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Facebook Sharer.php "The message could not be posted to this Wall." Error

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UPDATE: As of 2014-01-16 10:17 (GMT+8), this issue has been fixed. View the bug report . Facebook Sharer Error. Got this error message after updating Wordpress plugin for one of the site that I help maintain. Debugging When inspecting the network tab for the ajax request, I saw this error description in the response. for (;;);{"__ar":1,"error":1367001,"errorSummary":"Could not post to Wall","errorDescription":"The message could not be posted to this Wall.","payload":null,"bootloadable":{},"ixData":[]} After searching in Google, most people suggest that error 1367001 is due to incomplete URL format. But for my case, the URL is in complete form. So I did a comparison with the sharer on Techcrunch page. I noticed the difference is mainly on the attachment section. attachment[params][images][0] Conclusion Its Facebook sharer permission issue. Seems like Facebook s

Facebook hellocdn.html?v=1 browser popup. Not a virus.

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tl;dr Not a virus. Its popup from Facebook Messenger application to ping the CDN. ----- I noticed that from time to time, especially when my left comp is idle overnight, I'll have these blank pages opened in my browser window the next day. https://fbcdn-creative-a.akamaihd.net/hads-ak-prn1/hellocdn.html?v=1 My first thought was like... gosh, is there's malware on my comp? Then I started to inspect my comp. First Question. Is the CDN address valid? Did a search on the list of CDN addresses and found this stackoverflow page . Seems like its "fbcdn-creative-a.akamaihd.net" is one of the Facebook CDN. Furthermore, akamaihd.net is a reliable CDN provider. Next Question. If the CDN address is valid, could it be that Facebook CDN got compromised? So I inspect the page elements, and resources (js files). Seems like pretty OK, the URL that the script call is actually defined in the "result_endpoint " variable. // hardcode the return url var

2014 Fireworks around the World

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Singapore Fireworks. Image source:  highdefinitionwallpapers1080p . Compiled a list of the 2014 New Year Fireworks videos around the world. 1. Japan 2. Dubai 3. Australia 4. Brazil 5. UK 6. Paris (July 14th fireworks) 7. Singapore 8. Taipei 9. Hong Kong 10. Malaysia 11. Korea Leave a comment if you know videos for countries that is not listed above. Or a better quality video to replace any of the videos above. Updates: 20140101 - Replaced Singapore video. The original video was 2013 video. Thanks for Dann Khoo for pointing out. 20140103 - There's no fireworks for on new year. The video was  July 14th National Day fireworks . Thanks  Floris for pointing out. Bonus: Source:  Facebook .