Technical posts
The Internet of Things So here I am seeing issues, reading about issues and trying to stop issues in the Internet of Things… Everyday someone seems to be publishing articles on the issues, people are getting more aware (you’d think!) but there seems to be no real movement. Some of my readers will know what…
Quick techie entry for anyone using the newer h265 codecs but unable to use them in players. (eg: Torrenting H265 encoded files then trying to play via PLEX and Roku) Roku and other media players don’t support h.265 and as such any attempt to play h265 encoded files will result in an ‘Unable to play…
So a rant about how a great project can go bad, and how it’s still doing stuff that should never be done and why I’ve decided to ‘fix it myself’ or move away from it completely. Back in 2003 Paul Vixie forced me into using FreeBSD on one of my servers, it was not a…
Well in light of the recent fascination and media-hype about spam from a new range of devices dubbed, the “Internet of Things” I thought I post some information. The media-hype is a little surprising in some ways as this ‘hack’ is old news, old technology and has been happening for years. I first identified and…
What is it with me, I seem to attract trouble at the moment, either that or I just don’t take s**t like others do… So I’m not going to talk about the ripoff known as Ebay seller StuffUSell who sells stuff that they know doesn’t match the description… that’s Ebay and par for the course… No…
Noticed how sometimes you don’t get notified of someone’s update, an event or a post in your interest lists/groups? Missed that party for your friends’ birthdays? Here’s why… So many of you will have seen posts similar to the following: Facebook is now pushing administrators to pay to promote every post/update from their…
Ok some questions and answers that keep popping up in the blog… Question: Can Internet Dongles be traced? Answer: Yes, very easily if you have the equipment and know how. However there are some caveats. If you have an ex with a dongle that you want to trace, no you can’t. However, if the ex…
So this is a follow up (as promised) to my previous article on tracing people. This one takes the different and more requested view of tracing emails and reading headers. First we will take an example email from one of my inboxes… Return-path: <katie@sorbs.net> Received: from [192.168.1.100] (c121-71.i07-31.onvol.net [92.251.121.71]) by nemesis.sorbs.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2…
You know it never ceases to amaze me now naive some people are. Some people think that doing some thing as simple as browsing a web page is anonymous, that they can use built-in features of things like Firefox to hide all information about themselves, and how little they know about the technical side of…
Quick technical FAQ as it has just taken me over 2 hours to find out how to do this… When generating a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) for an EV (Extended Validation) certificate there are some required fields. These required fields are very well documented (probably too well) and the problem you will find is trying…
When will Facebook ever learn…?! (and when will I learn!) I have a Facebook account to keep in touch with old friends, and to showcase the photos I take at parties and events. I have over 500 people on my profile which probably less than 100 are my friends, the rest are people I have…
Well, I’m sure you’ll remember my previous 2 articles (here and here) on HP Printer Cartridges, and their deliberate regionalisation to that anyone who moves country has to throw away a perfectly good printer (even if it’s only a few months old) and how very “Not Green” the whole practice is. Well after my original…