PHP Programmers : http://tinyurl.com/65rgfl : Symphony contacted customers about their security.

So the other week I have been working on my dedicated box, just to make it a bit easier to work with in the future. One of the things I was trying to understand and learn was yum update and bash scripting. So why not combine the two? Right.. This blog entry is the result, hopefully also of some use to others.

In a few of my other blog posts I have already used the example of Gmail and https to improve security. But I feel with the recent improvements Google introduced that it is time to emphasize security and email again.

Internet at it’s finest, in the real world. A few buddies of mine were a bit bored and decided to deface the O’Reilly stand – hahaha ORLY? YA RLY – NOWAI!

http://digg.com/odd_stuff/O_REILLY_YA_REILLY_O_Reilly_stand_defaced

Just check it out .. (and digg it up) http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Real_Dinosaur_on_the_Loose_in_a_Museum

http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Best_of_Demotivational_Posters

Digg this up! And follow the link, great collection of demotivations posters

I’ve got some additional information, so I thought to waste my time writing it up. Here goes ..

I’ve mentioned it before in another post, but now that I’ve confirmed it works for twitter I’d like to point out that if you’re on a public network, or you’re using someone’s wifi, or you’re simply security concious that you might wish to consider using https:// so the traffic between twitter and you is encrypted.

https://twitter.com/ works. So use it!

So the other week I read this tweet saying to sign up to win, I thought: Why not. Music rules, and getting a signed CD is always cool. Today I got the email saying I won.

Yes, that makes perfect sense. From July 1st 2008 it will be illegal to smoke a joint/blunt in the Netherlands, not because of the cannabis, but because of the tobacco. Eh, HELLO? Click (more) for the full story about smoking tobacco screws it up for the smokers in coffee shops.