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I can not help but notice: the Sanyo Xacti hand-held, digital camera fits in your hand like a weapon (a hand-gun) It even looks like one.
I think it is.
I know, I know. It's a tool.
A knife is a tool. It can also be a weapon.
How do you see your camera? Tool? Instrument? Something else?
My apperceive.com mail server is getting a flood of undeliverable address error messages from various servers that have been spammed by some butthead that used my domain in the reply-to field.
It's pretty simple to set up a filter for this in Thunderbird, so no big deal - just annoying so far. It's also a form of identity theft.
Have to wonder why (1) hosting services allow email out from domains that they do not host and (2) why people bother sending error messages when the reply-to is obviously bogus (just look in the header).
I was thinking that I should create a database for the spammers that contains all the bad address info. This may seem odd, but I guess if they are going to spam, it is better if their lists are more accurate. Maybe someone should setup a central "bad address" repository. Can't say I've given it much thought. Probably a stupid idea.
Well, I finally got around to setting up some new hosting on BlueHost.com. It comes with more goodies that I know what to do with. I've aready setup Droupal and some other tools for use with Apperceive's sponsored projects like SpinFlow and app.etitio.us.
The new service is $6.95/mo and has over 20 times the storage of my current Brinkster account (Brinkster does offer more to new accounts, but refused to upgrade existing accounts when I asked - not too smart - bye bye).
BlueHost also allows for more domains than I already have where as Brinkster charges $1.95/month for each additional domain. After transfering 4 domains, I was already saving more from Brinkster than I was paying for the new BlueHost account.
That just leaves a few small ASP domains to convert before transfer and then it's "PHP, here I come!"
Something triggered an old memory and I felt I should vlog it. Sorry if it's a bit long (6 minutes) and I know I have to get all this down better, but the important thing is to get the vids out there.
Hopefully this has better compression. I followed Michael Verdi's great compression tutorial notes and it looks like I got at least 20% smaller files.
The start up still seems a bit slow to me - bear with me please as I figure this out and try to keep up with all the pros.
Anyway, here is a little story about the early days of teaching desktop publishing on the first Macintosh's. Click the pic and enjoy!
I also have invites to SpinXpress too. Just ask.
Dave Winer was kind enough to pass on an invite to me and so I'm checking out this new Web 2.0 service. It has mail, blog, photos, contacts, friends, calendar, IM, etc. Anyone want an invite?
I noticed an ad the other day for a Beatrice Woods' website. A true Bohemian (and the "Mama of Dada"), she called Ojai her home for many of her 105 years. She claimed that she owed her longevity to "young men and chocolate". Apparently her artwork is selling well on the site. I wonder how many dead people have websites. Obviously, there usage is increasing. I wonder how they pay for hosting.
Upon doing a little research, it appears that Brinkster has security problems as well. Reported over a year ago, it is not clear whether or not Brinkster has ever addressed these vulnerabilities.
Link: Brinkster Multiple Vulnerabilities.
Addendum: It appears that lot's of folks are having problems with Brinkster (mainly problems with availability):
http://www.aspin.com/func/review?id=1150810&rid=1805420
http://forums.aspfree.com/archive/t-14253/Brinkster-Free-ASPNET-Hosting-problems
http://forums.pcworld.co.nz/archive/index.php/t-32987.html
http://frassle.net/Directory/index?feed=945
http://www.vtdotnet.org/blog.aspx
http://www.aspin.com/func/review?id=1150810&rid=1805420
http://apperceive.blogs.com/apperceive/2005/03/elgg_and_apcala.html
I have been using Brinkster for website hosting for a while now and must admit that their email and web hosting service is worse than all the others I have tried.
Email outages are becoming a daily occurrence. My website and email are down right now (thankfully this blog is on TypePad and I have alternate email providers for outgoing mail). As usual, they say it is because of a DNS issue and just for a few hours. At least this time they did not ask me to check my email or browser settings or reboot even when they know the problem is on their end (usually the dead giveaway is that their own site is not responding). My Brinkster hosted websites have often been unavailable during important demos.
Brinkster has even been losing email messages lately. It's one thing to not be able to retrieve or send messages for short periods, but it is another entirely to actually fail to accept incoming messages. This is unacceptable.
The good news is that if you complain to Brinkster Billing they will issue you a refund. I actually email all my complaints to them and CC support - I get a faster response that way. The bad news is: it ain't worth it.
Obviously I'm not the only one suffering with "service provider" growth issues. Tom Evslin, who writes one of my favorite weblogs, has blogged (twice) about his problems with Vonage.
Can anyone recommend a better hosting provider? Everything I have is ASP at the moment, but it would not be a big deal to change it over to PHP.
Sign up in the comments if you want to form a group of dissatisfied Brinkster users. Maybe we can get a better setup deal as a group from another provider.
Addendum: when I went to spell check this post, it was suggested that the word "Brinkster" should be "Prankster". I agree.
WooHoo! I ordered "higher" speed Internet access from Adephia, my cable provider. For an extra $16/month they say I will get 768Kb upload and 6Mb download.
I think I'm supposed to be getting about 1Mb on the download now. The 2Wire bandwidth meter says that I am getting between 2.4-3.3Mb today (that seems even higher than usual, even for them -- I usually cut their estimates in half), but my FireFox bandwidth tester is giving results between 400-700Kb (this is fairly typical) and I think that is more reflective of the actual experience in terms of file transfers and page loads. I'll have to take more readings in 24 hours and report again. In any event I hope to see an improvement.
What kind of bandwidth are you getting and what does it cost you? What is your quality of service?
Adelphia's network availablity has been rather poor until the last month (I complained and went thought half a dozen service calls over the period of several weeks). We find it necessary to maintain our older and more reliable Ojai.net wireless DSL access as a backup (384K upload for $79/month). With Adelphia, we do need the backup from time to time. Adelphia's service call time is 3-4 biz days and often results in worse service. Ojai.net usually responds same day (often the same hour for a house call). Support your local provider (even if they are slow and expensive)!
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