Yeah - found a plugin to block registration spam. I’ve been getting hammered with it the last few days.
Privacy & Security
New Year Resolutions - Tech Edition
I don’t have New Year resolutions every year, but this year I figured what the heck. Looking back, while I didn’t call it a resolution, I did force a switch to Camera RAW for photography on January 2nd, 2006 and that was great. I have a few technology and Internet related …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: New Year Resolutions - Tech EditionDefensive Domain Names
I purchased thingelstad.com in April 1999. I’m a little surprised that it took me until 1999 to buy my own last name. It seems odd to me now that I didn’t buy it in 1995 or so, when I clearly knew that this whole Internet thing was real. Luckily I beat a Thingelstad in Norway who …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Defensive Domain NamesGet a Gravatar and Be Cool!
If you have commented on my blog you have likely noticed this blue Gravatar image appearing next to your post. This is the default image that appears if you have no avatar, and you really should get one. I’ve been on a total avatar kick lately. I had my own custom avatars made. I …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Get a Gravatar and Be Cool!Copyright Notice in RSS Feed
If you are reading thingelstad.com via the RSS feed you will notice that I have added a copyright notice creative commons license to the feed, along with a digital fingerprint and for fun the IP address of the machine that pulled in your RSS feed. I’m doing this to fight back …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Copyright Notice in RSS FeedOpenID Makes Identity Easy
I’ve been using OpenID for a couple of weeks now, and I’m really impressed. I created an OpenID identity on MyOpenID a few months ago, but there was nothing to use it with so it just sat. In these few months though, there has been a lot of progress! Recently David Hansson was …
Keep reading · 4 minutes: OpenID Makes Identity EasyOperation Junk Mail
I’ve decided enough is enough. Perhaps it’s just the holiday season, but our mailbox has been overloaded with mail order catalogs. Sometimes as many as ten a day. It’s insane! I’ve decided to declare a War on Catalogs! I’ve had good success so far. I’m going to the website of …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Operation Junk MailGood Spam Filtering for Home
I’ve started to get deluged with spam again at home. The last time this happened I decided to switch my email address – a little “shake and bake” as it were with due credit to Talladega Nights. At work I’ve been using Postini for years now and I’m a huge fan. They do an amazing …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Good Spam Filtering for HomeThreat Level Orange
I just got home from another business trip. I seem to be in the middle of another spat of business travel with all the requisite fun of airports, flights, taxis, rental cars and hotels. As I drove to the airport for this trip I noted the electronic sign at the entrance of the …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Threat Level OrangeWeekend Geekfest
I spent a bit of time this weekend on my home network. I had a “security incident” about 10 days ago that I had to both clean-up and prevent from happening again. No damage of any significance was done. I had setout on segmenting my network and replacing my ZyWall with a …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Weekend Geekfest