One of the most popular things about firefox 3 is that the plugins provide so much useful extended functionality. This has got to be heavily responsible for it’s phenomenal success. I was reading firefox_answers on twitter earlier and it’s like a broken record. Plugins are to blame for everything apparently, yet there is no way of knowing which cause you resource issues when FF leaks like the titanic. It’s the fastest browser because X & Y say so Yawn (Excuse me). Well I’ve not taken the pill yet, I’m running the portable version currently to test the waters. But one thing I’ve not noticed is this apparent speed demon of a browser now it’s set up the way I like it. So, I’d love to see the test results in a common configuration rather than minimal configuration with a handful of the most common plugins installed. Adblock with the juicy lists enabled, a search toolbar, download status bar, realplayer, bookmark manger like del.icio.us and flash enabled. Thoughts?  Comments: 3 Comments
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I’ve got a box that runs a bunch of smoke pings 24×7 and I have to admit I look at it about once a week. However guilt got the better of me and I decided it was about time to upgrade Ubuntu from a recently up to date v6.06 LTS to v8.04 LTS and I took the JFDI method “sudo update-manager -d” after copying off the smokeping config off box. Well what a surprise this was this morning:
The Standard deviation improvements are right after the upgrade were a pleasant surprise, especially considering this isn’t a local box I’m pinging too. Got any idea why ? Leave a comment… Comments: 1 Comment
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I recently had a telephone conversation with a doctor that offered amongst other thing co-codamol on prescription. UK prescription charges are currently £7.10 – the same product can be bought in all pharmacies over the counter for under £2 and online for 49p. Whats more I did need a prescription drug – The drug actually costs 3p/tab online based on a £5 private prescription. 14 tables.. You do the maths on how much the pharmacy makes and it explains why they are in all large TescOS stores. I’m not suggesting that a pharmacy’s services aren’t worth the quid or so I saved, but it’s be more fair to the population if the spirit of prescription charges changes a bit.
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Without a doubt this is the coolest advert I’ve seen this year so far! Just remember that bottled water is no good for the environment! Like all adverts that are better than half the re-runs it comes with a “how we did it” video too. Comments: None
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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 ;)).
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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