...it always gives me a special feeling of satisfaction whenever i see spambot attacks thwarted by my convoluted, inefficient programming. :'|

the WINM MySQL tables got restarted again because it was stressing out the server. I'm a bit scared that my webhost is getting more and more annoyed with me and all my fumbling attempts at fixing my terrible coding ( Read more... )

ugh I was wrong after all ( Read more... )

yesterday I revamped WINM:


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(via Twitter): "The Usability of Passwords" http://bit.ly/cFrq6p

showing how the password "this is fun" is 10 times more secure than "J4fS<2".
...basically passwords that consist of two or more words are extremely secure.

1. My Internet completely died for a moment there and I freaked out.
Oh no, I thought. I NEED TO TWEET ABOUT THIS....then I remembered that Twitter is on the Internet too ( Read more... )

Useful tip for those of you who like being on the computer even when you have a headache and the glare hurts ( Read more... )

"If you're not part of the solution, you're a precipitate."
- Anonymous

in other news, I found out that one of the anti-spambot measures I created for WINM had actually been keeping out humans and letting the bots in. *facepalm*
I feel like such an idiot and will no longer code at midnight.

1995 article on the Internet, via my friend's twitter:

"The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.http://www.newsweek.com/1995/ ( Read more... )

1. futurefix.net and quintology.net are currently hosted on a server at hosthelpers.com that's been dead almost a week with no word from the admins. THEY COULD AT LEAST SAY SOMETHING ( Read more... )