NIN have for some time been uploading their work to trackers but today is the next step. After releasing a free track on facebook yesterday to generate buzz they have now released their new album “the slip” to the web for free, with thanks for fans loyal support. Looks like http://topspin.net are involved – I can’t see any news on their site about it. I’d hazard a guess that they’ll be running a heap of future online releases and that this freebie is a a very cool beta test. We envision a future where artists can market their content directly to fans. Topspin builds the web applications that enable the distribution and marketing of this digital content. Whatever, it’s DRM free and I hope it puts more chill wind up the music industry.  Comments: None
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...and I started so well with a good rant about a lame holiday company that don’t work over Christmas. ...and it’s the same reason I’ve not been posting on the corporate blog too. I’ve been working on a great project on the other side of the business as sort of a skills transfer and abuse basis Next job, Upgrading wordpress and my expenses… Bad bad blogger. Comments: None
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It’s been pretty intense process, but we’ve proved that tiny teams of smart & dedicated people can produce something wondrous that far exceed expectations (and sometimes scope too ;)).
I hope you all had a better festive season than me. -4 degrees on Christmas morning with a broken boiler in the heart of northern France wasn’t much fun. We perceivered for a couple of nights with the loan of some crappy electric heaters and a temperamental example of French home wiring. We had to give up when the elder family decided it was way too cold and enough was enough. I’m going to cause a lot of pain for somebody at cottages4you today – their emergency numbers were off-line for the duration of our troubles. Update: c4u customer care are now in the office and have been very responsive. If only they could have been like this out of normal hours. Update #2: Situation resolved. c4u do not deny our situation and their errors and have resolved matters accordingly. Comments: None
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Insurance companies and health-care providers ask the most ridiculous security questions every time we cross paths. Name, Address, Date of Birth. Every single time they want this triplet of information under the guise of a security verification. I’ve a very good feeling that this is not for my or my accounts security since it’s all pretty much public information isn’t it? Or at the very least obtainable with little effort. The pessimist in me (who is usually right!) believes this triplet is actually an anti fraud measure. It sucks that anti-fraud actually actually prevails over security with near-essential services like these. Comments: 1 Comment
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I should leave… Dear [Director of customer service@bank], Comments: None
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One of the most creative videos I’ve seen in ages. Enjoy! You can see more of Tony & Pauls work at freeposterfilms.com. Got to stop lurking around online entertainment and get on with my laundry & packing, I’ve got two very full weeks on the road ahead at APWG and MAAWG. Comments: None
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Trying to research a few errors in my maillog relating to spf revealed an own goal by the top pished company in the world. 10 interactive terms. Ten is the default, because SPF is supposed to be a “light check”. With eBay/PayPals current deployment of SPF they have scored an own goal. Its so complicated that it does not conform to the RFC and fails (in the defacto implementation) with a permanent error. Take a quick look at why is fails the 10 record test: mx s._spf.ebay.com m._spf.ebay.com p._spf.ebay.com p2._spf.ebay.com liveworld.com emarsys.net c._spf.ebay.com c2._spf.ebay.com c3._spf.ebay.com c4._spf.ebay.com Pheww.. Do you think that’s more than 10 entries? No wonder it’s not helping [X] Your infrastructure is too complicated. Comments: None
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Just a quick ‘n’ simple howto on installing SPF tests in postfix on ubuntu:
policy unix - n n - - spawn user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/perl /usr/sbin/postfix-policyd-spf-perl
That’s it! Here is a citezns bank phish soft failing in the log: Now how can I convince the banks to use -all records?? Comments: None
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...and mummy Mason too. Congratulations on your last good nights sleep in a couple of years!
As you can see from the close-up she inhereted her good looks from mum
Very best withes to all three of you! You’re all looking very well so now on with the serious business of wetting the baby’s head! Comments: 3 Comments
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Here is a sneak peek at the next tool in the rrd-client suite. A daemon that monitors your MTA’s logs real-time and feeds stats into rrd-server. Not sending all that mail through spamassassin is really helping my CPU usage too. This is really going to help when I get my colo box next week. Comments: None
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