Here's a new spammer to block: http://t.co/eHrOouJ5pu sending me garbage I never asked for! # It looks like it is time for me to pro-actively block the Yahoo SlurpBot from abusing my sites # @Buckaroo_Rick Or you could just make sure that your site/system isn't sending out things to people who haven't signed up for […]
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Twitter Updates for 2014-01-27
Does anyone else dislike OS X Mavericks? It is very sluggish switching between apps. Is it App Nap being "helpful"? #frustrated #
Twitter Updates for 2014-01-23
@SteveinaSpeedo The "Excuses" picture is Josh Sundquist @JoshSundquist, http://t.co/Z4rLFC25wJ His book talks about his Olympic dreams # What the heck is the MoodleBot and why is it hitting my site every 5 minutes? No robots.txt, excessive! 128.86.134.52 #badbot #
Twitter Updates for 2014-01-18
Weird, I got an email "The Year in Kickstarter 2013" to an email address I don't remember ever using at Kickstarter. Spam? #
Twitter Updates for 2014-01-14
@backblaze Is there an option somewhere to alert me when a computer hasn't been backed up in longer than X days? 481 days is dangerous! # Make sure you block http://t.co/bukNCS45Jn for spamming as well as mat[1-4].net # And I forgot to recommend to block http://t.co/tfgTUkDhdX for spamming as well # @backblaze Apparently that doesn't […]
Changing the OS X Mavericks Command Prompt
In your home directory, add this line: export PS1=”\d, \t\n \w \$ ” to your .bash_profile settings file. This will have your command prompt appear with the current date, current time, a line break, and then the complete path to the directory you are in. The variables you can use include: \a an ASCII bell […]
Twitter Updates for 2013-12-30
Did @staples get hacked? I just got 21 emails from you, then the opt-out form didn't work. #
Twitter Updates for 2013-12-29
Getting lots of hack attempts/probing for URLs containing hspcellmon123zz, such as "/hspcellmon123zz/3)+iPhone.zip" # Thanks Apple for killing my iPad during an upgrade to iOS 7. Sigh. Not happy right now. #fingerscrossed # RT @PatrickWRollens: Would love to watch the video associated with your news story, but can't be bothered with the 30-second ad spot. Immed… […]
Twitter Updates for 2013-12-27
Augh! The Social Security web site sucks! There is no valid reason that a password should expire after 4 months # Damn the Social Security Administration to hell # Have I mentioned lately how incredibly frustrating health insurance is? Coventry sure isn't making any friends. #
Twitter Updates for 2013-12-26
What's with all the hack attempts from stratoserver dot net ? # Why don't online stores allow us to hide out of stock merchandise when we sort listings by price? Lowes, Target, and others I'm sure #