At the same time as I moved my mail handling to a different server, I also made a tiny tweak to my procmail settings. Can’t remember now why I did it, or what I thought it was going to achieve. What it did achieve was to get procmail to throw away random pieces of email.… Continue reading Broken Email
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Configuring Spamassassin
I moved my email handling to a new server a month or so ago and since them I’ve noticed a larger than usual amount of spam getting into my inbox rather than being caught by Spamassassin. Today I decided that enough was enough and that I’d investigate further. My first theory was that in moving… Continue reading Configuring Spamassassin
Firefox Tip
A little Firefox tip that I just discovered. It makes it far easier to use web search interfaces. Let’s take for example the TV programme search box on the Radio Times web site. It’s nn the left hand side of the page – a little text box labelled “search tv”. Now the usual way to… Continue reading Firefox Tip
iRiver Update
An update on the iRiver after a couple of days usage. In general, it’s great. I’ve had no trouble loading files onto it and it’s a lot of fun having 40 Gb of music in your pocket at all times. I even got iRipDB working really easily, so it has a database of my music… Continue reading iRiver Update
He Shall Have Music Wherever He Goes
So I finally joined the iPod generation. Except, of course, I didn’t buy an iPod. Firstly, Mac hardware and I just don’t seem to get on. Secondly, the iPod doesn’t play Ogg Vorbis files which is the format that most of my digital music is in. And finally, the iRiver (which is what I ended… Continue reading He Shall Have Music Wherever He Goes
How it Works – The Computer
I kid you not, but when I started my degree in computer studies (in 1984) this book was on the recommended reading list. I still have my copy around somewhere. Not sure why I seem to have the 1971 edition tho’.
BBC TV and Radio Listings Data
The BBC Backstage project has announced a new data feed which contains details of BBC TV and Radio programs for the next seven days. Looks interesting but, of course, what I really want is details of the listen again radio streams so I don’t have to screenscrape them.
Styling RSS
I’ve just noticed that the BBC have started styling their RSS feeds using XSLT. Take a look at this one for example. It all looks a lot nicer than the raw XML version. I may have to consider doing something similar for my RSS feeds.
Websites Alienate Firefox Users
Lead story on the BBC’s technology news page is about a review of web sites carried out by a company called SciVisum. In it they say that one in ten web sites don’t work properly in Firefox. This is a problem that I often come across when persuading people to switch to Firefox. If they… Continue reading Websites Alienate Firefox Users
Phishing Protection
I read all of my email using either mutt or Thunderbird depending on which computer I’m using at the time. When I install either of those on a new computer, the first thing I do is to configure it so that it won’t display HTML email. I have many good reasons for doing this, but… Continue reading Phishing Protection