Suspicious email from “pulse <root@overlinux.com>”: malicious or just dumb?
The person who sent this email is either extremely clueless or up to no good. It’s hard to say for certain which.
Category Archives: Internet
Some Comics Aggregator internals changed, let me know if you run into issues
I’ve had to rewrite a bit of the Comics Aggregator code to be able to add Alexandra Petri to it. Because this involved switching from one third-party library to another in code that doesn’t just impact Alexandra Petri, I may have broken something. I did some testing and everything seems to be working, but I… Read More »
Alexandra Petri added to comics aggregator
I’ve added the humor columnist Alexandra Petri, who previously wrote for The Washington Post and now writes for The Atlantic, to the comics aggregator. If you don’t feel the need to read her stuff Right Away When It Comes Out, then I would encourage you to use the “1-day delay” variant of her entry in… Read More »
Honest this time, “Vintage” comics are working now for Comics Kingdom
As far as I know, Comics Kingdom has finally fixed their daily emails well enough to make the comics designated as “Vintage” work properly in the comics aggregator. See the user guide for instructions reading Comics Kingdom in the aggregator. If you notice any comics that aren’t working, let me know.
Handle MFA like a pro so you don’t get locked out or let the bad guys in
Why you should use MFA, what about passkeys, what kind of MFA to use, how to make it easier to use, and how to protect yourself against being locked out of an account because of MFA.
Rollout of new Massachusetts unemployment site handled poorly for people with multiple email addresses
Telling people “Your email addresses on the two sites need to match!” without telling them what to do if they don’t is a user-hostile act.
Comics aggregator: New Comics Kingdom vintage comics are NOT working in the aggregator
Hi all! Yesterday’s announcement about vintage comics at Comics Kingdom was premature. It appears that although they have added these new vintage comics to the website, they have not yet figured out how to include them in people’s daily favorites emails, so it is not yet possible to read them in the aggregator. I will… Read More »
Comics aggregator: new vintage comic support, a couple comics removed
At long last, the folks over at Comics Kingdom have updated their web site to fully support all of their vintage comics. This means that the comics aggregator now supports the following additional Comics Kingdom comics: Just as a reminder, to view Comics Kingdom comics through the aggregator you need to pay for a subscription,… Read More »
“Human Interest” is terrible
Several years ago I worked for a company which outsourced management of their 401k to Human Interest. It was… not a positive experience. I don’t remember all the details—I’ve worked pretty hard to forget them since they were so unpleasant—but suffice it to say that it was my impression that they weren’t terribly good at… Read More »
Comics aggregator: GoComics integration was broken, is now fixed
GoComics just rolled out a completely new web site, which broke the integration with my comics aggregator. I’ve fixed it.