Inert Ramblings http://inertramblings.com Everything worth saying has already been said... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:43:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU en Test post, ignore. Blargh. http://inertramblings.com/2008/05/15/test-post-ignore-blargh/ http://inertramblings.com/2008/05/15/test-post-ignore-blargh/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 17:22:51 +0000 Sciri http://inertramblings.wordpress.com/?p=1013

Gar!

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]]> http://inertramblings.com/2007/02/27/links-for-2007-02-28/feed/ Sciri Elementary school seeks Digg’s help to collect postcards from around the US http://inertramblings.com/2007/02/24/elementary-school-seeks-diggs-help-to-collect-postcards-from-around-the-us/ http://inertramblings.com/2007/02/24/elementary-school-seeks-diggs-help-to-collect-postcards-from-around-the-us/#comments Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:28:50 +0000 Sciri http://www.inertramblings.com/2007/02/24/elementary-school-seeks-diggs-help-to-collect-postcards-from-around-the-us/

It appears that Mrs. Martin’s Class needs your help! They’re doing a project to collect postcards from all 50 states but, as it gets closer to the end of the school year, they’ve only received 3 postcards. I figured that if Digg came to the rescue they’d get more postcards than they know what to do with!

read more | digg story

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Saddam Hussein execution video (Shaaaheed_IRAQ_Sdaaam.3gp)The Saddam Hussein execution video has made its way onto the Web and hundreds of sites have started watermarking and re-encoding the video with their own advertising and logo. After doing some digging I managed to find on alrafdean-news.net what I believe to be the original 3gp camera phone file that has been rehashed so many times. If anyone has additional information as to the source of this file, please leave a comment.

Right-click to save: Shaaaheed_IRAQ_Sdaaam.3gp

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]]> http://inertramblings.com/2006/12/19/links-for-2006-12-20/feed/ Sciri Metadata and thumbnails can out your sources http://inertramblings.com/2006/12/12/metadata-and-thumbnails-can-out-your-sources/ http://inertramblings.com/2006/12/12/metadata-and-thumbnails-can-out-your-sources/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:21:08 +0000 Sciri http://www.inertramblings.com/2006/12/12/metadata-and-thumbnails-can-out-your-sources/

Metadata and thumbnails can out your sourcesMost photojournalists have started tagging their photos with IPTC metadata to aid in copyrighting and indexing their massive collection of images. Some news organizations also require that all digital images be tagged to properly track and attribute the file during the production process. This metadata, however, can lead to some compromising moments if not properly sanitized or redacted before publication.

Read “Metadata and thumbnails can out your sources” at Pixoul Photography…

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What the Duck 102 - Quack to the Future

I’m on a roll. Aaron Johnson has used another one of my captions for his brilliantly outstanding What the Duck comic strip about photographers and what they deal with on a daily basis. I’m truly honored!

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What the Duck 97 - whine rack

Aaron Johnson, esteemed author of What the Duck, used my caption for What the Duck 97 - whine rack. If you haven’t checked his Web comic out already it’s 100% comedy genius. After almost 100 episodes it hasn’t lost any of its flair and illustrates the trials and tribulations that photographers go through on a daily basis. Think of it as BOFH but for photographers.

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The latest Trunkmonkey videos for Suburban Auto Group have been posted on the Trunkmonkey Web site. Check out First Aid and Alien Abduction!

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I’m totally lame. Literally. I torqued my ankle a few days ago so I’m now couch-bound and glued to Cinemax HD watching the Star Wars marathon since they’re playing all six episodes back to back. I had grand plans to start installing the composite floor in the loft above the Trunkmonkey Racing garage but it doesn’t look like that will get started until tomorrow.

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Happy Fricken November

70°F. In Pelham, NH. On November 9th. With a forecast high of 63°F. Welcome to New England, people.

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October, 2006 Forged Spam Run

Just in case you’ve been keeping track, this is the seventh time a Spammer has forged one of the domains under my control as the return address of their Spam run. The first time it happened I felt shocked, angered, and betrayed. After I lost count of the incidents on my left hand and had to move on to my right hand to keep track it now just feels old-hat. Sure, it still pisses me off, but I now just chalk it up to being the owner of many high profile domain names.

Previously I noticed Spam runs immediately because the mail server started choking on the influx of bounces. This time the domain in question had a Barracuda Spam Firewall 200 sitting on the front lines in the DMZ; I didn’t notice the barrage until the midnight reports ran and I received the pretty pie charts showing a 600% increase in e-mail (and that was just the first day).

Days 2 and 3 jumped up to a 800% to 900% increase in e-mail before starting to plateau and drop off on Day 4. All in all around 350,000 bounces were blocked which is pretty routine for a forged run but the Barracuda performed without so much as a hiccup.

And, for the more visual among you, I’ve of course attached the obligatory pretty graph to show what a Spam forgery looks like. Green is legitimate e-mail, red is blocked Spam, magenta is bad recipient, and blue is rate control (too many connections).