Aubrey Clark

My college friends once asked what music I liked. They expected pop or R&B. I answered with Lamb of God, System of a Down, Slipknot, and Rammstein. Their faces were priceless. Years later, my playlist is softer, but the metalhead in me is still very much alive. #rock #metal #music #nostalgia

https://www.aubreyclark.me/my-friends-asked-what-music-i-liked-they-regretted-it/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Malware is not just “a computer virus.” It has a whole messy family tree. I broke down viruses, Trojans, ransomware, spyware, botnets, and more in plain English, with a little mom-style chaos. #malware #virus #trojan #cybersecurity #safeinternet #spyware #familysafety

https://www.aubreyclark.me/what-is-malware-a-simple-guide-to-viruses-trojans-ransomware-and-more/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

A client once asked me to disable right-click on her website after someone copied her content. Sounds useful, right? Well… not always. I wrote about why anti-copy-paste tricks can annoy readers, fail pretty easily, and why AI scraping bots are the bigger thing to watch.

https://www.aubreyclark.me/should-you-disable-right-click-on-your-website-heres-what-i-told-my-client/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Free email from your web host sounds convenient until storage fills up, messages land in spam, or your website and inbox break together. Here’s why I usually tell clients to separate business email from website hosting. #SmallBusiness #BusinessEmail #WebHosting #WebsiteTips #TechTips

https://www.aubreyclark.me/why-your-business-email-should-not-live-on-the-same-server-as-your-website/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I keep telling myself I need to write more. Then work gets busy, emails pile up, the kids need me, and somehow “five minutes” on Bluesky turns into two hours. This is my ongoing battle with building a writing habit and the little devil in my head that keeps getting in the way.

https://www.aubreyclark.me/the-devil-inside-me/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I used to wonder why I became someone who writes stories. Then I looked at my family and realized my dad and sister could turn one simple question into a full documentary. Maybe storytelling was there all along. #nostalgia #familystory

https://www.aubreyclark.me/my-family-cant-tell-a-short-story-and-maybe-that-explains-me/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Tired of hosting reviews that feel like affiliate ads? I wrote a practical guide for beginners on WordPress hosting traps, from “unlimited” plans to inode limits, backups, renewal prices, email, CDN, and support red flags. #wordpress #server #webhosting #cheaphosting #webdeveloper #website #internet

https://www.aubreyclark.me/before-you-buy-cheap-wordpress-hosting-read-this-first/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

When I was twelve, I found a book about reading auras and thought I was about to unlock my superhero era. I stared at mirrors, my mom, and one annoying boy at school. Nothing happened. Years later, I found out it was pseudoscience. Tiny Aubrey was robbed. #aura #pseudoscience #science #book

https://www.aubreyclark.me/that-time-i-thought-reading-auras-would-give-me-superpowers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

My dad worked with money and numbers every day, but somehow a Nigerian prince scam email got him. A funny family story with one expensive lesson. #prince #scam #nigeria #bank #email #finance

https://www.aubreyclark.me/my-dad-the-walking-calculator-got-fooled-by-a-scam-email/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I wrote a silly little story about my weirdest “superpower,” eating a ridiculous amount of food and somehow staying skinny. Then motherhood, kids, and my husband’s dad bod joined the plot. Of course.

https://www.aubreyclark.me/the-skinny-superpower-i-never-asked-for/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Deep web, dark web, mariana web… sounds scary, right? Most of the fear comes from old internet iceberg myths and random conspiracy posts. So I broke it all down in plain English, with common sense and a tired mom’s patience for internet nonsense. #deepweb #darkweb #parentaladvice #marianaweb #hacker

https://www.aubreyclark.me/deep-web-vs-dark-web-what-they-really-mean-and-why-mariana-web-is-nonsense/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I love cats. My family does not. Or at least, they used to. This is a warm, funny little story about kittens, family drama, my mom’s shocking cat-lady transformation, and my still-unsuccessful campaign to finally adopt a cat. #cat #catlover #cute #feline

https://www.aubreyclark.me/how-my-cat-hating-mom-became-a-cat-lady/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Living with bipolar disorder has been messy, exhausting, and sometimes weirdly funny. I’m sharing how I first learned what was happening in my head, how life changed after diagnosis, and how I keep going one chaotic brain-tab at a time.

https://www.aubreyclark.me/living-with-bipolar-disorder-one-mood-swing-at-a-time/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I wrote about the strange little writing routine I somehow found between work, motherhood, toys everywhere, and kids asking for peeled apples. Turns out my best writing hour happens before sunrise, while the house is still quiet and my brain hasn’t been kidnapped by the day yet.

https://www.aubreyclark.me/my-secret-writing-hour-happens-before-sunrise/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

My Family’s Music Taste Makes Absolutely No Sense

My family’s music taste never made sense. From classic rock to African rap, I grew up in chaos, somehow convinced I’d be the normal one.

http://www.aubreyclark.me/my-familys-music-taste-makes-absolutely-no-sense/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

My Dad Was a Genius… Apparently

I grew up thinking my dad was just… my dad. Turns out, he used to be a “walking calculator.” I’m still trying to process that.

https://www.aubreyclark.me/my-dad-was-a-genius-apparently/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

That Poison Called Cigarette

Growing up in a house full of smokers felt normal, until it didn’t. This is a quiet story about space, choice, and breaking patterns at home.

http://www.aubreyclark.me/that-poison-called-cigarette/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Me? A Teacher? LOL!

Tried teaching Mandarin and programming a few times. It never worked. Students disappeared, I got confused, and somehow I kept saying yes again.

http://www.aubreyclark.me/me-a-teacher-lol/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social