Category Archives: hibbets.net

SouthEast LinuxFest 2011

opensource.com at SELFI’m here at the SouthEast LinuxFest in Spartanburg, SC. I arrived late Thursday night, technically Friday morning, and spent most of Friday setting up the Red Hat / opensource.com table and networking with folks. Last night, opensource.com sponsored the SELF pre-party at Marriott 299 Sports Bar. We made a lot of great friends.

The conference kicked off today with a keynote by Continue reading

2011 Guide to the Outer Banks

Wright Brothers Memorial, KDH

Wright Brothers Memorial, KDH

So you want to head to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a weekend getaway or a week away from it all? There are a variety of things to see and do, lots of great food to eat, and the beaches are some of the best in the US.

Whether it’s your first time or your twentieth, this post can help get you started to an awesome vacation. You’ll want to go back again and again. Let’s get started. Continue reading

The Story of a WordPress Hack

On the evening of March 27th, I discovered several WordPress websites I maintain were hacked. Most notably, southwestraleigh.com. My personal site, hibbets.net, was also compromised in the early hours of the morning.

As I started checking all the client websites I maintain for Red Waves, I found it was only WordPress sites that were compromised. It was easy to see, because the hacker took over the home page of the sites with a political message.

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Shibby’s Samplings | Feb 21 edition

Here are some posts from other places that I write, including opensource.com and a new project I’ve started with Raleigh neighbors Anthony McLeod and Joe Boisvert: southwestraleigh.com. I’ve scaled back on blogging to the Lineberry Alliance Blogs in favor of the new project.

See what else I’ve been saying around the web over the last few weeks. Continue reading