One of the things I've noticed is that highly intelligent people get confused by 'net concepts very easily. Although they have no difficulty in dealing with complex philosophy they seem completely baffled by the basic concepts surrounding domains and the way the 'net works (or doesn't). The other evening I was trying to explain to a client the concept of a domain alias and he … [Read more...] about Basic Concepts: Tangible vs Abstract
Comment Spam – accidental experiments
I was messing about with IrishBlogs the other week and I didn't get round to setting up a "proper" backend, so it was quite "open" to attack. The amount of comment spam that the blog has attracted in its short lifespan is truly impressive, though obviously for all the wrong reasons. … [Read more...] about Comment Spam – accidental experiments
Death of MySql
I killed MySQL this morning when I was doing an upgrade Note to self: Remember to restart the damned thing after running apt-get upgrade … [Read more...] about Death of MySql
Xtra-vision – More ripoffs
I wandered into Xtra-vision yesterday evening to pick up a DVD to find they had put up the price on rentals again. I do not think they can justify these price increases, but it's a free world etc., so I can simply vote with my wallet and go elsewhere... Or can I? Xtravision's pricing policies have fascinated me for a good while. They are a prime example of monopoly at work. In … [Read more...] about Xtra-vision – More ripoffs
SA version check
Julian gave a nice little snippet of perl to check the version of SA from the command line: perl -MMail::SpamAssassin -e 'print $Mail::SpamAssassin::VERSION;' Thanks Julian! … [Read more...] about SA version check