Blogging issues

Killing a blog
ecthompsonmd September 9, 2024

Nearly ten years ago, I was having problems with this blog. I couldn’t download large files, and I can’t remember the issue. So, I started a companion blog, wtoblog.net. I haven’t posted to wtoblog.net since 2015. It isn’t doing anything, but it isn’t helping anything either. So, today, I have decided to delete the blog. This brings me to another issue: Do we still need blogs? Blogs exploded on the scene in the early 2000s. They were a great way to express your opinion. Well, I’m not sure how great they were. They were a way for some people to express

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Hacked. Updated
ecthompsonmd March 25, 2018

So my server company sent me an email the other day which mentioned that I was using a ton of resources. Why would I be using a lot of resources? I have three or four blogs and they are only visited by just a few people. I don’t run the Daily Kos or CNN or one of those sites that gets a million to 2 million visitors a day. So, I sent the email to my web guru, he did some investigating and found that someone placed code in my mail servers to send out spam. Actually, the crooks were brilliant.

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Blogging Issues
ecthompsonmd October 27, 2016

A couple of days ago, a friend of mine was yacking away about how anyone could allow themselves to be hacked. Of course he was talking about Hillary. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that almost anyone can get hacked. Bill Gates is probably not hackable. The CEO for Symantec and McAfee are probably not hackable. Everyone else, though, um… yes. This brings me to my blog. I haven’t been blogging much lately. I have tried to stay away from politics. There is more emotion and less thoughtfulness than there needs to be. The other day, however, I decided

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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A Letter to America

The Thirteeneth Juror

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