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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Yesterdays #project365 photo. i work near a marina and thought i’d go check it out. I cross this bridge in my car everyday going to and from work, but have never walked underneath it. I have now.
#project365
Monday, January 11th, 2010
My latest photo for my project, it was a pretty lazy day so it’s nothing special.
Fedora/Community/Friends
Monday, December 7th, 2009You come across many people being part of a community, some you speak to a lot and some you don’t. As a amateur photographer and image editor i’ve become friends or come to know various people who inspire me to do great things. Mairin, NIcu and Tatica to name a few. One of the things that has given me a few ideas is the brain child of Maria (Tatica) and that’s her project 365. To put it simply it’s a photo every day for a year. Something i’ve decided to try next year. So as a thanks, and just coz she’s a mate, here is a little photo :p
Bigger version here
Spam + Link Backs
Monday, November 16th, 2009Look if you want a comment on my blog, then that perfectly fine, i’ll authorise it if you do, however make sure the domain you’re trying to link back to isn’t bigdicks.net or something of equally stupidly obviously spammy 
Fedora famsco Nomination
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009It’s coming to that time when the elections for the fedora famsco team are to be held. Currenly we have no nominations so i’d like to fix that now.
I’d like to nominate Maria ‘Tatica’ Leandro she will probably kill me for this
I’m sure you’re all aware of all the great work she does for the fedora community especially in her native venezuela.
For more information about Tatica, see her site tatica.org
Spam
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Don’t ya just love spam, luckily being in the computer industry for a few years i know what to look for, however it all comes down to education you either know or you don’t and this could catch you out. Take this email from well it appears to be from facebook telling me that the login process has changed. It’s how people steal passwords and usernames, it could have easily come from your bank.
Dear Facebook user,
In an effort to make your online experience safer and more enjoyable, Facebook will be implementing a new login system that will affect all Facebook users. These changes will offer new features and increased account security.
Before you are able to use the new login system, you will be required to update your account.
Click here to update your account online now.
If you have any questions, reference our New User Guide.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
Looks innocent enough, how many people do you know who would click on the link?
Looking more closely at the link
http://www.facebook.com.kasqwesvw.eu/globaldirectory/LoginFacebook.php?ref=0065264488872073228537252130016384087376
7523328122998920070486462291279600104&email=paul@paulmellors.net
you’ll notice it’s from kasqwesvw.eu i’m pretty sure that’s not facebook, going to the actual domain
Reported Web Forgery!
This web site at kasqwesvw.eu has been reported as a web forgery and has been blocked based on your security preferences.
Web forgeries are designed to trick you into revealing personal or financial information by imitating sources you may trust.
Entering any information on this web page may result in identity theft or other fraud.
So what can you do about it? Well you can have a spam filter? Either a personal one on your machine or if your ISP has spam filtering enable it.
Also you can not login to your accounts no matter who they’re with from an email, most institutions nowadays always state, we don’t send emails…..Always remember to go to the actual website and log in.
Finally if you’re wondering what this is technically called, word of the day #235 PHISHING remember it.
Trips to work
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Normally i love my trip to work, I’m on a motorbike so it’s quite an easy ride, except today. It’s raining, and as usual it brings out the morons. Not only did i have to contend with the “oooo didn’t see you” muppets please bear in mind i'm 6'6 and wearing a lumo jacket but as it was raining i had the leaves, oilslicks and general water to contend with. Good job i’ve been riding for awhile, the skids were pretty kewl i’m quite buzzed up at the moment.
I must video my ride to work for a laugh someday!
Social Media
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009A new way of speaking…..
Monday, August 3rd, 2009I’ve been thinking for a long time, I need to move my blog forward, so I’ve been thinking about Video blogs. I need to work out the details, but I’m going to work on a few short ones. In these blog posts I’m going to talk briefly about the Fedora Ambassador project, what it is, how to join , where to go for assistance etc. They are not going to be professionally edited just my take on Fedora stuff.
Any thoughts, suggestions?
