downing: So we've been doing it for quite a long time without telling anyone. But what we're now doing is saying, actually, that's not even enough, we need to up it further. So, yeah, that's the thing. I think it just has to be authentic and realistic. Sue Penlington: Yeah. And from my point of view, I'm a bit of a doer do and not a talker, so don't get bogged down. It could be absolutely overwhelming. And I think when I was first approached by my boss here, I was just like, wow. Because it isn't just rubbish, it's every single business. Sue Penlington: It's huge. But from my point of view, small differences can make a really big impact and keep chipping away at it because solutions are out there. There's loads of people doing really cool things. And, you know, every night I'm on Google looking up something else or going down another rabbit hole because I've seen something on Twitter. So for me, every day is a school day. But, yeah, get stuck in and collaborate with other like minded people. You know, nowadays you're not considered swampy because you're talking about sustainability. Sue Penlington: Well, you know, it's totally on brand, isn't it? And let's not reinvent the wheel. If we can learn from other people, then let's do that. I mean, go for it. Literally, every single individual can make a difference. Kelly Molson: Oh, Sue, that's. Yeah, you've just got me right there, sue. And I think what you said about collaborating and learning from people, that has been something that's so key this year. People are so willing to share their plans, they're so willing to share what they're doing and how they're doing things. Especially within this sector, there's always somebody that's doing or, you know, a couple of steps ahead of you that you can learn from. And people are so willing to kind of give up that advice and their time at the moment as well. So definitely that's a key one for me. Ask people. Ask people for help. Ask people how to do things. Paul Marden: I'd like to thank everyone that contributed to this episode, including Kelly, Lucy and Sue at Holkham, Polly at TFG and James at aer. Thanks to everyone that's helped me with this journey in the last year, the lovely clients we've talked to, the survey respondents, and my team at Rubber Cheese, Steve, Ben, Tom, Sinead, Wenalyn, and Oz, who've all worked really hard to benchmark the sector and to make continuous improvements to our client's sustainability. As you know, we're really experimenting with the podcast format at the moment, and if you like this or any of the other changes, I'd love to hear. And if you don't, then tough, go make your own podcast. Only joking. I'd love to hear. If you think we can make improvements, you can find me on X, @paulmarden and also on LinkedIn. Paul Marden: If you're at VAC this week, the Visitor Attraction Conference, then I'll be there with Oz and Andy. So come and say hi to us and I'll see you again in a couple of weeks time. Paul Marden: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, SkiptheQueue.fm. The 2024 Visitor Attraction Website Survey is now LIVE! Help the entire sector:Dive into groundbreaking benchmarks for the industryGain a better understanding of how to achieve the highest conversion ratesExplore the "why" behind visitor attraction site performanceLearn the impact of website optimisation and visitor engagement on conversion ratesUncover key steps to enhance user experience for greater conversionsFill in your data now (opens in new tab)

Marketing Mantra
Ep. #120 - Surviving Google's Algorithm Updates: How to Recover Lost Traffic

Marketing Mantra

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 5:56


Feeling the impact of Google's latest algorithm updates? You're not alone. In this episode, I break down the steps you can take to recover your site's traffic after being hit by the dreaded updates—especially the "Helpful Content" update. What You'll Learn: How to identify if your site was affected by Google's most recent algorithm update and the tools you can use to check Key steps to take, like removing outdated content and improving technical SEO The importance of image optimization and how to switch to WebP format for faster load times Top resources to stay ahead of future Google updates Resources Mentioned: Ahrefs Site Explorer - https://ahrefs.com/site-explorer WP Rocket - https://wp-rocket.me/ ShortPixel Plugin - https://shortpixel.com/ PageSpeed Insights - https://pagespeed.web.dev/ SEO sites to stay updated: Search Engine Roundtable (https://www.seroundtable.com/), Search Engine Land (https://searchengineland.com/), and Search Engine Journal (https://www.searchenginejournal.com/) =-=-=-= BONUS RESOURCES + FREE DOWNLOADS If you're a fan of the podcast, here are some FREE online marketing resources from my blog, 99signals, to help you level up your marketing skills: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ultimate Blogging Toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ebooks.99signals.com/blogging-toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) - This eBook features 75+ marketing tools to help you blog better and boost your traffic! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Essential Guide to Link Building with Infographics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://resources.99signals.com/infographic-backlinks-pdf) -  This PDF guide will show you how you can easily design an infographic and quickly build high-quality backlinks to supercharge your SEO. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Top-rated articles at 99signals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.99signals.com/best/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) -  This page contains a list of all the top-rated articles on my blog. It's a great place to get started if you're visiting 99signals for the first time. -=-=-=-=- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.99signals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more insights on SEO, blogging, and marketing.

Chinchilla Squeaks
1st August: Classic crunch crawl

Chinchilla Squeaks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 12:55


 00:00 Introduction and Welcome01:33 AI Crawlers and Content Scraping04:17 TechCrunch and the State of Tech Journalism06:12 Retro Tech: Classic Mac OS and Image Formats08:25 Web Browsing Privacy Enhancements10:08 Sleep Tracking and Orthosomnia11:05 Sign OffLike what you're reading?It's a tough time for content creators right now. If you enjoy what you read, then consider a contribution. Here are the ways you can help me out.Or please share or review the newsletter!Thanks :)AI crawlers need to be more respectfulabout.readthedocs.comThere's a growing backlash against AI crawlers consuming websites, videos, and other content with little respect for robots.txt, copyright issues, or the spikes of traffic that hosts have to pay for. Now, more people are talking about the impact.Apple Nvidia Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AIwired.comSee above…Tech Crunched: How the go-to site for startup news lost its waykeepgoingpod.comThis honestly feels like a summation of the trials and tribulations of tech journalism over the past 20 years, seen through the focus of one of the best-known sites. To some anyway.Orthosomniaen.wikipedia.orgI am a terrible sleeper, but one of the best pieces of advice I read is to stop worrying about it. In fact, I found out this week that worrying about sleep now has a medical term.Managing Classic Mac OS resources in ResEditeclecticlight.coSometimes, I miss the hackability of classic Mac OS. Then I remember how unstable it was

Talking Drupal
Talking Drupal #457 - Drupal Architecture

Talking Drupal

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 63:56


Today we are talking about Drupal Architecture, Common Site Building questions, and How we solve things with Drupal with guest Alexander Varwijk. We'll also cover Drupal 10.3 as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/457 Topics Where do you start when thinking about a new site or feature. Where is the line for extending vs forking Do you have solutions that you default to when building a feature Do you find people come to Drupal with specific third party requirements What do you think about Headless When do you choose to contribute a new module to Drupal Will recipes change your architecture How do you learn about new ways of doing things Where did you get your username, are you the king of the Netherlands Resources Drupal Core Issues to split "Site builder" functionality into more granular chunks "Administer Users" permission should be separate from "Administer Account Settings" Enabling "List User" without "Administer Users" Fibers for concurrency in core (and the Revolt Event Loop) Change records for Drupal 10.3 Bigpipe to Revolt ChatGPT / CKEditor Issue Config update issue Issue for update hook divergence Tinode A free, unlimited, and flexible open source messaging platform that's been built mobile-first View transitions api Change in supported versions for the Open Social distribution Guests Alexander Varwijk - alexandervarwijk.com Kingdutch Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Baddý Sonja Breidert - 1xINTERNET baddysonja MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu Brief description: Have you been wanting to use Workspaces, Single Directory Components, Recipes, or the new admin menu in your Drupal site? The new Drupal 10.3 release is better for using all of these and more. Module name/project name: Drupal 10.3 Brief history How old: It was tagged on Jun 20 by catch of Tag1 and Third & Grove Features and usage In this new minor version, Workspaces is now declared stable, and Single Directory Components are now fully integrated into core, instead of being in an experimental module. Drupal 10.3 also includes the new Access Policy API that was funded as part of the Pitchburgh process kicked off at DrupalCon Pittsburgh The “super user” access policy that automatically grants user 1 every permission can now be turned off in services.yml Also, Recipes and the new Navigation menu are available as experimental features The Actions UI, Book, and Statistics modules are deprecated, and contrib projects are available Install profiles can now be uninstalled, and new sites can be installed without any profile at all 10.3 also includes a revision UI for taxonomy terms, and they can also be used with content moderation All core-provided image styles now include WebP conversion The state service now uses a cache collector for performance, which requires opt in within settings.php for existing sites There are other performance improvements, including: POST requests are now render cacheable, duplicate queries during logins are avoided, and big pipe requests now avoid reading session from the database multiple times With 10.3 developer can also make use of a new AJAX command to open a URL in a dialog, and a new DraggableListBuilderTrait, among a host of other changes Of course, there are some additional deprecations, so the Project Update Bot has already been busy creating new MRs

WP Builds
377 – No Script Show, Episode 11 – What's new in web images. Are they worth a thousand words?

WP Builds

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 45:57


Today we discuss advancements in web image standards and new CSS features. Topics include object fit, aspect ratio, border images, filters, clip path, mask-image, and backdrop filters, which offer alternatives to traditional image editing tools like Photoshop. The episode also covers HTML and CSS considerations, such as img and picture elements, alt tags, and loading attributes. New image formats like WebP and AVIF are examined, along with the use of SVGs for accessibility and performance benefits. Go listen...

Giga TECH.täglich
WEBP in JPG/PNG konvertieren – ohne Zusatzprogramme

Giga TECH.täglich

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024


Auf Webseiten werden viele Bilder mittlerweile als WEBP-Format dargestellt. Wer diese Bilder herunterlädt, erhält nur eine WEBP-Datei. Wie man WEBP zu JPG oder PNG konvertiert, zeigen wir euch hier.

The Guy R Cook Report - Got a Minute?
Can you use WEBP format images to help SEO

The Guy R Cook Report - Got a Minute?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 0:59 Transcription Available


Got a Minute? Checkout today's episode of The Guy R Cook Report podcast - the Google Doc for this episode is @ Can you use WEBP format images to help SEO ----more---- Support this podcast Subscribe where you listen to podcasts I help goal oriented business owners that run established companies to leverage the power of the internet Contact Guy R Cook @ https://guyrcook.com The Website Design Questionnaire https://guycook.wordpress.com/start-with-a-plan/ In the meantime, go ahead follow me on Twitter: @guyrcookreport Click to Tweet Be a patron of The Guy R Cook Report. Your help is appreciated.   Contact Guy R Cook https://theguyrcookreport.com/#theguyrcookreport Follow The Guy R Cook Report on Podbean iPhone and Android App | Podbean   https://bit.ly/3m6TJDV Thanks for listening, viewing or reading the show notes for this episode. This episode of The Guy R Cook Report is on YouTube too @ This episode of The Guy R Cook Report Have a great new year, and hopefully your efforts to Entertain, Educate, Convince or Inspire are in play vDomainHosting, Inc 3110 S Neel Place Kennewick, WA 509-200-1429

DEALER TALK
Rediscovering the Thrill of Car Shopping: Dealerships are Like Disneyland!

DEALER TALK

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 64:06


We released this episode ahead of schedule to provide you with an exclusive opportunity to take advantage of the deal Peter offered. Act fast, as the offer concludes during NADA 2024. Don't miss out! In this compelling episode, Herb and Peter Dufy from Dealer Image Pro engage in a candid conversation, delving into some of the industry's pivotal issues. They explore intriguing questions, such as the curious absence of WebP images in website providers, the reluctance of companies like vAuto to update their technology code stack, and a pressing concern shared by many in the industry: the scarcity of APIs that could revolutionize technology for car dealers in significant ways.

Hacker News Recap
December 15th, 2023 | Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules

Hacker News Recap

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 18:00


This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 15th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:37): Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rulesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38657577&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:06): I bricked my Christmas lightsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38657126&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:37): How Lego builds a new Lego setOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38653456&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:17): Oxlint – JavaScript linter written in RustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38652887&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:05): WebP is so great except it's not (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38653110&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:50): Prompt engineeringOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38657029&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:38): Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7M peopleOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38654805&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:20): Fly Postgres, Managed by SupabaseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38653212&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:11): Leave work slightly unfinished for easier flow the next dayOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38658262&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:45): Data exfiltration from Writer.com with indirect prompt injectionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38654533&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Paul's Security Weekly
AI & LLMs - Josh More, Matthew Carpenter - PSW #808

Paul's Security Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 178:31


What will the future bring with respect to AI and LLMs? Josh has spent some time thinking about this and brings us some great resources. We'll discuss how to get students involved with AI in a safe and ethical manner. How can we use AI to teach people about cybersecurity? What tools are available and where do they fit into our educational systems that must change and adapt to the times? Join us for a fun discussion on what the future looks like with AI and the youth of today. Segment Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/103FLvNRSwBhq-WgCbuykMvweT6lKf2lAASuP8OuuKIw/edit#heading=h.3inodmot2b77 Our good friend Matt Carpenter joins us to share his thoughts on what's going on in the world of AI and LLMs. Matt is also a hacker specializing in hardware and the crew has some amazing hardware hacking topics to discuss (as usual). Segment Resources: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/has-sam-altman-gone-full-gary-marcus We navigate through dangerous cyber terrain, examining real-world examples like the WebP library and the Curl vulnerability. Critical issues in Zyxel firewalls will also be unmasked as we shed light on the urgency of improving vulnerability reporting and cataloging and addressing the often-overlooked problem of overclassifying harmless software bugs. We then shifted gears to tackle the tricky subject of software vulnerability identification, focusing on a specific CVE that sparked intriguing debates. Learn why pinpointing the source of the vulnerability is vital to effective SBOMs. The journey doesn't end there - we'll uncover a newly discovered Bluetooth vulnerability, aptly named 'BLUFFS', and discuss its potential for exploitation, along with the ingenious solutions proposed by the researchers who unearthed it. Brace yourself for a riveting finale as we delve into Akamai's recent research on DVR and router attacks, explore the risks of GPS spoofing, and discuss the importance of detection mechanisms. We'll also scrutinize the stereotype of hackers in pop culture, address the importance of handling vulnerabilities in software, and highlight the pressing issue of ransomware targeting healthcare. So buckle up and join us for this critical exploration into the world of software vulnerabilities as we decode the complexities and debunk some security myths. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-808

Paul's Security Weekly TV
Vulnerability Reporting, Zyxel, GPS Spoofing - PSW #808

Paul's Security Weekly TV

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 60:12


We navigate through dangerous cyber terrain, examining real-world examples like the WebP library and the Curl vulnerability. Critical issues in Zyxel firewalls will also be unmasked as we shed light on the urgency of improving vulnerability reporting and cataloging and addressing the often-overlooked problem of overclassifying harmless software bugs. We then shifted gears to tackle the tricky subject of software vulnerability identification, focusing on a specific CVE that sparked intriguing debates. Learn why pinpointing the source of the vulnerability is vital to effective SBOMs. The journey doesn't end there - we'll uncover a newly discovered Bluetooth vulnerability, aptly named 'BLUFFS', and discuss its potential for exploitation, along with the ingenious solutions proposed by the researchers who unearthed it. Brace yourself for a riveting finale as we delve into Akamai's recent research on DVR and router attacks, explore the risks of GPS spoofing, and discuss the importance of detection mechanisms. We'll also scrutinize the stereotype of hackers in pop culture, address the importance of handling vulnerabilities in software, and highlight the pressing issue of ransomware targeting healthcare. So buckle up and join us for this critical exploration into the world of software vulnerabilities as we decode the complexities and debunk some security myths. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-808

Paul's Security Weekly (Podcast-Only)
AI & LLMs - Josh More, Matthew Carpenter - PSW #808

Paul's Security Weekly (Podcast-Only)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 178:31


What will the future bring with respect to AI and LLMs? Josh has spent some time thinking about this and brings us some great resources. We'll discuss how to get students involved with AI in a safe and ethical manner. How can we use AI to teach people about cybersecurity? What tools are available and where do they fit into our educational systems that must change and adapt to the times? Join us for a fun discussion on what the future looks like with AI and the youth of today. Segment Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/103FLvNRSwBhq-WgCbuykMvweT6lKf2lAASuP8OuuKIw/edit#heading=h.3inodmot2b77 Our good friend Matt Carpenter joins us to share his thoughts on what's going on in the world of AI and LLMs. Matt is also a hacker specializing in hardware and the crew has some amazing hardware hacking topics to discuss (as usual). Segment Resources: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/has-sam-altman-gone-full-gary-marcus We navigate through dangerous cyber terrain, examining real-world examples like the WebP library and the Curl vulnerability. Critical issues in Zyxel firewalls will also be unmasked as we shed light on the urgency of improving vulnerability reporting and cataloging and addressing the often-overlooked problem of overclassifying harmless software bugs. We then shifted gears to tackle the tricky subject of software vulnerability identification, focusing on a specific CVE that sparked intriguing debates. Learn why pinpointing the source of the vulnerability is vital to effective SBOMs. The journey doesn't end there - we'll uncover a newly discovered Bluetooth vulnerability, aptly named 'BLUFFS', and discuss its potential for exploitation, along with the ingenious solutions proposed by the researchers who unearthed it. Brace yourself for a riveting finale as we delve into Akamai's recent research on DVR and router attacks, explore the risks of GPS spoofing, and discuss the importance of detection mechanisms. We'll also scrutinize the stereotype of hackers in pop culture, address the importance of handling vulnerabilities in software, and highlight the pressing issue of ransomware targeting healthcare. So buckle up and join us for this critical exploration into the world of software vulnerabilities as we decode the complexities and debunk some security myths. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-808

Paul's Security Weekly (Video-Only)
Vulnerability Reporting, Zyxel, GPS Spoofing - PSW #808

Paul's Security Weekly (Video-Only)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 60:12


We navigate through dangerous cyber terrain, examining real-world examples like the WebP library and the Curl vulnerability. Critical issues in Zyxel firewalls will also be unmasked as we shed light on the urgency of improving vulnerability reporting and cataloging and addressing the often-overlooked problem of overclassifying harmless software bugs. We then shifted gears to tackle the tricky subject of software vulnerability identification, focusing on a specific CVE that sparked intriguing debates. Learn why pinpointing the source of the vulnerability is vital to effective SBOMs. The journey doesn't end there - we'll uncover a newly discovered Bluetooth vulnerability, aptly named 'BLUFFS', and discuss its potential for exploitation, along with the ingenious solutions proposed by the researchers who unearthed it. Brace yourself for a riveting finale as we delve into Akamai's recent research on DVR and router attacks, explore the risks of GPS spoofing, and discuss the importance of detection mechanisms. We'll also scrutinize the stereotype of hackers in pop culture, address the importance of handling vulnerabilities in software, and highlight the pressing issue of ransomware targeting healthcare. So buckle up and join us for this critical exploration into the world of software vulnerabilities as we decode the complexities and debunk some security myths. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-808

TechByter Worldwide (formerly Technology Corner) with Bill Blinn
TechByter Worldwide 2023-10-13: Photoshop's Newest Features Didn't Wait For Max. Short Circuits. Twenty Years Ago.

TechByter Worldwide (formerly Technology Corner) with Bill Blinn

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 14:24


Adobe didn't wait for the annual Max conference to roll out some of the new features for Photoshop and other apps. Generative Fill and Generative Expand are still resolution limited, but they are already surprisingly useful. In Short Circuits: Printers have long been the bane of IT support, and Microsoft has plans to make printers a bit less vexing. Manufacturers will need to work with a universal printer subsystem instead of writing drivers for their devices. • If your browser and any other applications that can display WebP graphics are up to date, you're safe from a nasty flaw. If not, now would be a good time to update them. Twenty Years Ago (only on the website): It's not unheard of for Windows computers to run for months between restarts these days, but it wasn't common in 2003 and I was somewhat jealous of a Linux system that had been up for more than seven months.

Day[0] - Zero Days for Day Zero
[binary] A Chrome RCE, WebP 0day, and glibc LPE

Day[0] - Zero Days for Day Zero

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 71:25


Some complex and confusing vulnerabilities as we talk about the recent WebP 0day and the complexities of huffman coding. A data-only exploit to escape a kCTF container, the glibc LPE LOONY_TUNABLES, and a Chrome TurboFan RCE. Links and vulnerability summaries for this episode are available at: https://dayzerosec.com/podcast/218.html [00:00:00] Introduction [00:00:40] Expanding our exploit reward program to Chrome and Cloud [00:06:10] The WebP 0day - We do somewhat downplay this issue due to the difficulty of exploiting it. But to be clear, it was exploited in the wild on Apple devices, so it exploitable. We're more downplaying the panic that came up around it. It is still a serious issue that should be patched. [00:34:00] Escaping the Google kCTF Container with a Data-Only Exploit [00:44:49] Local Privilege Escalation in the glibc's ld.so [CVE-2023-4911] [01:01:27] Getting RCE in Chrome with incorrect side effect in the JIT compiler [01:08:03] Behind the Shield: Unmasking Scudo's Defenses The DAY[0] Podcast episodes are streamed live on Twitch twice a week: -- Mondays at 3:00pm Eastern (Boston) we focus on web and more bug bounty style vulnerabilities -- Tuesdays at 7:00pm Eastern (Boston) we focus on lower-level vulnerabilities and exploits. We are also available on the usual podcast platforms: -- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1484046063 -- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NKCxk8aPEuEFuHsEQ9Tdt -- Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9hMTIxYTI0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz -- Other audio platforms can be found at https://anchor.fm/dayzerosec You can also join our discord: https://discord.gg/daTxTK9

It's 5:05! Daily cybersecurity and open source briefing
Episode #243: Critical Vulnerability in Popular Image Rendering Library Under Active Exploitation; Google Alters Search Queries for Profits; Hundreds of Women in Cybersecurity Convene in Arlington, VA to Drive Industry Transformation; This Day in Tech His

It's 5:05! Daily cybersecurity and open source briefing

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 8:43


The CyberWire
Malicious ads in a chatbot. A vulnerability gets some clarification. Cl0p switches from Tor to torrents. Influence operations as an adjunct to WMD. And NSA's new AI Security Center.

The CyberWire

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 26:46


Malicious ads in a chatbot. Google provides clarification on a recent vulnerability. Cl0p switches from Tor to torrents. Influence operations as an adjunct to weapons of mass destruction. Our guest Jeffrey Wells, former Maryland cyber czar and partner at Sigma7 shares his thoughts on what the looming US government shutdown will mean for the nation's cybersecurity. Tim Eades from Cyber Mentor Fund discussing the 3 who's a cybersecurity entrepreneur needs to consider. And NSA has a new AI Security Center. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/187 Selected reading. Malicious ad served inside Bing's AI chatbot (Malwarebytes) Critical Vulnerability: WebP Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2023-4863) (Huntress)  Google gives WebP library heap buffer overflow a critical score, but NIST rates it as high-severity (SC Media)  A new Chrome 0-day is sending the Internet into a new chapter of Groundhog Day (Ars Technica)  Google "confirms" that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129) (Help Net Security)  Google quietly corrects previously submitted disclosure for critical webp 0-day (Ars Technica) CL0P Seeds ^_- Gotta Catch Em All! (Unit 42)  A ransomware gang innovates, putting pressure on victims but also exposing itself (Washington Post)  2023 Department of Defense Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (US Department of Defense) NSA chief announces new AI Security Center, 'focal point' for AI use by government, defense industry (Breaking Defense) NSA starts AI security center with eye on China and Russia (Fortune)  NSA is creating a hub for AI security, Nakasone says (Record) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Torréfaction
Torréfaction #266 : Unity se saborde, FL Studio 21.2 Beta, Apple iPhone 15, 15 Pro, Apple Watch Series 9 / Ultra 2 et Thunderbolt 5

Torréfaction

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 47:16


Cette semaine : Unity se suicide en direct, FL Studio 21.2 Beta, hack tout frais sur le Webp, Róisín Murphy - Hit Parade, KIM SEJEONG – Top or Cliff, XG Documentary Xtra Xtra, présentation Apple “Wunderlust” + Neutralité carbone pour 2030, iPhone 15 et 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2, AirPods Pro, Thunderbolt 5 en 2024, et ARM en bourse, c'est fait ! Lisez plutôt Torréfaction #266 : Unity se saborde, FL Studio 21.2 Beta, Apple iPhone 15, 15 Pro, Apple Watch Series 9 / Ultra 2 et Thunderbolt 5 avec sa vraie mise en page sur Geekzone. Pensez à vos rétines.

Talking Drupal
Talking Drupal #415 - Front End Performance

Talking Drupal

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 82:04


Today we are talking about Front End Performance, Common Front End Issues, and Ways to test and fix said issues with guest Andy Blum. We'll also cover Webp Fallback Image as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/415 Topics How do we break down front end performance How do we measure front end performance What are web vitals Standard, objective measurements First/Largest contentful paint Cumulative layout shift Time to Interactive/First Input Delay/Time To Next Paint/Total Blocking Time What are some common client side performance problems “Flickering” “Slow loading” Image size/resolution issues Render-blocking resources Screen jitters Memory leaks Memory Bloat How do tracking scripts affect performance Tools to help identify and resolve Drupal front end performance Resources Talking Drupal #373 - Performance, Privacy, and the Open Web Web Vitals Orders of magnitude 100 - 1000 ms Orders of 10 source Instant Near instant Subsequent Talking Drupal #368 - Image Optimization MDN - How Browsers work Prefetch Web Page Test Front End Performance in Drupal architecture.lullabot.com article Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Andy Blum - andy-blum.com - andy_blum MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu WebP fallback image Brief description: Do you want your Drupal site to generate WebP images in the most optimal way? There are a number of modules for that, today we're going to talk about… Brief history How old: created in Jun 2022 by pedrop Versions available: 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 versions available, both of which support Drupal 8, 9, and 10 Maintainership Actively maintained Number of open issues 3, 2 of which are bugs Has test coverage Usage stats: Almost 252 sites Maintainer(s): Most recent release is by dj1999 Module features and usage Anyone using testing tools like Lighthouse will have seen suggestions to use modern image formats like WebP, and with good reason. They allow for much smaller image files at the same quality, which means a better user experience and less bandwidth used by both the server and the visitor. WebP is a natural choice because it enjoys over 95% browser support, but many sites still care about that other 5% Drupal core added its own support for webp in 9.2, but without a fallback image, so browsers that don't have WebP support have been out of luck Contrib modules have allowed for generating a webp image and a jpeg fallback, to allow for universal support. Typically they have worked by creating the WebP variant from the output of a core image style, so after an image has been saved as something like a jpeg. That means the resulting WebP can't compress as well, and can show compression artifacts WebP Fallback Image is different because it allows Drupal core to generate the WebP image from the source file, and then creates the jpeg fallback. Also worth noting that this module only creates the jpeg fallback when it's requested, so it doesn't add to the storage of your website unless it's needed

Hacker News Recap
June 17th, 2023 | Hillarious report on Bullshit Jobs

Hacker News Recap

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 15:00


This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 17th, 2023.This podcast was generated by Wondercraft: https://www.wondercraft.ai/?utm_source=hackernews_recap Please ping at team AT wondercraft.ai with feedback.(00:36): Update: U+237C ⍼ &Angzarr;Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36369553&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:57): Bullshit Jobs (2018)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36373190&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:18): I don't need your query languageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36369018&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:54): GB Studio: Drag and drop retro game creator for GameBoyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36372284&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:21): The Secret Sauce behind 100K context window in LLMs: all tricks in one placeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36374936&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:55): Review of Hetzner ARM64 servers and experience of WebP cloud services on themOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36368586&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:28): What character was removed from the alphabet? (2020)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36370108&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:42): Gitless: A simple VCS built on top of GitOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36370225&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:09): GPT4 Can't Ace MITOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36370685&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:26): Open source Diablo 1 engine – DevilutionX 1.5.0 releasedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36373364&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

The Guy R Cook Report - Got a Minute?
20230523 More about WEBP image format free tools online

The Guy R Cook Report - Got a Minute?

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 1:04


Got a Minute? Checkout today's episode of The Guy R Cook Report podcast - the Google Doc for this episode is @ 20230523 More about WEBP image format free tools online ----more---- Support this podcast Subscribe where you listen to podcasts I help goal oriented business owners that run established companies to leverage the power of the internet Contact Guy R Cook @ https://guyrcook.com The Website Design Questionnaire https://guycook.wordpress.com/start-with-a-plan/ In the meantime, go ahead follow me on Twitter: @guyrcookreport Click to Tweet Be a patron of The Guy R Cook Report. Your help is appreciated.   https://guyrcook.com https://theguyrcookreport.com/#theguyrcookreport Follow The Guy R Cook Report on Podbean iPhone and Android App | Podbean   https://bit.ly/3m6TJDV Thanks for listening, viewing or reading the show notes for this episode. Vlog files for 2022 are at 2022 video episodes of The Guy R Cook Report Have a great new year, and hopefully your efforts to Entertain, Educate, Convince or Inspire are in play vDomainHosting, Inc 3110 S Neel Place Kennewick, WA 509-200-1429

The Guy R Cook Report - Got a Minute?
20230505 Are you familiar with webp image format

The Guy R Cook Report - Got a Minute?

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 0:59


Got a Minute? Checkout today's episode of The Guy R Cook Report podcast - the Google Doc for this episode is @ 20230505 Are you familiar with webp image format ----more---- Support this podcast Subscribe where you listen to podcasts I help goal oriented business owners that run established companies to leverage the power of the internet Contact Guy R Cook @ https://guyrcook.com The Website Design Questionnaire https://guycook.wordpress.com/start-with-a-plan/ In the meantime, go ahead follow me on Twitter: @guyrcookreport Click to Tweet Be a patron of The Guy R Cook Report. Your help is appreciated.   https://guyrcook.com https://theguyrcookreport.com/#theguyrcookreport Follow The Guy R Cook Report on Podbean iPhone and Android App | Podbean   https://bit.ly/3m6TJDV Thanks for listening, viewing or reading the show notes for this episode. Vlog files for 2022 are at 2022 video episodes of The Guy R Cook Report Have a great new year, and hopefully your efforts to Entertain, Educate, Convince or Inspire are in play vDomainHosting, Inc 3110 S Neel Place Kennewick, WA 509-200-1429

The Shopify Solutions Podcast
Images in Your Shopify Store

The Shopify Solutions Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 17:10


4/12/23 - Episode 105.In this podcast episode, Scott Austin provides an update on using images in Shopify stores in 2023. He emphasizes the importance of images for effective communication and design, and discusses different image file types such as raster (JPG, PNG, and WEBP) and vector images (SVG). He advises against using GIFs due to large file sizes and suggests using HTML5 video format for animations.Scott recommends using SVG for graphics like logos and icons, JPG for photos, PNG for graphics when SVG is unavailable, and WEBP for better compression. He also explains where images are stored in the Shopify Admin and provides best practices for image management.Image editing software discussed in the episode includes Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro, as well as open-source tools like GIMP, BIMP, Inkscape, and Canva. Scott wraps up by highlighting Shopify's improvements, such as support for more file types and image optimization services, allowing users to focus on growing their businesses.SHOW TRANSCRIPT - https://jadepuma.com/blogs/the-shopify-solutions-podcast/episode-105-all-about-images-in-your-shopify-storeSHOW LINKSVideo in Your Shopify Store - https://jadepuma.com/blogs/the-shopify-solutions-podcast/episode-39-video-in-your-shopify-storeFlex Theme (affiliate link) - use coupon code 'AUSTIN10'SOFTWARE LINKSAdobe Creative Cloud - https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.htmlGIMP - https://www.gimp.org/downloads/BIMP - https://alessandrofrancesconi.it/projects/bimp/ Inkscape - https://inkscape.org/release/ Canva - https://www.canva.com/HELP THE PODCASTLeave a review - https://ratethispodcast.com/solutions  Apply for Shopify Store Consult Podcast Episode - https://jadepuma.com/pages/podcast-consult-application

The WP Minute
Forked again

The WP Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 5:11


When it comes to adding features to a WordPress plugin, how many are too many? That's the question facing the WordPress Performance Team with regard to the Performance Lab plugin.Recent additions of SQLite and WebP image conversion functionality have resulted in some constructive criticism from WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. As Sarah Gooding reports at WP Tavern, Mullenweg has asked that these items be spun off into individual plugins.This jibes with Mullenweg's previous call to revive canonical plugins. That is, a plugin that's community supported and adds niche functionality.On the other side of the coin, Performance Team members expressed concern that separate plugins may mean less visibility. As it stands, Performance Lab has over 30,000 active installs. A new niche plugin will have to start from ground zero in terms of publicity.Multiple options are being discussed and the results could mean big changes for similar community-driven plugins.Links You Shouldn't MissAs WordPress has grown to power over 40% of the web, the need for knowledgeable experts has increased. But how can we determine who qualifies? The WP Minute's Eric Karkovack looks at the potential impact of a WordPress certification program.The first major WordPress plugin acquisition of 2023 belongs to Awesome Motive, as they've scooped up Duplicator. A website backup and migration plugin, Duplicator currently has over 1 million active installs of its free version. The deal was announced via separate blog posts at WP Beginner and former owner, Snap Creek.WordPress.com has announced Blaze, a tool that enables site owners to advertise their content on WordPress.com and Tumblr. Websites hosted on WordPress.com have a dedicated page to create their personalized ads, in addition to direct links on their site's dashboard. Self-hosted WordPress sites can access similar functionality via the Jetpack plugin.Make sure your installations are up-to-date, as backdoor malware targeting WordPress is on the loose. WP Tavern reports that the software runs on Linux and looks for vulnerabilities across several plugins and themes. Security researcher Dr. Web has the full list of vulnerable software. The WordPress Five for the Future initiative is looking for feedback. A recent blog post examines the current “contributor journey” for both individuals and companies. Community members are encouraged to suggest improvements and share opinions.ClassicPress, the open-source CMS forked from WordPress 4.9, has been contemplating its future of late. The project recently asked community members to vote on a path forward. By a narrow margin, members voted in favor of re-forking based on WordPress 6.0. Because the margin was so slim, project director Viktor Nagornyy is suggesting a hybrid approach to retaining compatibility with WordPress themes and plugins. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Muck Podcast
Episode 152: Bush Heavy | Pedro Espada, Jr. and the Terri Schiavo Case

The Muck Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 85:16


Tina and Hillary former New York senator, Pedro Espada, Jr. and the Terri Schiavo Case. Tina's Story Pedro Espada served in the NY Senate beginning in 1993. But when his high rolling lifestyle doesn't match up to a civil servant's pay, an investigation is launched. Hillary's Story Terri Schiavo's suffered a massive heart attack at just 27 years old. BUT the politics of the case led to a nationwide debate that ends up before SCOTUS. Sources Tina's Story Bronx Times After over 30 years, Soundview Health Center is gone (https://www.bxtimes.com/after-over-30-years-soundview-health-center-is-gone/)--by David Cruz Buffalo News For Espada, new problems surface as federal investigation begins (https://buffalonews.com/news/for-espada-new-problems-surface-as-federal-investigation-begins/article_915f10ea-bb84-5934-b28f-8582e88c82c0.html)--by Tom Precious New York Daily News Crooked ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzlement (https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/pedro-espada-jr-sentenced-5-years-fines-community-service-article-1.1372875)--By John Marzulli New York State Attorney General Attorney General Cuomo Charges Pedro Espada Jr. And 19 Executives With Looting His Bronx Not-for-profit (https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2010/attorney-general-cuomo-charges-pedro-espada-jr-and-19-executives-looting-his) The New York Times Espada and Son Plead Not Guilty to Embezzling From Health Network (https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/nyregion/16espada.html)--by Nicolas Confessore and Colin Moynihan Espada Sentenced to 5 Years for Stealing From Nonprofit (https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/nyregion/espada-sentenced-to-5-years-for-stealing-from-nonprofit.html)--by Mosi Secret Seven House Primaries Among Most Visible Races in New York Region (https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/06/nyregion/seven-house-primaries-among-most-visible-races-in-new-york-region.html) Times Union Espada is back in NY after stepping over line in Penn (https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Espada-is-back-in-NY-after-stepping-over-line-in-6277294.php).--by Rick Karlin United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of New York Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. Sentenced To Five Years' Imprisonment (https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-new-york-state-senate-majority-leader-pedro-espada-jr-sentenced-five-years) The Wall Street Journal Landlords Stand by Espada (https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704362404575480190749373882)--by Eliot Brown Wikipedia Pedro Espada Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Espada_Jr.#cite_note-NYT1988-6) Photos Pedro Espada, Jr. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Pedro_Espada_2009_cropped.jpg)--by Matt Ryan CC BY-SA 3.0 Espada on Senate Floor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7YVSGf9hhI)--screenshot of NYSenate via YouTube Soundview Healthcare Network (https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2011/08/09/004e435e-af0a-42e4-ad92-6c90a2853c1a/thumbnail/1200x630/ccf0b422f13a6f156b43dc5001e47b49/soundview.jpg)--via CBS News Hillary's Story ABC News Terri Schiavo Timeline (https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Schiavo/story?id=531632&page=1) CNN Terri Schiavo has died (https://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/31/schiavo/) Mayo Clinic Proceedings The Terri Schiavo Saga: The Making of a Tragedy and Lessons Learned (https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(11)61439-0/fulltext) NBC News Ten Years After Terri Schiavo, Death Debates Still Divide Us: Bioethicist (https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/bioethicist-tk-n333536)--by Arthur Caplan The New York Times From Private Ordeal to National Fight: The Case of Terri Schiavo (https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/us/from-private-ordeal-to-national-fight-the-case-of-terri-schiavo.html)--by Clyde Haberman Politico Jeb ‘Put Me Through Hell' (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/jeb-bush-terri-schiavo-114730/)--by Michael Kruse Tampa Bay Times How Terri Schiavo's final days divided her family, Florida and the world (https://www.tampabay.com/narratives/2019/09/15/how-terri-schiavos-final-days-divided-her-family-florida-and-the-world/)--by Tom Zucco, Jamie Thompson, William R. Levesque, Kelley Benham, Leonora LaPeter Anton, Thomas French Time Magazine How Terri Schiavo Shaped the Right-to-Die Movement (https://time.com/3763521/terri-schiavo-right-to-die-brittany-maynard/) Wikipedia Terri Schiavo Case (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case) Photos Terri Schivao (https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/learning-jeb-bush-terri-schiavo)--from the Schindler family via The New Yorker Terri Schiavo, in a PVS, with her mother (https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/schiavo.jpeg?quality=85&w=1200)--by Matt May via Time Magazine Terri Schiavo Brain Scan: On the Left is CT scan of normal brain; Right: Schiavo's 2002 CT scan showing loss of brain tissue (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Schiavo_catscan.jpg)--via Fair Use Right to Life Supporter (https://www.tampabay.com/resizer//Ko47r9bEh1RKR9RLaMliYIaVTEw=/900x506/smart/filters:format(webP)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt.s3.amazonaws.com/public/S72IA2GHL4I6TBKNIBWI6S7HAY.jpg)--by AP via Tampa Bay Times

WordPress | Post Status Draft Podcast
InstaWP: A Conversation and Tour with Founder Vikas Singhal — Post Status Draft 128

WordPress | Post Status Draft Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022 36:47


About a year ago, Vikas Singhal launched InstaWP, a serverless platform for spinning up WordPress sites instantly for demos and sandboxes, development and testing, or training and education. Along with WordPress, any combination of plugins and themes can be included. There's GitHub integration, and InstaWP has the ability to push sites to a large number of hosts or pull them to a local development environment. (InstaWP generates Blueprints — .zip packages for WP Engine's Local app.)InstaWP is being embraced by WordPress product developers and agencies. It has significant product testing and marketing applications since customers can spin up any number of demo sites based on a custom template, and this activity is logged. Vikas has picked up seed funding from Automattic and looks forward to announcing many new partnerships with WordPress businesses that have found InstaWP and valuable and complementary tool.Vikas sees InstaWP's future as a marketplace for agencies, developers, and freelancers. Because of its powerful site templating and cloning capabilities, it could ultimately become a way to generate bespoke WordPress-based SaaS platforms at scale.

WP Builds
302 – Eric Karkovack on the merits of canonical plugins in WordPress

WP Builds

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 46:13


On the podcast today we have Eric Karkovack. He's been in the WordPress space for ages and contributes in a whole variety of ways. I've been wanting to get him on the show for ages, but our calendars kept colliding, until today! We talk about two, not related, subjects. The first is WebP images, and the second is canonical plugins. You might not have heard of WebP images, but they're all the rage! They are / were a project which came out of Google, and their intention was to create a new image format which would create images of high quality, but of a smaller file size. They've not yet made it into WordPress Core. Why is that? We also talk about 'Canonical Plugins' which is a proposal (see the links below in the show notes on the website) to increase the footprint of what WordPress can do, without increasing the footprint of what WordPress can do. That makes sense, right?!?! These canonical plugins would offer some pretty essential features, they would be tested thoroughly with WordPress Core versions, would receive frequent updates and therefore would have kudos; they're more or less guaranteed to work out of the box. Eric and I get into this all as well...

WP Builds
302 – Eric Karkovack on the merits of canonical plugins in WordPress

WP Builds

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 46:13


On the podcast today we have Eric Karkovack. He's been in the WordPress space for ages and contributes in a whole variety of ways. I've been wanting to get him on the show for ages, but our calendars kept colliding, until today! We talk about two, not related, subjects. The first is WebP images, and the second is canonical plugins. You might not have heard of WebP images, but they're all the rage! They are / were a project which came out of Google, and their intention was to create a new image format which would create images of high quality, but of a smaller file size. They've not yet made it into WordPress Core. Why is that? We also talk about 'Canonical Plugins' which is a proposal (see the links below in the show notes on the website) to increase the footprint of what WordPress can do, without increasing the footprint of what WordPress can do. That makes sense, right?!?! These canonical plugins would offer some pretty essential features, they would be tested thoroughly with WordPress Core versions, would receive frequent updates and therefore would have kudos; they're more or less guaranteed to work out of the box. Eric and I get into this all as well...

WP Builds
302 – Eric Karkovack on the merits of canonical plugins in WordPress

WP Builds

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 46:13


On the podcast today we have Eric Karkovack. He's been in the WordPress space for ages and contributes in a whole variety of ways. I've been wanting to get him on the show for ages, but our calendars kept colliding, until today! We talk about two, not related, subjects. The first is WebP images, and the second is canonical plugins. You might not have heard of WebP images, but they're all the rage! They are / were a project which came out of Google, and their intention was to create a new image format which would create images of high quality, but of a smaller file size. They've not yet made it into WordPress Core. Why is that? We also talk about 'Canonical Plugins' which is a proposal (see the links below in the show notes on the website) to increase the footprint of what WordPress can do, without increasing the footprint of what WordPress can do. That makes sense, right?!?! These canonical plugins would offer some pretty essential features, they would be tested thoroughly with WordPress Core versions, would receive frequent updates and therefore would have kudos; they're more or less guaranteed to work out of the box. Eric and I get into this all as well...

Modernize or Die ® Podcast - CFML News Edition
Modernize or Die® - CFML News Podcast for November 1st, 2022 - Episode 170

Modernize or Die ® Podcast - CFML News Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 73:14


2022-11-01 Weekly News - Episode 170Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/kvjYGC9Obf0Hosts:  Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Daniel Garcia- Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions: Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube.  Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our ReposStar all of your Github Box Dependencies from CommandBox with https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-github  Subscribe to our Podcast on your Podcast Apps and leave us a review Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week BOXLife store: https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/shop Buy Ortus's Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)  Patreon Support ( amazing )Goal 1 - We have 42 patreons providing 100% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. Goal 2 - We are 32% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io News and AnnouncementsICYMI - Hacktoberfest 2022HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PARTICIPATE AND COMPLETE HACKTOBERFEST:Register anytime between September 26 and October 31Pull requests can be made in any GITHUB or GITLAB hosted project that's participating in Hacktoberfest (look for the “hacktoberfest” topic)Project maintainers must accept your pull/merge requests for them to count toward your totalHave 4 pull/merge requests accepted between October 1 and October 31 to complete HacktoberfestThe first 40,000 participants (maintainers and contributors) who complete Hacktoberfest can elect to receive one of two prizes: a tree planted in their name, or the Hacktoberfest 2022 t-shirt.https://hacktoberfest.com/ Ortus Blog about Hacktoberfest - https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/october-is-here-and-that-means-hacktoberfest Gavin and Daniel both ordered their T-Shirts!!!New Releases and UpdatesCBWIRE v2.1 ReleasedCBWIRE, our ColdBox module that makes building reactive, modern CFML apps delightfully easy, just dropped its 2.1 release. This release contains mostly bug fixes and also the ability to create your UI templates directly within your CBWIRE component using the onRender() method.We've added an example of using onRender() to our ever growing CBWIRE-Examples Repo that you can run on your machine locally. https://github.com/grantcopley/cbwire-exampleshttps://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cbwire-2-1-released ICYMI - MasaCMS v7.3.9 released Update filebrowser.cfc by @jimblesphere in #128 fix empty admin minified JS files replace We Are Orange with We Are North https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/releases/tag/7.3.9 Other Masa Linkshttps://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/135  https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/136 https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/137  ICYMI - Image Extension 2.0.0.16 BETAImage Extension 2.0.0.16-BETA is available for testing fixes some locking issues on windows major refactoring optional support for commercial Jdeli and/or Apose Imaging jars when available in the classpath (i.e /lib dir) Latest Twelve Monkeys 2 3.9.3 (including lossless WEBP support) previous was 3.8.2 JDeli for example supports HEIC imagesVersion 2 will bundled with Lucee 6.0, but it also works with Lucee 5.3We will be backporting the image locking fixes to the 1.0 branch, which is a blocker for the 5.3.10 releasehttps://dev.lucee.org/t/image-extension-2-0-0-16-beta/11293 Webinar / Meetups and WorkshopsOrtus Event Calendar for Google https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y181NjJhMWVmNjFjNGIxZTJlNmQ4OGVkNzg0NTcyOGQ1Njg5N2RkNGJiNjhjMTQwZjc3Mzc2ODk1MmIyOTQyMWVkQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20 Embeddable Link: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_562a1ef61c4b1e2e6d88ed7845728d56897dd4bb68c140f773768952b29421ed%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles  Ortus Office HoursWe are starting this a new initiative where some Ortusians will be on a Zoom call and answer whatever questions people have. We are going to start less structured and see how things develop. For this first one we have Grant, Gavin, and Daniel.November 4th at 11am CDT - 1st Friday of the MonthDaniel Garcia will host a variety of Ortus people Office Hours questions & requests form availableRegister in advance for this meeting:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvduyvpz8sHNyBiE0ez7Y-49_U-0ivMSUd Ortus Software Craftsmanship Book Club - Patreon OnlyFriday, November 11th at 2pm CDT - 2nd Friday of the MonthClean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert Martin (Uncle Bob)We will meet monthly on Zoom, and we'll use the Ortus Community Forum for Patreon to discuss the book.https://community.ortussolutions.com/t/ortus-software-craftsmanship-book-club-clean-code/9432 We will also be rewriting the code from Java to CFML as we proceed through the book.The final result will be here https://github.com/gpickin/clean-code-book-cfml-examples You can get a copy of the book at one of the below links, or your favorite bookstorehttps://amzn.to/3TIrmKm or https://www.audible.com/pd/Clean-Code-Audiobook/B08X7KL3TF?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp&shareTest=TestShare Ortus Webinar - Daniel Garcia - API Testing with PostManFriday, November 18th  at 11am CDT - 3rd Friday of the Monthhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqc-uuqzMqGtAO7tQ6qCsN8bR0LyBf8DNP ICYMI - Online ColdFusion Meetup - 300th Episode: A look back and a new direction", with Charlie ArehartThursday, October 27, 2022 at 9:00 AM - 10AMWe did it, reaching episode 300! Join us as we celebrate this momentous anniversary. The Online CFMeetup was formed in 2005 and has been hosted since 2007 by Charlie Arehart, with sessions from over 150 speakers on a wide range of topics related to CF. In this session, we'll celebrate the past and look to the future for the group, where I will propose a new direction/format. All still about CF, of course. Here's to 300 more!https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/289332692/ Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76xHooM9Kj4 ICYMI - Ortus Webinar - Step up your Testing with Gavin PickinFriday October 28th at 11am CDTWe all test manually, let's step up our game with some easy, powerful and valuable automated tests with TestBox - even on your legacy codebases.Fewer bugs and errors are the primary benefit of the Testing. When the code has fewer bugs, you'll spend less time fixing them than other programming methodologies. Test Driven Developer produces a higher overall test coverage and, therefore to a better quality of the final product.Register now: https://bit.ly/3EY6SZK Recording on CFCasts: https://cfcasts.com/series/ortus-webinars-2022/videos/gavin-pickin-on-step-up-your-testingCFHawaii - ColdFusion Builder for VS CodeFriday, October 28, 2022 at 3:00 PM to Friday, October 28, 2022 at 4:00 PM PDTMark Takata, the Adobe CF Technical Evangelist for ColdFusion will give a presentation on the new ColdFusion Builder extension for VS Code. During his talk he will discuss:Access built-in support for IntelliSense code completion, better semantic code understanding, and code refactoring.Identify security vulnerabilities and maintain the integrity of your code.Manage your work with extensions, remote project support, integrated server management, a log viewer, and more!Customize every feature to your liking by creating shortcuts, easily formatting and reusing code, and using powerful extensions to better your best.https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/288977258/ https://hawaiicoldfusionusergroup.adobeconnect.com/pfhheu0lksfz/?fbclid=IwAR2HVkOv52P2seMj-_mGBx57ylDw5yG3duCvM4iapel2o8egnoUQDnwKc3IICYMI - CFUG Tech Talk - Document Services APIs and You by Raymond CamdenThursday, October 20th, 2022 8:00pm-9:00pm IST (9:30 AM CDT)Most organizations have to deal with documents, from PDFs to various Office formats, managing and processing documents can be overwhelming. In this talk, Raymond will discuss the various Adobe Document Services APIs and how they can help developers manage their document stores.Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/document-services-apis-and-you-tickets-428587234957 Presentation URL: https://meet67421977.adobeconnect.com/document-services-apis/ Recording: https://youtu.be/DpCVfVpitwM CF Summit Online Adobe announced today that the “ColdFusion Summit Online” will begin soon, where they will be having presenters offer their sessions again from the CF Summit last month, to be live-streamed and recorded since that couldn't be done in Vegas.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2022/11/coldfusion-summit-online/ All the webinars, all the speakers from Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2022 – brought right to your screen. All sessions will soon be streamed online, for your convenience. Stay tuned for more! Charlie up first, November 16th, we heard November 23rd is scheduled as well.Adobe Workshops & WebinarsJoin the Adobe ColdFusion Workshop to learn how you and your agency can leverage ColdFusion to create amazing web content. This one-day training will cover all facets of Adobe ColdFusion that developers need to build applications that can run across multiple cloud providers or on-premise.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2022/10/upcoming-adobe-webinar-on-preview-of-cf2023-date-and-title-change/  WEBINAR - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2022 - New Date - New Name10:00 AM PSTThe Road to FortunaMark Takatahttps://winter-special-preview-of-cf2023.meetus.adobeevents.com/ WEBINAR - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 202210:00 AM PSTBuilding Native Mobile Applications with Adobe ColdFusion & Monaco.ioMark Takatahttps://building-native-mobile-apps-with-cf-monaco-io.meetus.adobeevents.com/ FREE :)Full list - https://meetus.adobeevents.com/coldfusion/ CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.comJust Released Ortus Webinar - Gavin Pickin on Step up your Testing https://cfcasts.com/series/ortus-webinars-2022/videos/gavin-pickin-on-step-up-your-testing  Every video from ITB - For ITB Ticket Holders Only - Will be released for Subscribed in December 2022 ForgeBox Module of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-forgebox-modules-of-the-week 2022 VS Code Hint tip and Trick of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-vs-code-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week  Coming Soon  More ForgeBox and VS Code Podcast snippet videos Box-ifying a 3rd Party Library from Gavin ColdBox Elixir from Eric Getting Started with ContentBox from Daniel ITB Videos will be released Dec for those who are not ITB Ticket Holders Conferences and TrainingDeploy from Digital OceanNovember 15-16, 2022The virtual conference for global buildersSubtract Complexity,Add Developer HappinessJoin us on the mission to simplify the developer experience.https://deploy.digitalocean.com/ Into the Box Latam 2022Dec 7th, 2022 - 8am - 5pm2 tracks - 1 set of sessions, 1 set of deep dive workshop sessionsPricing $9-$29 USDLocation: Hyatt Centric Las Cascadas Shopping Center,Merliot, La Libertad 99999 El Salvadorhttps://latam.intothebox.org/ VUEJS AMSTERDAM 20239-10 February 2023, Theater AmsterdamWorld's Most Special and Largest Vue ConferenceCALL FOR PAPERS AND BLIND TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!Call for Papers: https://forms.gle/GopxfjYHfpE8fKa57 Blind Tickets: https://eventix.shop/abzrx3b5 https://vuejs.amsterdam/ Dev NexusApril 4-6th in AltantaEARLY BIRD CONFERENCE PASS - APRIL 5-6 (AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 20) (Approx 40% off)If you are planning to speak, please submit often and early. The CALL FOR PAPERS is open until November 15WORKSHOPS WILL BE ON JAVA, JAVA SECURITY, SOFTWARE DESIGN, AGILE, DEVOPS, KUBERNETES, MICROSERVICES, SPRING ETC. SIGN UP NOW, AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE A WORKSHOP, LATER ON,https://devnexus.com/ VueJS Live MAY 5 & 8, 2023ONLINE + LONDON, UKCODE / CREATE / COMMUNICATE35 SPEAKERS, 10 WORKSHOPS10000+ JOINING ONLINE GLOBALLY300 LUCKIES MEETING IN LONDONGet Early Bird Tickets: https://ti.to/gitnation/vuejs-london-2022  Watch 2021 Recordings: https://portal.gitnation.org/events/vuejs-london-2021 https://vuejslive.com/ Into the Box 2023 - 10th EditionMay 17, 18, and 19th, 2022.Middle of May - start planning.Final dates will be released as soon as the hotel confirms availability.Call for Speakers - this weekCFCampNo CFCAMP 2022, we're trying again for summer 2023TLDR is that it's just too hard and there's too much uncertainty right now.More conferencesNeed more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.https://confs.tech/Blogs, Tweets, and Videos of the Week11/1/22 - Blog - Charlie Arehart - ColdFusion Portal - Join Adobe for “ColdFusion Summit Online”, re-presenting sessions over the next several weeksAdobe announced today that the “ColdFusion Summit Online” will begin soon, where they will be having presenters offer their sessions again from the CF Summit last month, to be live-streamed and recorded since that couldn't be done in Vegas.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2022/11/coldfusion-summit-online/ 11/1/22 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Preventing Unbounded Full-Table Scans In My ColdFusion Database Access Layer As I've continued to evolve my approach to building ColdFusion applications, one pattern that I've begun to embrace consistently in my data access layer / Data Access Object (DAO) is to block the developer from running a SQL query that performs a full-table scan. This is really only necessary in DAO methods that provide dynamic, parameterized SQL queries; but, it offers me a great deal of comfort. The pattern works by requiring each query to include at least one indexed column in the dynamically generated SQL statement.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4348-preventing-unbounded-full-table-scans-in-my-coldfusion-database-access-layer.htm 11/1/22 - Blog - Ben Nadel - CFCookie "Expires" Can Use CreateTimeSpan() In ColdFusionAs I've been trying to build-up my knowledge of how Cookies interact with ColdFusion applications, I noticed that the CFCookie tag accepts a "number of days" in its expires attribute. And, the moment I see "days", I think "time-spans". As such, I wanted to see if I could use the createTimeSpan() function to define the cookie expires attribute in ColdFusion - turns out, you can!https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4347-cfcookie-expires-can-use-createtimespan-in-coldfusion.htm 10/31/22 - Blog - Charlie Arehart - ColdFusion Portal - Solving “Failed Signature Verification” when downloading CF updates while using Java 11.0.17 or laterJust a quick note to clarify that if you may apply the new Java updates from Oct 18 2022 (such as Java 11.0.17) and change CF to use that, you will find (for now) that if you then try to download any CF updates using the CF Admin, the update will download but then you'll get an error:“error occurred while installing the update: Failed Signature Verification”Here's good news: there is a solution for that problem, actually a few alternatives you can consider, at least until Adobe resolves the problem for us. For more, see a blog post I did with much more detail - linked in this post.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2022/10/solving-failed-signature-verification-when-downloading-cf-updates-in-2022/ 10/31/22 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Looking At How Cookies And Domains Interact In ColdFusionIn my previous post on leading dots (.) in Cookie domains, I mentioned that my mental model for how Cookies work leaves something to be desired. Along the same lines, I don't have a solid understanding for when Cookies with explicit / non-explicit Domain attributes are sent to the server. As such, I wanted to run some experiments using different combinations of setting and getting of cookie values in ColdFusion.In order to start exploring Cookie domain behaviors, I went into my /etc/hosts file locally and defined a series of subdomains that all point back to my localhost:https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4346-looking-at-how-cookies-and-domains-interact-in-coldfusion.htm 10/31/22 - Blog - Charlie Arehart - Special offer to upgrade to CF2021 from CF2016 or earlier, saving thousands of dollarsIf you're running CF2016 or earlier, now's your chance (though the end of the year) to save potentially thousands of dollars in upgrading to the latest current version, CF2021. Intergral, the folks who make the FusionReactor monitoring tool and service, are again offering a special deal (that even Adobe is not offering).Read on for more details.https://www.carehart.org/blog/2022/10/31/special_offer_upgrade_to_cf2021_from_cf2016_or%20earlier 10/30/22 - Blog - James Moberg - Undocumented Change to ColdFusion 2021 CFHTMLHead & CFContentAccording to my unit tests, after ColdFusion 2018.0.0-15, Adobe changed the way that CFHTMLHead works with CFContent. Prior to CF2021, any strings that were added to the header buffer via CFHTMLHead was outputted to the HTML HEAD section (or top of the page if you neglected to include a HEAD section) on onRequestEnd even if a CFContent (with or without reset) was performed.https://dev.to/gamesover/change-to-coldfusion-2021-cfhtmlhead-cfcontent-1fj8 10/29/22 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Leading Dots On HTTP Cookie Domains IgnoredI've been using Cookies in my ColdFusion web applications forever. But, I honestly don't have the best mental model for how the low-level intricacies of cookies work. For most of my career, I only ever defined cookies using a "name", "value", and an "expires" attributes — I didn't even know you could define a "domain" until we had to start locking down enterprise-cookies (by subdomain) at InVision. And even now, I'm still fuzzy on how the domain setting operates; which is why something caught my eye when I was reading through the Set-Cookie HTTP header docs on MDN: https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4345-leading-dots-on-http-cookie-domains-ignored.htm 10/28/22 - Blog - Grant Copley - Ortus Solutions - CBWIRE 2.1 ReleasedCBWIRE, our ColdBox module that makes building reactive, modern CFML apps delightfully easy, just dropped its 2.1 release. This release contains mostly bug fixes and also the ability to create your UI templates directly within your CBWIRE component using the onRender() method.We've added an example of using onRender() to our ever growing CBWIRE-Examples Repo that you can run on your machine locally. https://github.com/grantcopley/cbwire-exampleshttps://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cbwire-2-1-released 10/27/22 - Blog - Ben Nadel - A Database Column For "Date Updated" Has No Semantic Meaning, Nor Should ItWhen I create a new relational database table in my ColdFusion applications, my default operation is to add three columns: the primary key, a date/time for when the row is created, and a date/time for when the row is updated. Not all entities fit into this model (such as rows that can never be updated); but, for the most part, this core set of columns makes sense. The "updated" column has no semantic meaning within the application - it is simply a mechanical recording of when any part of a row is updated. The biggest mistake that I've made with this column is allowing the customers to attach meaning to this column. This never works out well. https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4344-a-database-column-for-date-updated-has-no-semantic-meaning-nor-should-it.htm 10/25/22 - Blog - Charlie Arehart - Upcoming Adobe webinar on preview of CF2023, date and title changeAdobe had announced some weeks ago two upcoming webinars, one as a preview of CF2023 (originally set for Dec 22), and the other on mobile apps with CF and Monaco (originally set for Nov 23).If like me you may have signed up for them, note that sometime recently the dates have been swapped. (Also the name of the preview session has been changed, from “Winter Holiday Special: A preview of ColdFusion 2023” to instead refer to the product code-name instead.)https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2022/10/upcoming-adobe-webinar-on-preview-of-cf2023-date-and-title-change/ CFML JobsSeveral positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 143 ColdFusion positions from 79 companies across 66 locations in 5 Countries.1 new jobs listed this weekFull-Time - Sr. Software Engineer - Coldfusion at Delhi, Delhi - India Oct 28https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/Sr-Software-Engineer-Coldfusion-at-Delhi-Delhi/11530 Other Online Jobshttps://lighting-new-york.breezy.hr/p/8ddb3ce952b8 Other Job Links Ortus Solutions https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/careers  There is a jobs channel in the CFML slack team, and in the box team slack now too ForgeBox Module of the WeekDialpadcfc By Matthew ClementeA CFML wrapper for the Dialpad API. Use it to interact with the Dialpad call and contact center platform to make calls, send SMS, manage your account, and more.What is Dialpad? Experience the future of Ai in the workplaceWith built-in speech recognition and natural language processing, Dialpad Ai is completely changing the way the world works together.This is an early stage API wrapper and does not yet cover the full Dialpad API. Feel free to use the issue tracker to report bugs or suggest improvements!https://forgebox.io/view/dialpadcfc VS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the WeekGithub CopilotGitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that helps you write code faster and with less work. It draws context from comments and code to suggest individual lines and whole functions instantly. GitHub Copilot is powered by Codex, a generative pretrained language model created by OpenAI. It is available as an extension for Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Neovim, and the JetBrains suite of integrated development environments (IDEs).GitHub Copilot is not intended for non-coding tasks like data generation and natural language generation, like question & answering. Your use of GitHub Copilot is subject to the GitHub Terms for Additional Product and Features.https://github.com/features/copilot/ https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot Thank you to all of our Patreon SupportersThese individuals are personally supporting our open source initiatives to ensure the great toolings like CommandBox, ForgeBox, ColdBox,  ContentBox, TestBox and all the other boxes keep getting the continuous development they need, and funds the cloud infrastructure at our community relies on like ForgeBox for our Package Management with CommandBox. 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All Patreon supporters have a Profile badge on the Community Website All Patreon supporters have their own Private Forum access on the Community Website All Patreon supporters have their own Private Channel access BoxTeam Slack Live Stream Access to streams like “Koding with the Kiwi + Friends” and Ortus Software Craftsmanship Book Club https://community.ortussolutions.com/ Patreons John Wilson - Synaptrix Jordan Clark Gary Knight Mario Rodrigues Giancarlo Gomez David Belanger  Dan Card Jonathan Perret Jeffry McGee - Sunstar Media Dean Maunder Nolan Erck  Abdul Raheen Wil De Bruin Joseph Lamoree   Don Bellamy Jan Jannek   Laksma Tirtohadi   Brian Ghidinelli - Hagerty MotorsportReg Carl Von Stetten Jeremy Adams Didier Lesnicki Matthew Clemente Daniel Garcia Scott Steinbeck - Agri Tracking Systems Ben Nadel  Richard Herbet Brett DeLine Kai Koenig Charlie Arehart Jason Daiger Shawn Oden Matthew Darby Ross Phillips Edgardo Cabezas Patrick Flynn Stephany Monge   Kevin Wright John Whish Peter Amiri Cavan Vannice John Nessim You can see an up to date list of all sponsors on Ortus Solutions' Websitehttps://ortussolutions.com/about-us/sponsors Thanks everyone!!! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Modernize or Die ® Podcast - CFML News Edition
Modernize or Die® - CFML News Podcast for October 25th, 2022 - Episode 169

Modernize or Die ® Podcast - CFML News Edition

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2022-10-25 Weekly News - Episode 169Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-CdMcz8OGJs  Hosts:  Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Scott Steinbeck - CoOwner of Agritracking Systems - Patreon and CFML Community Member and has presented at Into the Box, Adobe CF Summit & CFObjective Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions: Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube.  Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our ReposStar all of your Github Box Dependencies from CommandBox with https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-github  Subscribe to our Podcast on your Podcast Apps and leave us a review Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week BOXLife store: https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/shop Buy Ortus's Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)  Patreon Support ( magnificent )Goal 1 - We have 42 patreons providing 100% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. Goal 2 - We are 32% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io News and AnnouncementsAI is taking over the world - What the Diff AIIf you review pull requests, it will blow your mind.It automatically writes a summary of your code changes as a GitHub comment, in seconds.https://whatthediff.ai/ Hacktoberfest 2023 - Last week!!!HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PARTICIPATE AND COMPLETE HACKTOBERFEST:Register anytime between September 26 and October 31Pull requests can be made in any GITHUB or GITLAB hosted project that's participating in Hacktoberfest (look for the “hacktoberfest” topic)Project maintainers must accept your pull/merge requests for them to count toward your totalHave 4 pull/merge requests accepted between October 1 and October 31 to complete HacktoberfestThe first 40,000 participants (maintainers and contributors) who complete Hacktoberfest can elect to receive one of two prizes: a tree planted in their name, or the Hacktoberfest 2022 t-shirt.https://hacktoberfest.com/ Ortus Blog about Hacktoberfest - https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/october-is-here-and-that-means-hacktoberfest Ordered my T-Shirt!!!New Releases and UpdatesMasaCMS v7.3.9 releasedUpdate filebrowser.cfc by @jimblesphere in #128fix empty admin minified JS filesreplace We Are Orange with We Are Northhttps://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/releases/tag/7.3.9 Other Masa Linkshttps://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/135  https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/136  https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/137 Image Extension 2.0.0.16 BETAImage Extension 2.0.0.16-BETA is available for testing fixes some locking issues on windows major refactoring optional support for commercial Jdeli and/or Apose Imaging jars when available in the classpath (i.e /lib dir) Latest Twelve Monkeys 2 3.9.3 (including lossless WEBP support) previous was 3.8.2 JDeli for example supports HEIC imagesVersion 2 will bundled with Lucee 6.0, but it also works with Lucee 5.3We will be backporting the image locking fixes to the 1.0 branch, which is a blocker for the 5.3.10 releasehttps://dev.lucee.org/t/image-extension-2-0-0-16-beta/11293 ICYMI - ColdFusion 2021 "refreshed" installers available (with update 5)...but only in one place for nowHere's some surprising news: Adobe has released a "refreshed" installer for CF2021, which includes update 5 (which came out last week) built-in.TLDR: these new "refreshed" CF2021 installers are (for now) available only here: here.https://www.carehart.org/blog/2022/10/17/cf2021_refreshed_installers_available_but_only_one_place_for_now Updated: https://www.carehart.org/blog/2022/10/18/java_updates_Oct_2022 Webinar / Meetups and WorkshopsOnline ColdFusion Meetup - 300th Episode: A look back and a new direction", with Charlie ArehartThursday, October 27, 2022 at 9:00 AM - 10AMWe did it, reaching episode 300! Join us as we celebrate this momentous anniversary. The Online CFMeetup was formed in 2005 and has been hosted since 2007 by Charlie Arehart, with sessions from over 150 speakers on a wide range of topics related to CF. In this session, we'll celebrate the past and look to the future for the group, where I will propose a new direction/format. All still about CF, of course. Here's to 300 more!https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/289332692/ Ortus Webinar - Step up your Testing with Gavin PickinFriday October 28th at 11am CDTWe all test manually, let's step up our game with some easy, powerful and valuable automated tests with TestBox - even on your legacy codebases.Fewer bugs and errors are the primary benefit of the Testing. When the code has fewer bugs, you'll spend less time fixing them than other programming methodologies. Test Driven Developer produces a higher overall test coverage and, therefore to a better quality of the final product.Register now: https://bit.ly/3EY6SZK CFHawaii - ColdFusion Builder for VS CodeFriday, October 28, 2022 at 3:00 PM to Friday, October 28, 2022 at 4:00 PM PDTMark Takata, the Adobe CF Technical Evangelist for ColdFusion will give a presentation on the new ColdFusion Builder extension for VS Code. During his talk he will discuss:Access built-in support for IntelliSense code completion, better semantic code understanding, and code refactoring.Identify security vulnerabilities and maintain the integrity of your code.Manage your work with extensions, remote project support, integrated server management, a log viewer, and more!Customize every feature to your liking by creating shortcuts, easily formatting and reusing code, and using powerful extensions to better your best.https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/288977258/ Ortus Office HoursNovember 4th at 11am CDT - 1st Friday of the MonthDaniel Garcia will host a variety of Ortus people Office Hours questions & requests form availableSignup link is coming soon.Ortus Book Club - Patreon OnlyFriday, November 11th at 11am CDT - 2nd Friday of the MonthClean Code by Robert Martin (Uncle Bob)https://amzn.to/3TIrmKm or https://www.audible.com/pd/Clean-Code-Audiobook/B08X7KL3TF?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp&shareTest=TestShare Ortus WebinarFriday, November 18th  at 11am CDT - 3rd Friday of the MonthKoding with the Kiwi - Patreon OnlyFriday, November 25th  at 11am CDT - 4th Friday of the MonthICYMI - CFUG Tech Talk - Document Services APIs and You by Raymond CamdenThursday, October 20th, 2022 8:00pm-9:00pm IST (9:30 AM CDT)Most organizations have to deal with documents, from PDFs to various Office formats, managing and processing documents can be overwhelming. In this talk, Raymond will discuss the various Adobe Document Services APIs and how they can help developers manage their document stores.Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/document-services-apis-and-you-tickets-428587234957 Presentation URL: https://meet67421977.adobeconnect.com/document-services-apis/ Adobe Workshops & WebinarsJoin the Adobe ColdFusion Workshop to learn how you and your agency can leverage ColdFusion to create amazing web content. This one-day training will cover all facets of Adobe ColdFusion that developers need to build applications that can run across multiple cloud providers or on-premise.WEBINAR - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 202210:00 AM PSTWinter Holiday Special: A preview of ColdFusion 2023Mark Takatahttps://winter-special-preview-of-cf2023.meetus.adobeevents.com/ WEBINAR - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 202210:00 AM PSTBuilding Native Mobile Applications with Adobe ColdFusion & Monaco.ioMark Takatahttps://building-native-mobile-apps-with-cf-monaco-io.meetus.adobeevents.com/ FREE :)Full list - https://meetus.adobeevents.com/coldfusion/ CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.comJust Released Every video from ITB - For ITB Ticket Holders Only - Will be released for Subscribed in December 2022 ForgeBox Module of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-forgebox-modules-of-the-week 2022 VS Code Hint tip and Trick of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-vs-code-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week  Coming Soon - Now that ITB is over we can get back to our Video Series More ForgeBox and VS Code Podcast snippet videos Box-ifying a 3rd Party Library from Gavin ColdBox Elixir from Eric Getting Started with ContentBox from Daniel ITB Videos will be released Dec for those who are not ITB Ticket Holders Conferences and TrainingICYMI - AWSome Day Online ConferenceTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 20229AM – 12PM PT | 12PM – 3PM ETWe're bringing the cloud down to EarthJoin us for a free virtual 3-hour AWS Cloud training event delivered by our skilled in-house instructors.https://aws.amazon.com/events/awsome-day/americas/ Deploy from Digital OceanNovember 15-16, 2022The virtual conference for global buildersSubtract Complexity,Add Developer HappinessJoin us on the mission to simplify the developer experience.https://deploy.digitalocean.com/ Into the Box Latam 2022Dec 7thMore information is coming very soon.VUEJS AMSTERDAM 20239-10 February 2023, Theater AmsterdamWorld's Most Special and Largest Vue ConferenceCALL FOR PAPERS AND BLIND TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!Call for Papers: https://forms.gle/GopxfjYHfpE8fKa57 Blind Tickets: https://eventix.shop/abzrx3b5 https://vuejs.amsterdam/ Dev NexusApril 4-6th in AltantaEARLY BIRD CONFERENCE PASS - APRIL 5-6 (AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 20) (Approx 40% off)If you are planning to speak, please submit often and early. The CALL FOR PAPERS is open until November 15WORKSHOPS WILL BE ON JAVA, JAVA SECURITY, SOFTWARE DESIGN, AGILE, DEVOPS, KUBERNETES, MICROSERVICES, SPRING ETC. SIGN UP NOW, AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE A WORKSHOP, LATER ON,https://devnexus.com/ VueJS Live MAY 5 & 8, 2023ONLINE + LONDON, UKCODE / CREATE / COMMUNICATE35 SPEAKERS, 10 WORKSHOPS10000+ JOINING ONLINE GLOBALLY300 LUCKIES MEETING IN LONDONGet Early Bird Tickets: https://ti.to/gitnation/vuejs-london-2022  Watch 2021 Recordings: https://portal.gitnation.org/events/vuejs-london-2021 https://vuejslive.com/ Into the Box 2023 - 10th EditionMay 17, 18, and 19th, 2022.Middle of May - start planning.Final dates will be released as soon as the hotel confirms availability.Call for Speakers - coming soonCFCampNo CFCAMP 2022, we're trying again for summer 2023TLDR is that it's just too hard and there's too much uncertainty right now.More conferencesNeed more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.https://confs.tech/Blogs, Tweets, and Videos of the Week10/22/22 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Considering The "Bounded Context" Of Error Messages In A ColdFusion ApplicationError handling in a web application is a deceptively hard concept. I've been building ColdFusion applications for two-decades, and I'm only just now starting to feel like I'm finding helpful patterns that balance complexity and utility. And, I still have so much to figure out. As I've been refactoring / modernizing the code for my ColdFusion blog, I keep running in to unanswered question. My blog has both a public facing system and an admin facing system; and, I'm starting to wonder if these are two distinct bounded contexts for errors and error messages.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4342-considering-the-bounded-context-of-error-messages-in-a-coldfusion-application.htm 10/21/22 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Using MailHog SMTP Server With ColdFusion And DockerAt work, we've been using an email testing tool called MailHog. I first learned about MailHog from my co-worker, Shawn Grigson, who added it to our Lucee CFML docker-compose.yaml file some years ago. MailHog provides both an SMTP server for receiving emails and a rather elegant user interface (UI) for reading and deleting said emails. Yesterday, I went to add MailHog into my personal blog's ColdFusion Docker setup; and, I was blown away at just how easy it was to get going.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4340-using-mailhog-smtp-server-with-coldfusion-and-docker.htm 10/21/22 - Blog - Ortus Solutions - CF Summit, Ortus presentations available!FSummit was a successful event. Our Ortusians rocked their presentations and we had the chance to meet a lot of amazing people with incredible ideas to continue contributing to the CFML world!Did you miss our sessions? Don't worry, we attached the links to their presentations below for you to download and review anytime you want!https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cf-summit-ortus-presentations-available-to-download 10/20/22 - Tweet - Cheatography - ColdFusion Cheatsheet by VelozRemember this? ColdFusion CFScript Cheat Sheet by Veloz https://cheatography.com/veloz/cheat-sheets/coldfusion-cfscript/?utm_source=twitter  #cheatsheet #development #cfmlhttps://twitter.com/Cheatography/status/1583088154474471424https://twitter.com/Cheatography10/19/22 - Blog - Apoorva Srinivas - Adobe - The Summit That Was – Captured for your convenienceOn the brightly-lit lanes of Las Vegas, inside the bowels of The Mirage, Adobe ColdFusion hosted its tenth Annual ColdFusion Summit on 3-4 October.Shameer Ayyapan hosted the ColdFusion Keynote on Day 1 highlighting the state of Adobe ColdFusion as well as its release plan Joel Cohen, acclaimed writer of The Simpsons was the other highlight speaker amidst a veritable roster of eminent speakers and experts. For over two days, they imparted knowledge and insights to CF fans from across the globe with lively discussions about the potential of ColdFusion in a rapidly-evolving world of tech.The slides from the sessions are uploaded and online, for easy access at your own pace and availability.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2022/10/the-summit-that-was-captured-for-your-convenience/ Old Blog - Related to a Slack Conversation4/1/21 - Experimenting With Lazy Queries And Streaming CSV (Comma Separated Value) Data In Lucee CFML 5.3.7.47In my last post, I celebrated the power and simplicity of CSV (Comma Separated Value) data. It's an old data format; and yet, it continues to act as an easy medium for the interoperability of systems. ColdFusion makes generating CSV data effortless. And as I was demonstrating that much over the weekend, it occurred to me that CSV reporting may be a fun context in which to finally try out the lazy queries feature of Lucee CFML.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4034-experimenting-with-lazy-queries-and-streaming-csv-comma-separated-value-data-in-lucee-cfml-5-3-7-47.htm CFML JobsSeveral positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 142 ColdFusion positions from 78 companies across 65 locations in 5 Countries.0 new jobs listed this weekOther Online Jobshttps://lighting-new-york.breezy.hr/p/8ddb3ce952b8 Other Job LinksOrtus Solutionshttps://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/careers There is a jobs channel in the CFML slack team, and in the box team slack now tooForgeBox Module of the WeektestboxUtils By Gavin Pickin and Scott SteinbeckA group of TestBox utils to help you write more tests, efficiently. Including helpers, matchers and more API Status Code Matchers Collection Length Matchers Case Sensitive Struct Key Matchers Lots more planned and on the way https://github.com/gpickin/testboxUtilshttps://forgebox.io/view/testboxUtils VS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the WeekVSCode Quasar DocsLove the Quasar Docs? They are available right here in VSCode!New to Quasar? Check out free Quasar tutorials on Code Coaching or QuasarCast.comhttps://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CodeCoaching.quasar-docs Thank you to all of our Patreon SupportersThese individuals are personally supporting our open source initiatives to ensure the great toolings like CommandBox, ForgeBox, ColdBox,  ContentBox, TestBox and all the other boxes keep getting the continuous development they need, and funds the cloud infrastructure at our community relies on like ForgeBox for our Package Management with CommandBox. You can support us on Patreon here https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutionsDon't forget, we have Annual Memberships, pay for the year and save 10% - great for businesses. Bronze Packages and up, now get a ForgeBox Pro and CFCasts subscriptions as a perk for their Patreon Subscription. All Patreon supporters have a Profile badge on the Community Website All Patreon supporters have their own Private Forum access on the Community Website All Patreon supporters have their own Private Channel access BoxTeam Slack Live Stream Access to streams like “Koding with the Kiwi + Friends” and Ortus Book Club - Software Craftsmanship  https://community.ortussolutions.com/ Patreons John Wilson - Synaptrix Jordan Clark Gary Knight Mario Rodrigues Giancarlo Gomez David Belanger   Dan Card Jonathan Perret Jeffry McGee - Sunstar Media Dean Maunder Nolan Erck  Abdul Raheen Wil De Bruin Joseph Lamoree  Don Bellamy Jan Jannek   Laksma Tirtohadi   Brian Ghidinelli - Hagerty MotorsportReg Carl Von Stetten Jeremy Adams Didier Lesnicki Matthew Clemente Daniel Garcia Scott Steinbeck - Agri Tracking Systems Ben Nadel  Richard Herbet Brett DeLine Kai Koenig Charlie Arehart Jason Daiger Shawn Oden Matthew Darby Ross Phillips Edgardo Cabezas Patrick Flynn Stephany Monge  Kevin Wright John Whish Peter Amiri Cavan Vannice John Nessim You can see an up to date list of all sponsors on Ortus Solutions' Websitehttps://ortussolutions.com/about-us/sponsors Thanks everyone!!! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

WP Tavern
#47 – Adam Silverstein on the State of Images in WordPress

WP Tavern

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 39:45


On the podcast today we have Adam Silverstein. Adam is a WordPress core comitter where he works to fix bugs and improve modern web capabilities. As a Developer Relations Engineer in the content ecosystem team at Google, he works to invigorate the open web by empowering and educating developers. At the recent WordCamp US, he gave a presentation entitled ‘Images on the Web - past present and future'. In it, he outlined his thoughts on where the web is going in terms of support for different image formats. This then forms the basis of the podcast. How do browsers actually display images to your website visitors, and what formats are most appropriate where? We also talk about the new image formats, which are seeing more widespread adoption; WebP, AVIF and JPEG XL. We learn about the roll out of browser support, how they have smaller file sizes and when we can safely to use them.

House of #EdTech
Has #EdTech Changed Your Teaching? - HoET209

House of #EdTech

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 28:51


Feedback & Shout Outs (1:17) GoSynth is GoING away. I recommend you check out Podcastle.ai Return of PodcastPD - 10/2/22 EdTech Thought (4:55) Deleting & Adding Technology. I've deleted Clubhouse. While I previously published an episode about the benefits of Clubhouse for Educators I just don't feel the same way. EdTech Recommendation (8:24) Convert images with Ezgif Ezgif is a fast and simple way of converting images between formats. It can handle GIF, JPG, PNG, and WebP, and you can either upload the files from your computer or point Ezgif towards them on the web. There are also options for cropping and rotating images. FREE - https://ezgif.com/ Edit PDFs with Smallpdf Viewing PDFs is pretty straightforward no matter what platform you're on, but editing them is something else. Smallpdf takes the hassle out of the process, with a variety of features that include letting you drop in images and text and add your digital signature. Smallpdf is free to use, but you can get more features and unlimited edits for $12 a month. Set an alarm with Kuku Klok Whatever you need to set an alarm for, Kuku Klok can help. Just pick the time for the alarm to go off, then choose a sound (cockerels and trumpets are two of the options), and you're all set. Kuku Klok is free to use. Get artistic with MS Paint Microsoft Paint is one of the most well-known computer utilities of all time. MS Paint is the faithful remake of the program and runs entirely in your browser. You can get at it from any Windows or macOS computer, and access all the familiar tools—including the spray can and the paint bucket. MS Paint is free to use. Take notes with Online Notepad Online Notepad lets you quickly jot down anything you don't want to forget inside your browser: It could be a to-do list, an idea for your next novel, or an address. You can keep your pad open on a new tab, but you can also save it to your disk if you need to. Online Notepad is free to use. Featured Content (13:18) Over the last century and in recent years, technology has promised to revolutionize how we teach, dramatically alter the relationship between teachers and students, and fundamentally change how students learn and work together. In many ways, technology has profoundly changed education. Technology is a powerful tool that can support and transform education in many ways, from making it easier for teachers to create instructional materials to enabling new ways for people to learn and work together. House of #EdTech VIP (24:16) Israa Lulu - https://twitter.com/edu_metaverse - https://www.edu-metaverse.net/ She's a passionate educator, dedicated Leader, and certified Tech coach and trainer. Israa believes learning never stops and has always been an avid learner who craves knowledge of the world at large and works tirelessly to develop as an educator and leader. Israa's passion is to support teachers in building their capacity with impactful technology use and innovative teaching practices and ideas to transform education.

BlogAid Podcast
Tips Tuesday – No WebP Default, Find Target Audience, Cheating Speed Testers

BlogAid Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 21:35


Tips this week include: • Progress on the new GA4 course and why I'll start with reports tutorials • Updates to themes happening on BlogAid member sites • WordCamp US was this past weekend • Does WP need a project manager? • Who finally stopped WebP as default from going into WP core • Is WP-Optimize just fooling the testers and not really making sites fast? • What is a target audience and how to find yours – and the ones you don't even think you have • How WP dropping support for older versions impacts your site security • Why we'll hear screams with the PHP 8 update in November • The best way to get your site ahead and you out of panic mode

BlogAid Podcast
Tips Tuesday – GA4 Mini Course, WebP Images, Search Spam, Helpful Content Update

BlogAid Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 26:47


Tips this week include: • Issues with the Cloudflare interface and plugin being out of sync • A tutorial on how to do the Yoast SEO database optimization and when to check it • I'm delighted to report that we are wrapping up our PHP 8 tests • Results of the GA4 mini course survey • What's up with the new Video SEO report in GSC, and why not to act on it • Cloudways hosting is being acquired by DigitalOcean • Will foodie sites get hit with Google's Helpful Content Update? • What's up with the serious problem of internal search spam and IndexNow • How a lack of proper site security is contributing to poor SEO • Why the breaks were put on WebP by default for images in WP 6.1

WPwatercooler - Weekly WordPress Talk Show
EP426 - Why does it burn when I WebP?

WPwatercooler - Weekly WordPress Talk Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 32:21


This week on WPwatercooler we're going to be discussing the WebP file format and native support for it in WordPress. With support for WebP being added in 2021, it is now merged into core with the intention of being the default image format for WordPress moving forward. We'll be discussing this with Jon Brown of 9seeds, a longtime friend of the show who is overdue for a return visit. He was last on “EP316 – Discussing a hard week in WordPress” back in April of 2019. Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut – Zeek.com Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Jon Brown – 9seeds.com

The Muck Podcast
Episode 134: Sfogliatelle and Coffee | Dale Massad and Ginni Thomas

The Muck Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 83:20


Tina and Hillary cover former mayor Dale Massad and Virginia Lamp "Ginni" Thomas Tina's Story Jimmy Dimora served for decades as a County Commissioner and Chairman of the Democratic Party in Ohio. BUT when his pay for play schemes are revealed he is sentenced to federal prison in one of the largest corruption cases in Ohio history. Hillary's Story SCOTUS judge Clarence Thomas's wife, Virginia,aka, Ginni spent many years in Washington building her own political career. BUT her alleged role in the January 6th insurrection places the reputation of SCOTUS in jeopardy. Tina's Sources The Chicago Crusader Mayor in Florida arrested after shots fired at SWAT attempting to serve warrant at his home (https://chicagocrusader.com/mayor-in-florida-arrested-after-shots-fired-at-swat-attempting-to-serve-warrant-at-his-home/)--by The Washington Post FDLE Press Release FDLE agents arrest Port Richey Mayor Dale Glen Massad (https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/News/2019/February/FDLE-agents-arrest-Port-Richey-Mayor-Dale-Glen-Mas) Heavy Dale G. Massad: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (https://heavy.com/news/2019/02/dale-g-massad-florida-mayor-shots-swat/) NBC News Florida mayor arrested after deputies shot at during raid on his home (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-mayor-arrested-after-deputies-shot-during-raid-his-home-n974286)--by Elisha Fieldstadt Florida mayor who shot at deputies is suspended from office by governor (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-mayor-who-shot-deputies-removed-office-governor-n974856)--by Phil Helsel Newsweek Shots Fired at Police As They Attempt to Serve Warrant at Florida Mayor's House in Port Richey (https://www.newsweek.com/florida-man-mayor-shots-fired-police-attempt-serve-warrant-home-port-richey-1339094)--by Jenni Fink Tampa Bay 10 Former Port Richey mayor Dale Massad used crack cocaine and meth daily, records show (https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/new-court-records-shed-light-on-former-mayors-alledged-drug-use/67-29446740-a6ce-448b-ac5c-ce578d66816f)--by Chelsea Tatham and Grady Trimble Tampa Bay Reporter FORMER AND ACTING PORT RICHEY MAYORS ACCUSED IN PLOT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE (https://www.tbreporter.com/crime/acting-port-richey-mayors-accused-in-plot-obstruct-justice/) PORT RICHEY MAYOR ARRESTED AFTER FIRING SHOTS AT SWAT DEPUTIES (https://www.tbreporter.com/crime/port-richey-mayor-arrested-firing-shots-swat-deputies/) Tampa Bay Times Terrence Rowe, ex-acting mayor of Port Richey, admits to conspiracy, gets probation (https://www.tampabay.com/news/pasco/2020/01/02/terrence-rowe-ex-acting-mayor-of-port-richey-admits-to-conspiracy-gets-probation/)--by C.T. Bowen Vice The Strange Rise and Sudden Fall of the Florida Mayor Who Took on a SWAT Team (https://www.vice.com/en/article/3k3jnv/the-strange-rise-and-sudden-fall-of-the-florida-mayor-who-took-on-a-swat-team)--by Francisco Alvarado WFLA News Channel 8 Former Port Richey Mayor Dale Massad accepts plea deal, 3-year prison sentence (https://www.wfla.com/news/pasco-county/former-port-richey-mayor-dale-massad-accepts-plea-deal-3-year-prison-sentence/)--by Megan Gannon Photos Dale Glen Massad Mug Shot--from Pasco County Sheriff's Office (https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1520w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2019_08/2762661/190222-dale-massad-mug-ac-728p.jpg) via NBC News Terrence Row Mug Shot (https://www.tampabay.com/resizer//il36J283juNjb6-O_ncnaoyAz3A=/900x506/smart/filters:format(webP)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4FPJ6OGIKII6TGNIIBWI6S7HAY.jpg)--from Pasco County Sheriff's Office via Tampa Bay Times) Sheriff Chris Nocco at Press Conference (https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2019/02/21/gunshots-fired-before-port-richey-mayor-taken-into-custody#)--screenshot via Bay News 9 Hillary's Story CNBC Ginni Thomas-tied Facebook group ‘FrontLiners for Liberty' could be a new focus in Jan. 6 investigation (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/17/ginni-thomas-tied-facebook-group-frontliners-for-liberty-could-be-a-new-focus-in-jan-6-investigation.html)--by Brian Schwartz CNN Latest Ginni Thomas controversy means the Supreme Court can't escape the 2020 election (https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/ginni-thomas-supreme-court/index.html)--By Joan Biskupic NBC News The untold story of Ginni Thomas' anti-cult activism — after she was 'deprogrammed' (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/untold-story-ginni-thomass-anti-cult-activism-was-deprogrammed-rcna22131)--By Allan Smith and Alex Seitz-Wald NPR Ginni Thomas reportedly pressed Trump's chief of staff on overturning the election (https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1088720571/ginni-thomas-tex-messages-mark-meadows-2020-election) Jan. 6 committee asks Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify (https://www.npr.org/2022/06/16/1105543882/jan-6-committee-ginni-thomas) Politifact A fact-checker's guide to Ginni Thomas' texts to Trump's chief of staff (https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/mar/25/fact-checkers-guide-ginni-thomas-texts-trumps-chie/)--by Bill McCarthy and Amy Sherman Vanity Fair “PUT THINGS RIGHT”: GINNI THOMAS' EFFORTS TO OVERTURN TRUMP'S LOSS IN ARIZONA MORE EXTENSIVE THAN KNOWN (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/ginni-thomas-efforts-to-overturn-trump-loss-arizona)--by Terry Mosley Washington Post The Nominee's Soul Mate (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/lifespring/main.htm)--by Laura Blumenfeld Wikipedia Ginni Thomas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginni_Thomas) Photos Ginni Thomas (https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/03/28/gettyimages-646233370_custom-26d1c037d08acdf5d33a640eae0d167076b894af-s1200-c85.webp)--by Chip Somodevilla/Getty via NPR Ginni and Clarence Thomas Wedding Photo (https://wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2020/02/20/resized_150246-thomas030221rgb_11-28782_t800.jpg?90232451fbcadccc64a17de7521d859a8f88077d)--via Arkansas Online Ginni Thomas Text to Mark Meadows (https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/03/26/should-justice-thomas-recuse-self-over-wifes-jan-6-texts.cnn)--screenshot via CNN Politics

BlogAid Podcast
Tips Tuesday – Real Speed Tests, Yoast DB Optimization, PHP 8 Testing, Local Fonts

BlogAid Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 23:35


Tips this week include: • New tutorial on how to do the Yoast database optimization after plugin update • The next phase of our PHP 8 testing will start this week • New Cloudflare tutorials are underway for my webmaster designers • Do you know how many bad bots are hitting your site? It's way more than you think! And it is costing you more than you think too. • We lost the battle and WebP by default is coming to WP 6.1 • 5 tips to improve your content strategy • Google delays 3rd party cookie drop for another year • Difference in core web vitals and Google PageSpeed Insights • Where to get a real speed report for your site • WordPress encourages locally hosted Google Fonts • What I'll be doing with fonts for my next theme

The Tech Addicts Podcast
Sunday 31st July - Google Glass 2: The Glass Strikes Back

The Tech Addicts Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2022 133:50


With Gareth Myles and Ted SalmonJoin us on Mewe RSS Link: https://techaddicts.libsyn.com/rss iTunes | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Tunein | Spotify  Amazon | Pocket Casts | Castbox | PodHubUK Feedback and Contributions Gareth Williams on the Grand Return of the Tech Addicts Pod …not a moment too soon. There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth here in South Wales! Glad you are back and hope the break was enjoyable. ------------------- Amazon Prime day? Reayos Solar LightsNetgear Orbi Whole HomeBlurams 2K Wi-Fi Camera Motion Sensor Cupboard Light,39 LEDs USB Rechargeable Wardrobe Lights Hardline on the hardware: Ready or not, the Glassholes are coming back The Canon EOS R3 Can Now Shoot an Incredible 195 FPS Honor Pad 8 Unveiled - 12 Inch Snapdragon 680 Tablet 8-Inch Nokia T10 Announced (at last) This crazy Yamaha concept turns your smartphone into a turntable - and more! OnePlus 10T ditches the brand's famous Alert Slider, and its Hasselblad partnership Motorola Razr 2022 will be unveiled on 2nd August It looks like a 5-way fight for the lead in India's smartphone market Huawei MatePad Pro 11 Unveiled BLUETTI AC500 arrives on shelves Xiaomi Smart Home Screen 6 launches as cheaper hub with 5.45-in touchscreen and voice commands DVD and Blu-ray sales continue to nosedive Video: Watch this crazy contraption recover photos from a broken micro SD card Flap your trap about an App: Windows 11 build 25163 brings back taskbar overflow Windows 12 may be coming in 2024 Amazon Prime Video gets a much-appreciated redesign, and it looks like Netflix You'll have to sacrifice content for the cheaper Netflix plan with ads TikTok could be moving into music streaming next Amazon Drive Shutting Down in 2023 - move it or lose it! YouTube now lets creators turn their existing videos into Shorts How to save WEBP images as JPEG ChromeOS News Your Chromebook may soon become your favourite mobile hotspot Google Chrome could soon let you take notes directly on the websites you visit How to Stop Chrome From Hogging Your RAM Using a Hidden Flag ChromeOS adding video editing on Chromebooks in Google Photos Hark Back:  BT Roamer 500 Technics at 50: how the SL-1200 series accidentally changed music forever Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted Logitech MX Anywhere 2S Wireless Mouse, Multi-Device, Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz with USB Unifying Receiver, laptop/ PC/ Mac/ iPad OS - Graphite Black. Was: £79.99 Down to: £29.99 Black Shark 4 Mobile Phone 5G SIM Free Unlocked 8 + 128 GB Smartphone with 144Hz 6.67 Inch Screen, 120W Fast Charging Was £399, now £389.99 - £20 voucher = £369.99 Black Shark 5 Android Phones, 8GB+128GB, 144Hz AMOLED, 120W Hyper Charge, Snapdragon 870 Processor Dual SIM Unlocked Smartphone- Black Was £499, now £439 - £22 Voucher = £417 Samsung U28R550UQR - UR55 Series - LED monitor - 28" (28" viewable) - 3840 x 2160 4K @ 60 Hz - IPS - 300 cd/m² - 1000:1 - HDR10-4 ms - 2xHDMI, DisplayPort - dark grey/blue down by 35% from £249.99 to £163.49 WD My Passport Portable SSD 1TB with NVMe Technology, USB-C, Read Speeds of up to 1050MB/s & Write Speeds of up to 1000MB/s. Works with PC, Xbox, PlayStation - Gold £105 down from £222 OnePlus 9 Pro 5G 8GB RAM 128GB - Down by 37% from £829.00 to £523.66 + £70 Voucher = £453.66 Main Show URL: http://www.techaddicts.uk | PodHubUK Contact:: gareth@techaddicts.uk | @techaddictsuk Gareth - @garethmyles | garethmyles.com | Gareth's Ko-Fi Ted - tedsalmon.com | Ted's PayPal | Ted's Amazon | tedsalmon@post.com YouTube: Tech Addicts

WP Builds
This Week in WordPress #218

WP Builds

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 84:13


The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 18th July 2022.

WP Builds
This Week in WordPress #218

WP Builds

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 84:13


The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 18th July 2022.

The Visual Developers Podcast
No-code roundup - July 25th, 2022

The Visual Developers Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 45:12


4:43 - Webflow has some updates...4:48 - WebP image support is here in Webflow (I made a video to guide you)5:22 - Sunsetting support for IE7:09 - Made in Webflow is here9:30 - Bubble released their new responsive editor10:23 - And they rolled out deferred drawing to everyone10:56 - Outseta released support for Bubble too!

BlogAid Podcast
Tips Tuesday – Summer Sales, Turn Readers into Buyers, PHP 8 Tests, Foodie Pattern Plugin

BlogAid Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 22:10


Tips this week include: • Why the Video SEO Booster course is closing for now and how I'm revamping it • Super Summer Sales Event is coming soon, and where to get first dibs on limited discounts • Page Content SEO workshop is this week in the DIY SEO course • Tutorials on the new Cloudflare interface are coming in the Webmaster Training course • PHP 8 tests have begun and not everything is passing muster • How the excessive pings from free downtime monitors are hurting your site resources • The critical info that downtime monitors don't tell you • New Pattern plugin for foodie bloggers • WebP as default is still being pushed by the WP Performance team despite criticism • Why we may or may not see a new WP plugin checker • How to turn blog readers into paying customers

BlogAid Podcast
Tips Tuesday – Image Optimization, Full Page Patterns, YouTube Keyword Tool

BlogAid Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 19:44


Tips this week include: • Why the Tips Tuesday Livestream is going dark • How you can still get into the Gutenberg Ninja course before it closes • How to discover what your audience wants workshop in the BB Hub • Upcoming bonus sessions in the DIY SEO workshops • Multiple follow-ups on the WebP as default proposal • Why there is no way to carry MozJPEG optimization through thumbnails • More image formats coming that are just around the corner • The difference in Reusable blocks, block Patterns, Templates and Template Parts • Possible full-page patterns coming in WP 6.0 • YouTube's keyword research tool is now available to all • An easy way to get dynamic YouTube thumbnails • A roundup of more GA4 tutorials

BlogAid Podcast
Tips Tuesday – Last Modified Date and Media Replace Tutorials, Digital Downloads, GA4 Primer

BlogAid Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 15:23


Tips this week include: • New Limit Last Modified Date plugin tutorial • New Enable Media Replace plugin tutorial • Digital Downloads workshops start today in the BB Hub • Ranking Factors Part 2 workshop on Thursday for the DIY SEO course • WebP images by default in WP was killed in committee • Cloudflare will deprecate Legacy CAPTCHA soon and what to use instead • Why we won't be using the new Cloudflare Images • A primer on GA4 and why I'm holding off installing it • The GA4 alternatives to just say no to • A primer on how to get started with making videos • How to turn your “Link in Bio” into revenue

BlogAid Podcast
Tips Tuesday – No to Default WebP Images, Digital Downloads, Ranking Factors

BlogAid Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 12:42


Tips this week include: • Tell WordPress not to make WebP the default image format • My case study proving why the Performance Lab plugin misses the mark • Ranking Factors Part 1 workshop is this week • The Digital Downloads workshops start April 12 • WordPress 5.9.3 releases today and what's in it • Why I'm so happy Stripe is getting back into crypto payments • YouTube will soon host podcasts and how to make the most of this • Should you start with a newsletter instead of a blog? • How to create a sidebar in an FSE theme workshop

WP Builds
This Week in WordPress #203

WP Builds

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 79:13


This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 28th March 2022

WP Builds
This Week in WordPress #203

WP Builds

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 79:13


This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 28th March 2022