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Meme? Or fiend?
Some friends and I were having a good laugh at our "Pornstar names" recently. Taken from an email that made the rounds with instructions and the obligatory request to add yours on the list and send to all your friends. Here's how it works:
- Take the name of your first pet as your pornstar first name.
- Add your mother's maiden name as your porn last name.
Lol!
Only much later did it strike me; Is this really an innocent joke? Something about the questions seems very familiar. In fact, two of the most frequently used security questions on many websites are:
- What is your first pets name?
- What is your mother's maiden name?
What could be more convenient for the proficient phisher than list of email addresses tied to no less than two ways to retrieve a forgotten password..
BarCamp Cape Town
With envy, I've read a million posts on several blogs about BarCamp..
This time, it's being held somewhere accessable. I hope to go!
*Update*
Provisional dates are 15 - 17 June 2006.
So far, topics I'm excited to see include: Introduction to Drupal as well as introduction to Plone.
Auf vieder^H^H^H wiede^H^H^H... Seeya
The time has come to seperate the Über from the Evil..
All Evil goes down today, so if you still haven't, update your feeds.
Project: Nando's Franchise Waiting List Application
Nando's approached Obsidian to automate a large section of the Nando's Franchise application.
Before
The previous solution worked better than expected, with over 30 new applicants monthly from the site alone. Today, the upgraded system with additional filters and way more features goes live to a staging server for client review. For ÜberEllis fans, a sneak preview:
After
RSS is the new black
While catching up on my recommended daily allowence of syndicated news, a post on CrunchNotes.com caught my eye; Bidirectional RSS feeds!
RSS was the new black - it is, in fact, the palette from which many new colours will be mixed.
This link was brought to you, courtesy of an RSS feed.
Sunrise...Sunset
Today, exactly two years ago, my first blog post ever went live.
Happy Birthday to me!
In the last year, I've changed domains, Started from Scratch and added a column (the first of many more I hope).
So without further ado; a toast! To another year of blogging bliss. *drinks to the health of Über*
*Update* In the meantime, I've reposted my very first blog post ever.
CVS Account Approved :D
The following from the guys at Drupal:
we are pleased to inform you that your CVS account request has been approved. It will be activated shortly.
The process is slow, but progress is present. I'm a happy camper. :D
Coming up with a name has now become priority number one.
"I'm good safely"*
Predictive text input (or T9® text input) has forever altered the way I view messaging. Pure genius.
This very pure genius has been the cause of many a cryptic SMS, however, often with very humorous results (why some nerd somewhere decided I would need to type "book" more often than "cool" is beyond me - even nerds use "cool" to describe their books, don't they?).
To my delight, I've recently learnt that these little anomolies have received a name (unfortunately, I've found very little to substantiate this, but if it's on Wikipedia, it must be true).
From Wikipedia:
Adaptonyms: Words that can be typed with the same sequence of keys on a Cell phone that uses predictive text.
For example 2-3-3 can give you the following adaptonyms: bed, add or bee
Also called "Textonyms" or "Cellendromes".
Have fun today by looking up your textonym-name (the default value on your cellphone when you type your name).
PS: This handy tool can help you decipher (what I've lovingly dubbed) "midnight-message encryption".
PPS: * The title translates to "I'm home safely"