The Sky Is Falling!

In the legendary fable "Chicken Little", the main character ran around screaming

The sky is falling!

In Frank Baum's classic "The Wizard Of Oz", the main character, Dorothy, went around moaning about

Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my!

This week, we have fearful blog owners wondering

What is "goo.gl", and why is their porn website linking to my blog?

It's Referer Spam, folks. Can you see the Referer Spam that this blog is getting? No, you can't. I can't see yours, either.

Ignore it - don't click on the links - and get back to work.

What's In The Boxes?

Depending upon what browser you use, how you use the browser, and how well publicised your blog is, you may or may not be able to access or "find" your blog (or your friends blogs). The complaint

I can't find my blog!

can have dozens of base causes. Many of the boxes, in your blog or in the browser, have no name or predictable location - or even predictable existence. Misuse or unavailability of these unnamed boxes can cause panic, to the uninformed.