I have received this email twice now from “Taylor with Chronicle, a boutique publishing firm out of Texas.” The email raises several red flags that makes me think this could be a scam. If you have worked with or know anything about Taylor R. or Chronicle publishing out of Texas please leave a comment below. … Continue reading Book Project? Chronicle, a boutique publishing firm out of Texas
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Legend of the Woolly Bear Caterpillars Predicting Winter Weather
As far back as American colonial times, a popular belief in New England was Woolly Bear Caterpillars could forecast the severity of the upcoming winter. People would observe the width of the orange or brown band on their bodies to predict the severity of the upcoming winter. According to the folklore: In 1948 Dr. C. H. Curran, curator of insects at the American Museum … Continue reading Legend of the Woolly Bear Caterpillars Predicting Winter Weather
GeekSquad Premium Subscription Scam
Did you get an email like this clamming to be from GeekSquad? My screen capture of the email is below. The email says they are going to autopay $300 for my premium subscription membership. But I never signed up for a membership with GeekSquad! This email from Gilberto Abasolo abasologilberto19@gmail.com is impersonating well-known businesses. These is … Continue reading GeekSquad Premium Subscription Scam
AMC Four Thousand Footers
The White Mountain 4000 Footers list is a quest for hikers, with rules like a game. The rules are a hiker must walk, run, or ski on foot to the top of each peak on the list and back. When the hiker has climbed (sometimes called “bagged”) each peak on the list they qualify for … Continue reading AMC Four Thousand Footers
REI Bedford NH – Spring 2023 Update
This is a follow up to my post about the REI Bedford Announcement, back in Fall 2022. REI announced in November 2022 their second NH store would be in Bedford NH. The first NH REI store opened in North Conway NH in 2019, but it’s not convenient unless you live in the North Country. The … Continue reading REI Bedford NH – Spring 2023 Update
Least and Most Searched Peaks of the NH 52 With A View Hiking List of 2022
Looking at Hiking Trends of 2022 and my year end review for TrailsNH, here are the Top 5 (most popular) and Bottom 5 peaks (least popular) on the NH 52 WAV hiking list: Most Searched NH 52 With A View Least Searched NH 52 With A View The most popular 52 WAV peak, Mt Monadnock … Continue reading Least and Most Searched Peaks of the NH 52 With A View Hiking List of 2022
TrailsNH Hiking Trends of 2022
Here are the top 5 peaks for each major hiking list in the Northeast for 2022. The rank is based on hikers looking up the summit forecast, trail map, or trail reports on TrailsNH.com 4000 Footers New Hampshire 4000 Footers 1 Mount Washington NH 2 Mount Lafayette NH 3 Mount Moosilauke NH 4 Mount Adams … Continue reading TrailsNH Hiking Trends of 2022
REI Announces Bedford NH Store!
REI announced last week they will be opening an REI store in Bedford NH, in Fall 2023. TrailsNH.com couldn’t be more excited to have REI only 10 miles from my headquarters in Goffstown. See my May 2023 update on the REI Bedford NH Store The REI Bedford Store will be a large 22,000 square foot … Continue reading REI Announces Bedford NH Store!
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Scam: Domain will be Disabled for ___
Here is a new scam going around. This fake email is pretending to be from SiteGround Web Hosting. Don’t fall it! The scam originates from clients.your-server.de, home of many scammers and hackers. The email make you think you need to rush. The trick is to get you to click a link to trojan malware. What … Continue reading Scam: Domain will be Disabled for ___
Scanning For Vulnerabilities: 185.16.237.59
In reviewing a website log this morning I came across this string of hits. The of this traffic is about 1 hit every 3 seconds, or 20 hits per minute. This is clearly from a bot at IP 185.16.237.59, in Sakarya, Turkey. This log includes the Referrer (where the traffic was came from) which I … Continue reading Scanning For Vulnerabilities: 185.16.237.59
Scam: DMCA Copyright Infringement Notification
My client received a suspicious message via their website Contact Us form. It appears this is a new phishing scheme. Have you receive a message like? What did you do about it? Was it legit or not? Here is what Robert Syring’s DMCA Copyright Infringement Notification looks like, and why I think it is not … Continue reading Scam: DMCA Copyright Infringement Notification
200 Famous Shakespeare Quotes
I might write a random Shakespeare Quote Generator. Would you like to show random Shakespeare quotes in your sidebar? I could make a WordPress Widget for it. For starters, here is 211 quotes off of the net. Next I can dump these into an array, than grab a random number $row = mt_rand(0, 210);, then display … Continue reading 200 Famous Shakespeare Quotes
Smarter Tactics Spam
This spam from SmarterTactics-Com says my design is “Absolutely Brilliant“? Oh wow, thank you! However, your “I noticed a mistake” comment about my SEO is bullsh*t! here is the spam email Smarter-Tactics sent: Hey, Your website’s design is absolutely brilliant. The visuals really enhance your message and the content compels action. I’ve forwarded it to … Continue reading Smarter Tactics Spam
Open Source Leave No Trace PSA’s
Do you run a hiking blog or channel? Or are you a graphic designer or can you draw? Or are you good at writing catchy ad copy or messaging? If so I want to team up with you. The Problem: If you’ve been hiking a while, you already know lots of new people are getting … Continue reading Open Source Leave No Trace PSA’s
TrailsNH Gift Certificate Giveaway Contest Rules
In a few weeks (mid-May 2019?) the forest roads will start opening up. Anyone who helps out on TrailsNH by changing a forest road to “Open” or confirms a road is open gets entered to win a $20 gift certificate from my friends at The Notch Hostel. TrailsNH follows 41 forest road in the Whites, and … Continue reading TrailsNH Gift Certificate Giveaway Contest Rules
Year in Review: Hikers Trip Planning the NH 4000 Footers
This graph shows which NH 4000 Foot Peaks hikers research, before they hike them. I got the idea for this graph from a post at outdoors.org. The AMC counted posts on Instagram, by peak. Their numbers look very different than mine. Lots of Instagram post from Mt Washington and Mt Adams but not much else. … Continue reading Year in Review: Hikers Trip Planning the NH 4000 Footers
