Hotlinking – Content And Bandwidth Theft

Who Knew??? Several weeks ago, while digitally “thumbing” through the available apps on my content delivery network (to learn more about CDN’s, click HERE) CloudFlare, I enabled all the elements of an app entitled ScrapeShield. CloudFlare describes the app as “…a free app…that protects your site’s content, and allows you to monitor and track misuse.… Continue reading Hotlinking – Content And Bandwidth Theft

Dealing With Apache Error 403 BFHS

Trouble Is Coming   The day started out as any other day. I got out of bed. Rounded up my two dogs and let them “outside”. Made some coffee. Fired up my Mac, and began to read my emails. As I scanned my emails looking for any that were urgent, I quickly saw that my… Continue reading Dealing With Apache Error 403 BFHS

Use A Content Delivery Network For Your Website

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Several months ago, my website’s page load times were, in a word, miserable. In the last couple of years, not only has the number of posts increased on LarryTalksTech.com, but the amount of graphics I use to add interest and help explain some part of a particular post has increased as well. Parsing out the… Continue reading Use A Content Delivery Network For Your Website