President of Honduras Kidnapped | Sent to Costa Rica
Honduras Coup
Recently deposed Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, arrived on a military jet at Juan Santamaria airport outside of San Jose around 8:10 am, Sunday morning.
He was still wearing his pajamas.
President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica greeted his Honduran counterpart at the airport and called on the international community to continue recognizing Zelaya as Honduras’ president and to condemn the military coup, Central America’s first in more than 15 years.
“I regret there are civilians, political leaders and part of the population in Honduras who applaud a coup d’état, just because they disagree with the government in office,” Arias said.
After a brief press conference at the airport, Mr. Zelaya was moved to the DoubleTree Cariari hotel where he stayed for most of the day until a jet provided by Venezuelan president, Hugo Chaves, arrived to transport him to Managua. The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) met in Managua to give their support to Zelaya.
Tags: Costa Rica, coup, honduras president, manuel zelaya
July 2, 2009 at 7:08 am | Costa Rica | No comments
I am a DOFOLLOW Blog | HOBO Custom Link Love
Improve Pagerank
A while back I wrote a post “How to say I Love You over the Internet” about using the Lucia Link Love plugin to spread the link love to the commenter’s who frequent your blog. This was a nice plugin and I had been using it for a while, until I redesigned my blog and tried to trim down the plugin usage. Now I am back to putting in plugins and hoping they don’t ruin my validation.
Now, I am going to use the new WordPress comments plugin, HOBO Custom Link Love, which is an updated custom version of the Lucia Link Love plugin. Here’s what the Hobo’s have to say about their plugin;
From Improve Pagerank: Custom Link Love For Wordpress Comments Plugin..
So Basically;
- Regular commentors will get a dofollow link that passes link love – with this, you really reward regular contributors
- Those with less than say 3 comments will not get a link at all (although you can modify this) but when they do hit 3 comments, hey presto, link love, and with anchor text value!
- Pagerank won’t evaporate through nofollowed links from link droppers because they won’t be links
I am DOFOLLOW again
Since this is a custom (newer) version of the comment link plugin from Lucia I decided to install this one instead of the original, sorry Lucia. Something about it being newer, even though I don’t see too much different at the moment.
So, all you faithful followers who make comments on my blog, know that I have a Google Page Rank 3 and think that it should be shared with those who are networking with me. So if you have something (semi)intelligent to say, say it. BUT, know that I am not keeping “one-liner” comments any more, and I am going to delete all the older comments that I do not think are worthy anymore.
Download the plugin here: HOBO Custom Link Love
Tags: dofollow, hobo, link love, pagerank, wordpress plugin
July 1, 2009 at 8:42 am | SEO | 8 comments
Secure your WordPress Blog in 5 Minutes
As fellow blogger John Hoff said;
“The first thing you should understand is that people are looking to hack your site.“
Blog Security
Far too many people will grab an open source piece of software, such as WordPress, and think that a standard install will be just fine. Security never pops into their minds. I am here to tell you that you can take 5 minutes of your time and help secure your WordPress blog.
Why not spend a couple minutes and follow these simple instructions to help keep those hackers away from your blog?
Disclaimer: Nothing is 100 percent full proof, but you can make it harder for someone to hack your blog!!
Secure your WordPress Blog in 5 Minutes
Step One
Install the WordPress Firewall Plugin. I am sure you know how to install Plugins, just follow the instructions from the plugin website. This is very simple to setup, just be sure to add your IP address to the Whitelist and you will be all set.
Step Two
Edit your .HTACCESS file using the 4G Blacklist. Editing your .HTACCESS is pretty easy. You should be familiar with FTP (since you installed your plugin) so just connect to your server and download the .HTACCESS file from the root directory of your blog. Edit this file with a text editor, I use Notepad++.
Add the code from the site below to the end of your .HTACCESS file.
The Perishable Press 4G Blacklist
The 4G Blacklist is a next-generation protective firewall that secures your website against a wide range of malicious activity.
Step Three
Keep your WordPress installation up to date. The easiest way is to make sure you have the WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin..
I hope this thwarts some hackers away… Good luck! 
Tags: .htaccess, 4g blacklist, blog security, wordpress firewall, wordpress security
June 27, 2009 at 9:32 am | wordpress | 10 comments
Costa Rica Rain Season Information
The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach — Henry Beston
I Love the Rain
Seriously, there isn’t anything more relaxing then listening to the rain. In my post “Why Costa Rica” I spoke about how the weather here is 75 degrees every month on average. There is also two seasons, “dry season” and “green season“. Where I live, close to Heredia, the weather is pretty nice and 75 is about right. By the beaches it can get really hot and that is why I like it here better.
During the rain season, or green season, you can expect to have a beautiful sunny morning until around noon time and then the clouds roll in and there are few storms. At about 8 or 9pm the rain is gone and we start all over.
Do you like listening to the rain?
More Costa Rica Information
From frommers.com
Climate
Costa Rica is a tropical country and has distinct wet and dry seasons. However, some regions are rainy all year, and others are very dry and sunny for most of the year. Temperatures vary primarily with elevations, not with seasons: On the coasts it’s hot all year; in the mountains it can be cool at night any time of year. Frost is common at the highest elevations (3,000-3,600m/9,840-11,808 ft.).
Generally, the rainy season (or “green season”) is from May to mid-November. Costa Ricans call this wet time of year their winter. The dry season, considered summer by Costa Ricans, is from mid-November to April. In Guanacaste, the dry northwestern province, the dry season lasts several weeks longer than in other places. Even in the rainy season, days often start sunny, with rain falling in the afternoon and evening. On the Caribbean coast, especially south of Limón, you can count on rain year-round, although this area gets less rain in September and October than the rest of the country.
In general, the best time of year to visit weather-wise is in December and January, when everything is still green from the rains, but the sky is clear.
Tags: climate, Costa Rica, green season, rain season, weather map
June 26, 2009 at 10:07 am | Costa Rica | 6 comments
Google Code | Let’s Make the Web Faster
Making the Web Faster
When I first started using Adobe DreamWeaver for developing websites, the first thing I did was change my view to Code View. I instantly pick Code View since I like to work in HTML more than dragging and dropping things, as you would using Designer View. I never really thought about it too much, but there really is a difference between a designer and a coder.
I’m a coder…
I spend more time cleaning up my code than anything else. I want it to be easy to read so I can track down issues, like when a WordPress plug-in is updated and ruins my HTML or CSS validation. One of the benefits to writing web pages and blog posts using code, IMO, is that you know exactly what is going on.
With this knowledge, you can help Google make the web faster!
Google is out there trying to help us web coders / designers to improve our users experience by making your site as fast as it can be. If you are interested in speeding up the Internet, your website specifically, then you should go check out Google Code.
Google Code Tutorials
From the Google Code Tutorials website;
There are plenty of ways to make websites run faster. In this section, you can discover performance best practices that real web professionals employ in their everyday work. These practices have improved the user experience for millions of users and we hope they are going to be useful for other web developers.
Google Code Downloads
From the Google Code Downloads website;
There are many variables that affect a site’s performance. The tools listed below can help you discover and improve your site. We recommend that you experiment with these tools. Multiple simple changes can improve the experience for your users around the world by several seconds.
So, are you a Coder or a Designer? Do you care about making the web faster?
Tags: downloads, fast web, google, google code, tutorials, web design
June 23, 2009 at 8:19 pm | Breathe Google | 4 comments