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Site Hacked

Update: for clarity now my head is a bit clearer from 48 hour flu… Well, it seems like some script kiddie had decided to target my website whilst I was lying in bed all day yesterday with the flu and completely unaware. Despite the WP software being completely up to date they found a way in, and I’m still working on the exact method of entry. I’m assuming they somehow gained my password and accessed via my account, but it could be a sophisticated inject – since nothing else seemed to be touched so far. It seems they were able to replace the current theme with the default, then simply overwrite the index.php with their own html. I checked my stats and found some suspicious URL requests which were not in my blacklist … Read entire article »

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Just GPSBabel

A while ago I posted my frustrations with running GSAK on Linux, and how I’d found a way of getting the function to send to my Garmin 60CSx to work. I thought I owed an update to anyone who read that to say I gave up on GSAK and now just use GPSBabel from the command line. Here’s the script I run: #!/bin/bash GPXZIP=$1 NAME=`echo $GPXZIP | cut -f1 -d.` unzip $GPXZIP GPXFILE=`ls *.gpx` for FILE in `echo $GPXFILE`; do gpsbabel -i gpx -f $FILE -o garmin -F usb:0 done I called the script ‘sendtogarmin.sh’. I saved it in the directory where I save all my pocket queries are stored as zip files. When it comes to load them, I just hook up the Garmin and then run: sudo ./sendtogarmin.sh pquery.zip Works for me, but I never bothered … Read entire article »

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You Don’t Know Me But You Owe Me Money

If someone wrote a letter to you specifying they had ‘made tracing enquiries’ for your current address as a precursor to following up with a demand for money, you’d dismiss it as a joke right? You’d possibly involve the police. Well, it seems there are debt collection agencies out there that do just that. I received just such a letter recently – DCA I’ve never heard of who has given no reason, justification or identifiable account number, out of the blue asking for me to confirm I live at the address they just wrote to. “Dear Sir/Madam, We have made tracing enquiries for confirmation of your current place of residence. Information has been received confirming that your address details have changed to the above address. Please contact us immediately on XXXXXXXXXX quoting the above … Read entire article »

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Bookshelf: The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics

I bought The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics last month looking for a good chunk of zombie apocalypse escapism. A unique collection of a dozen or so zombie stories, some long, some short, some hit… some miss. The tales interweave with both widely recognised zombie fiction (Necrotic: Dead Flesh on a Living Body, Black Sabbath, Might of the Living Dead, The Haunted Ship, Pigeons from Hell and Job Satisfaction) and departures from the usual clichéd tales (Pariah, In Sickness, The Immortals, Dead Tales, MAZH, Dead Eyes Open, The Corpse, Zombie World: Dead End and Zombies) as well as including one story which has more roots in real life than in fiction (The Zombie). By far the longest story was ‘Dead Eyes Open’, but I felt it took up a lot of space … Read entire article »

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Doggets, Blackfriars Bridge, London

via OpenBeak Posted via web from waFitz … Read entire article »

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The beautiful wife!

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A Geocaching FTF Lego Short (stop motion)

I’m currently in the process of editing the film for my geocaching stop motion animation with Playmobil figures. I’m hoping it’s going to take me less than 24 hours in total – and I’m aiming for around 1m30s mark. In the meantime, check out this awesome stop motion FTF short: … Read entire article »

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Jesus, Gandhi, Martin Luthor King…

Martin Freeman rambling and doing a “David Brent” for Sony Bravia. One of my favourite moments in the Office (the British version) would be when Tim would simply stared straight at the camera and that said it all! … Read entire article »

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Why I Still Use Facebook Despite The Issues

Over the past year I’ve agonised over keeping my Facebook account, but everytime I’ve considered deleting it I’ve come to the same conclusion – the benefits of having one far outweigh the benefits of not having a Facebook account. Big Brother is Poking You Let’s start with the negative shall we? First is privacy – Facebook is infamous for dicking around with users profiles and privacy settings. It should be on the tip of every Facebook users mind that what they post in private today could be on the front page of The Sun tomorrow. It’s something I’m concerned about and it’s likely if Facebook did not give me some measure of control over my privacy settings then I’d definitely look for an alternative. Farmbook Second, Farmville (and it’s ilk). Seriously I don’t mind … Read entire article »

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Fixing A Bricked Garmin GPSmap 60CSx (Part 2)

In Part 1 I explained how my Garmin 60CSx booted up with a completely blank screen and doing a firmware update didn’t work – despite the update being successful. Now I’m going to tell you what I did do. Frustrated I googled a bit more and happened upon this forum post where someone had taken their 60CSx apart and posted photos. The topic here was a broken receiver but the images were useful to me nonetheless. I decided to pop open my own device and have a look to see if anything came loose. I didn’t take pictures, though I wish I did now, however I can provide detailed steps I took below on taking the 60CSx apart. Disclaimer – I am not a Garmin technician, and doing this may void your warranty. You may simply … Read entire article »

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