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Twitter ‘patch’ the “don’t click” virus with one line of code
Before I get started, I would just like to confirm there is absolutely no reason to change your Twitter password. That’s right. Your password is safe even if you fell for the don’t click scam.
A harmless virus has been seen on Twitter over the last couple of weeks. It manifests itself as a tweet from someone which simply reads ‘Don’t click {link}’
If you are logged into twitter and you click the link, followed by a link on the following page which also reads ‘Don’t click’ then an identical message is posted without your knowledge to your own feed.
Hide / Remove Info Window / Bubble for Embedded Google Maps
A quick note added in February 2011. Google has now removed the iwloc part of the url in most cases. To remove the pin, you can now add &iwloc=near to the end of the iframe src attribute. So….
<iframe width=”300″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ src=”http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=manchester&aq=&sll=53.41654,-2.236788&sspn=0.033864,0.090294&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Manchester&t=h&z=12&ll=53.480712,-2.234376&output=embed“></iframe>
…would become…
<iframe width=”300″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ src=”http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=manchester&aq=&sll=53.41654,-2.236788&sspn=0.033864,0.090294&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Manchester&t=h&z=12&ll=53.480712,-2.234376&output=embed&iwloc=near“></iframe>
Thanks to John below for pointing this out
Old information:
Google have tweaked things again. Here is the latest way (March 2009) to embed a map including a location pin without the annoying info window or info bubble showing above it and ruining the maps centre location.
This is particularly important if you are using a small sized map less than around 400px square.
Google gets Christmasy
If you search the word ‘Christmas’ on Google you get candy canes to separate search results from advertising! Aaahhhhh.
Microsoft Plans Quick Fix for IE
As a webdeveloper I know a lot about Internet Explorer.
The number of security issues it has and the none standards complient way it renders webpages often makes me wish they would say “You know what, lets just stop making browsers, we clearly aren’t up to the task, lets just suggest everyone go and get firefox instead”
But instead they suggest this useless list of tips: