The Young Dubliners are playing in the Knitting Factory in Spokane on Thursday night. You should be there, because they're great and I will be there, too.
- Since I can't see @sawdoctors on their US tour (come to the Pacific NW next time!!), I'm listening to Further Adventures this morning. #
- There is quite a snowstorm going on outside.. #
- I love my 10mb fiber Internet feed from @XOConnections. I wish I could have it at home, too! #xolove #
- This next week is going to be GorRam fantastic. See what I did there? #
- I just finished Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds. Once again, a fantastic book from an amazing writer! #
- The vBulletin defacing/cracking fiasco continues. I have now banned most non-US IP addresses from the server. Take that, bitches. #
- If the @sawdoctors were coming closer than 850 miles from me I would totally be there: http://t.co/cb6pooyA #
- Dear snow: go away. #
The local PD published a "Bar Report," here's my favorite one from the last month:
Sunday, January 8, 2012: 0242 hours
115 N 2nd St - #12C00727 – Assault with a Knife
Officers were flagged down and told there was an unconscious male on the steps of the Baja Bar.
Officers located an extremely intoxicated and unconscious 22 year old male on the top step of the
bar next to a large puddle of vomit. Officers made several attempts to wake the male (nudged him,
shook him, activated their emergency sirens) and after some time, the male stood up and
attempted to walk away and would not cooperate with officers (refused to sit, ignored instructions,
etc). At some point during this incident, the male removed and concealed something from his
pocket, and when officers heard a “click,” they realized the male had a knife. The male then
attempted to slash the officer with the knife, the officer aimed his weapon at the male and shouted
at him to “drop it,” and the male dropped the knife. Officers took the man to the ground and
handcuffed him. The male was arrested on charges of Aggravated Assault, Concealed Weapon
and Obstructing. The male continued to resist arrest, and due to his level of intoxication, he was
taken to KMC and later transported to the jail. As he sobered up, he became confused about the
charges involving the knife (could not remember) and cried while he was being booked.
FYI: KMC = Kootenai Medical Center
- I just discovered MagicPrefs: no more super-annoying unwanted horizontal scrolling with the apple touch mouse! #
- I am very tired of vBulletin's security issues. I can't wait to get away from it. #
- I donated my 38th pint of A- blood today. #fb #
- Samsung and AT&T: Making sure your phone is only one version of Android behind... #
Today I fired off a broadside blast against some annoying script kiddies that have been defacing a vBulletin site I have the unfortunate misery to manage. I finally tracked their crack down to a PHP file that was uploaded under a previously vulnerable version. I had no idea it was there, but these evil files kept showing up despite my keeping the software updated.
These people are not hackers, but tiny-minded people trying to up search engine results and send out spam. If you want to know what a real hacker is, read 2600 Magazine.
Anyway, I deleted their exploit, then realized I was missing an opportunity, and replaced the page with this:
Now if they ever come from an un-banned IP address (yeah, I shut them out, and the rest of their ISP's network, too!), that's all they're going to get…