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Today, my blog was hacked. I won’t say who it was because mostly it doesn’t really bother me. They used an exploit in Wordpress where you can create a URL to send a reset password request to an email for the first user in the database. And so the admin password was changed and they defaced the homepage (index.php). No big deal. The guy who defaced the site also defaced roughly 400 other Wordpress blogs. It wasn’t anything personal. I’m sure he just had a robot checked versions of Wordpress on sites and then working his magic (If thats what you want to call it). Anyways, hopefully the site is in the clear. Guess that’ll teach me to always keep Wordpress updated.

Side note: Wordpress was 2.8.4 on this site and another site I’ve been working on so makes me wonder if it’s a new exploit based off the old or if the old was every fully fixed…

This past weekend, the wife and I decided to take a little vacation to Pismo Beach. Nothing too major just a little get away for a couple days. I decided to take along my new camera and I’m glad I did. On Saturday I tried to find a little place to take a few pictures but wasn’t having much luck. We ended up finding a little place that had a few rocks and a ton of birds. After a few minutes of being there though it started to rain. After dinner that night we went back and I messed around a bit with some long exposure stuff.

Long Exposure

Even Tia got behind the camera, but that was after I had walked away.

Me!

Anyways, we didn’t take too many shots there. it started to get dark and there was only so much you can do. The next day we decided to take a tour of Hearst Castle. I haven’t been there since I was little and Tia has never been. We took the first tour which went around outside and through the house a bit. Kind of gave you a general idea of what the place is like. Anyways, enough talk and more pictures!

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Tia and I bought a Nikon D5000 today! So be on a lookout for pictures I’ll be posting while I practice this new hobby. I’m not sure if I’ll post them here or on my named domain. I’ll keep you guys updated.

This is a wallpaper that I created very quickly in Photoshop using a damask pattern I found a long time ago and a few grunge brushes I’ve collected along the way. Hope you enjoy. Sizes included in the zip are 1280×1024, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, and 1920×1200.

Click here to download: Wallpaper: Damask Grunge (298)

I made a quick wallpaper in Photoshop that I thought I would share with you guys. I only made it in 1680×1050. If you need a different size I can make one for you just leave a request in the comments. Enjoy.

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