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Twittar

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:17:00 -0600

Twitter’s tag line is simple. It’s three words, and it completely defines the entire purpose of Twitter Social Media. For those who don’t know, Twitter’s tag line is “Join the Conversation.” The platform will fail if you don’t join a conversation. Let’s start with one of my pet peeves (aside from people who back into parking spaces): not replying to an @reply.

I’m not talking about Mentions: “I’m at SBUX 173 with @zackkitzmiller.” I’m talking about not replying to “Hey, @zackkitzmiller, wanna get a coffee?” Not replying to an @reply is the internet equivalent to giving the cold shoulder to someone talking to you at the bar. It’s rude, it’s annoying, and worst of all, it ruins the atmosphere of the place you’re in.

Despite what the “media” says, Twitter is not a place to broadcast your meaningless nothings, even though it is (if you can follow that). Because of @replies, I’ve met some really great people, and, as a SIDE EFFECT, built my business.

Think about it this way. If you and I went to coffee, and I treated that gathering like some of you tweet twitter, it would go like this:

Me: Man, I really love the Starbucks, don’t you?
You: Yeah, it’s fantastic. What’s your favorite drink? 
Me: I think I’m gonna grab a scone while I’m here.  
You: Uhh … Ok, are you gonna respond to me? 
Me: I’m totally searching Digg while I’m here. Isn’t WiFi awesome? 
You: All right, well … I’m gonna get going … Have a good day 
Me: I can’t believe how cold it is in here.

Bottom Line: Read other people’s tweets, too, and respond when necessary.

The next trend that just absolutely blows my mind is (intentional?) mis-hashtagging. I see this all the time. “Walking down town in NYC. I’ve never been here #rockford.”

Hashtags are much like tagging anything else in your life—for example, pictures. If I took a picture of my new daughter, I would probably assign the following tags: family, fiona, firsts, crib, 1-year-old. I probably wouldn’t add the “remember-911” tag, because it doesn’t make any damn sense.

When I’m searching my photoset for pictures I took at Ground Zero, why would I want a picture of my newborn daughter? I wouldn’t. So why do I want to find a link to the Balloon Boy when I search for #rockford? I F*CKING WOULDN’T. Because it doesn’t make sense.

Now, there are times when tagging something can be a little funny, or playful, and that’s fine too. You can convey a lot of meaning. “I don’t understand why people would back into a parking space #justsayin”. This is playful, and most of the regulars understand what that means, and the voice I’m trying to use.
Bottom Line: Don’t hashtag things when it doesn’t make any damn sense.

And Finally … Social Media Gurus.

People who CLAIM they are “experts” in social media. Good Lord, being a social media guru is a lot like being a beer drinking guru at college, or being a bird and a worm eating guru. These people are usually chasing money, not their passions, and fill your twitter stream with spam, TONS on bit.ly links, (because they don’t know how much better tr.im is, or how to roll your own), rarely reply to @replies, and have thousands and thousands and thousands of followers.

Most 13 year old kids are social media experts, and usually better than people who claim to be one. They have billions of YouTube views (because they’re actually MAKING content, not just linking to it) and tons of friends (because they reply when asked a question), and they are famous, because they have built a fan base.
Social Media Experts don’t do this. They follow bajillions of people on twitter, get an 8% return on that, and use a bot to unfollow the rest, to bring their ratio back down. Then aggregate useless nothings.

update: fixed the conversation lines.

Cheap and easy cheer.

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:51:49 -0600

Cheap and easy cheer.

Some light reading for tonight.

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:33:20 -0600

Some light reading for tonight.

@throwboy FTL, @mysuitestuff FTW.

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:53:15 -0600

@throwboy FTL, @mysuitestuff FTW.

"Daddy, can you ask uncle Matt if he can buy me a Nerf gun?"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:47:56 -0600

“Daddy, can you ask uncle Matt if he can buy me a Nerf gun?”

- Jayjo

Audio

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:08:46 -0600

Spymaster Notification Inconsistancy

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:03:52 -0600

I was unsure about the accuracy of SpyMasters claimed gain of 8% in income if you turn on notifications, so I did a little testing.. Looks like I was right.

Notifications On. 
All safehouses - Tieste
Full Health, Full Energy

148.2K --  9:00a Difference of 0.0K
149.6  --  9:05  Difference of 1.4
153.0  --  9:10  Difference of 3.4
156.5  --  9:15  Difference of 3.5
159.4  --  9:20  Difference of 2.9
163.0  --  9:25  Difference of 3.6
166.3  --  9:30  Difference of 3.3
169.6  --  9:35  Difference of 3.3
171.4  --  9:40  Difference of 1.8
173.6  --  9:45  Difference of 2.2
174.1  --  9:50  Difference of 0.5
178.1  --  9:55  Difference of 4.0
180.3  -- 10:00  Difference of 2.2

32.1K/hr
Number of Periods: 12/hr
Average Increase per Period (5min): 2.675K

Notifications Off. 
All safehouses - Tieste
Full Health, Full Energy

186.1K -- 10:10a Difference of 0.0K
189.2  -- 10:15  Difference of 3.1
192.9  -- 10:20  Difference of 3.7
195.4  -- 10:25  Difference of 2.5
198.5  -- 10:30  Difference of 3.1
200.8  -- 10:35  Difference of 2.3
203.9  -- 10:40  Difference of 3.1
207.0  -- 10:45  Difference of 3.1
210.1  -- 10:50  Difference of 3.1
212.6  -- 10:55  Difference of 2.5
215.4  -- 11:00  Difference of 2.8
218.5  -- 11:05  Difference of 3.1
222.6  -- 11:10  Difference of 4.1

36.5K/hr
Number of Periods: 12/hr
Average Increase per Period (5min): 3.04K

Notes: It seems a certain percentage of Liquid Asset Gain goes towards rebuilding 

Health/Energy
Notes: No Tasks or Tactics were preformed during these tests.


ALMOST 12% LESS RETURN With notifications ON.

I think like a developer...

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:35:46 -0600

I’m warm.. So when deciding whether or not to open the window, this is what happened:

am i alone:
    if yes: open the window
if i'm not alone:
    is the other person warm?
        if yes: open the window
        if no:
            am i wearing a swearshirt?
                if yes: take it off
                if no: does he have a sweatshirt to put on:
                      if yes: open window and have him put on shirt
                      if no: i stay warm

Failweaver

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:24:07 -0600

Failweaver

Virus Removal Experiment

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:24:00 -0600

On Saturday April 11th around 4pm I downloaded and installed LimeWire on my Acer Aspire One. Around 4:30pm I downloaded one Kayne West video that was 39kb. After trying to open the video in Windows Media Player (version 11, fully up to date), Internet Explorer (version 8, fully up to date) launched, auto-downloaded “codec.exe” and asked once if I would like to run “Codec.exe.” I agreed, and rebooted. Everything looked normal except for the fact I couldn’t visit www.eset.com, www.avast.com, or any other virus removal site.

I rebooted into safe mode, and checked msconfig. I saw _one_ entry for “oweigndhsels.dll.” Then NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM send a shutdown command, and the system halted. When Windows booted back into normal mode I saw 6 entries in msconfig for randomly named dlls. When I launched Firefox, a bunch of extensions installed. After browsing yahoo.com for a short time. IE pop-ups began to flood my screen. One pop-up told me that I was infected with 392 Virus and Malware, and I could clean it for free by downloading their software. I promptly agreed.

After a few reboots (Windows kept not loading), I got the kick ass Anti-Virus 2009 Pop Ups all over the place. I decided I was infected enough to start removals.

First I ran Malware Bytes Anti-Malware and this is what I got.

Malware Bytes Log:

Adware.BHO
Hijack.Userinit
Malware.Trace
Rouge.Agent
Rouge.Installer
Rouge.Multiple
Rouge.Registry.Defender
Rouge.RegistryDefender
Rouge.RegistryDefender5
Rouge.SpyProtector
Rouge.SystemProtector
Rouge.VirusRemove
Rouge.VirusRemover
Rouge.VirurRemover2009
Rootkit.Agent
Trojan.Agent
Trojan.Downloader
Trojan.FakeAlert
Trojan.Hiloti
Trojan.Vundo.H
Trojan.Vundo.V
Worm.Archive
Worm.P2P

Now I’ll run MalwareBytes again, and see if anything is left.

MalwareBytes came back clean, I’ll run ComboFix to make sure that we’re all kosher, and see what happens. ComboFix’s log came back with a few items of interest that MalwareBytes’ missed. It did not clean them, so I’m running SUPERAntiSpyware. So far it hasn’t come back with anything, but I’ll post if it does.

Alright, SUPERAntiSpyware didn’t come back with anything, but Avira did. I’m running a couple other scans to see if I find anything else.

My HOSTS file looks like this, is that ok?

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:42:10 -0600

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0.0.0.0 sophos.com
0.0.0.0 securitoo.com
0.0.0.0 nordnet.com
0.0.0.0 www.nordnet.com
0.0.0.0 avgfrance.com
0.0.0.0 antivirus-online.de
0.0.0.0 ftp.esafe.com
0.0.0.0 ftp.microworldsystems.com
0.0.0.0 ftp.ca.co
0.0.0.0 inline-software.de
0.0.0.0 ravantivirus.com
0.0.0.0 vsantivirus.com
0.0.0.0 openantivirus.org
0.0.0.0 www3.ca.com
0.0.0.0 dialognauka.ru
0.0.0.0 www.vet.com.au
0.0.0.0 antiviraldp.com
0.0.0.0 pestpatrol.com
0.0.0.0 simplysup.com
0.0.0.0 misec.net
0.0.0.0 www1.my-etrust.com
0.0.0.0 authentium.com
0.0.0.0 www.authentium.com
0.0.0.0 finjan.com
0.0.0.0 www.ikarus-software.at
0.0.0.0 www.ika-rus.com
0.0.0.0 ika-rus.com
0.0.0.0 tinysoftware.com
0.0.0.0 visualizesoftware.com
0.0.0.0 kerio.com
0.0.0.0 www.kerio.com
0.0.0.0 www.kerio.eu
0.0.0.0 www.zonelabs.com
0.0.0.0 zonelog.co.uk
0.0.0.0 webroot.com
0.0.0.0 www.lavasoft.nu
0.0.0.0 spywareguide.com
0.0.0.0 spyblocker-software.com
0.0.0.0 www.spamhaus.org
0.0.0.0 spamcop.net
0.0.0.0 bobbear.co.uk
0.0.0.0 www.met.police.uk
0.0.0.0 nbi.gov.ph
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0.0.0.0 www.police.gov.hk
0.0.0.0 treasury.gov
0.0.0.0 cybercrime.gov
0.0.0.0 www.cybercrime.gov
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0.0.0.0 enisa.europa.eu
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0.0.0.0 www.interpol.int
0.0.0.0 www.fsa.gov.uk
0.0.0.0 www.companies-house.gov.uk
0.0.0.0 fraudaid.com
0.0.0.0 scambusters.org
0.0.0.0 spamtrackers.eu
0.0.0.0 unpck.com
0.0.0.0 sextv1.tv
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0.0.0.0 internet-advert.com
0.0.0.0 microsomt.biz
0.0.0.0 winbutler.com
0.0.0.0 digi-fast.com
0.0.0.0 litler.info
0.0.0.0 microfive.info
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I hate the language bar

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:21:42 -0600

The XP language bar is horrible. Why does it come back after a reboot? I have no idea, but it sucks. To turn it off:

Start -> Run (or Win+R for the keyboard ninjas)
Type ‘intl.cpl’ and press ‘Enter’
Click ‘Languages’ tab on top
Click ‘Details’
Click ‘Language Bar’
UnCheck the first box

Then turn off start menu highlighting.

I hate the start menu highlighting

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:19:00 -0600

So I firgured out how to turn it off.

Right-Click on the start button
Click ‘Properties’
Click ‘Start Menu’ Tab on top
Click ‘Customize’
Click ‘Advanced’
UnCheck ‘Highlight Newly Installed Items’

After that, turn off the Language Bar.

I worked at Best Buy as a Geek Squad technician for a tiny shade under a year. While I worked for...

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:50:35 -0600

I worked at Best Buy as a Geek Squad technician for a tiny shade under a year. While I worked for the man, I learned a lot. In fact, way more than most people should probably know.

The Geek Squad is the biggest scam in the history of corporate America. Prices are outrageous, “technicians” aren’t, and I know that I don’t have to explain the management practices. Geek Squad is a cash cow. Everything that Geek Squad is either:

A Bold Faced Lie
Incorrect due to ignorance
Theft

Lies: I could write pages on this. Most often, when we lied to you, it was because we had no idea what we, or you, were talking about and just wanted you to go away. I heard my coworkers tell customers several times that “the virus we removed came back because it actually lived on the motherboard, and not on the hard drive.” We would go back, try to remove the virus again, fail, and tell the customer that the only solution was a full factory restore, and that would cost 130.00

Ignorance: Most of the people that I worked with would agree with 90% of what I just wrote about. I had coworkers that didn’t see the horror in charging $130 for an operating system installation, $159 more if they wanted their data backed up, and another $99 if they wanted us to re-install their anti-virus. The people I worked with had if _any_ technology experience. The supervisor of the Computer Sales department could not tell you why 64bit was better than 32bit, but she knew it was “better.” When we would complain about the slow internet at Geek Squad (we use it a lot, cause we charge people 39 bucks to do their Windows/OS X updates) the Geek Squad Management would respond with, “How could it be slow, we haaave a T1.” This barely scratches the surface.

Theft: The prices we charged were absurd. Absolutely Absurd. Lemme give you a little rundown.

Computer Under Warranty? We’ll cover the hardware, but God forbid you flipped off the WiFi switch on the front of your Toshiba, or you need that crazy CD-Rom upper/lower filter mess fixed, that’ll be $29.99
Hard drive fail? Well, let’s see: 69.99 for diagnostics (even though SMART failed), 89.99 for the drive, 49.99 for the labor to put in the drive, 129.99 to reinstall the operating system (!?!?), and a cool 159 for your data back. That HD replacement just cost you 350 bucks.
Virus Infection? 200, just to get started.
Ask a Question on the Phone?! Not a chance. Bring it in, then we hang up. Once it’s in the store, it’s 69.99 just to look at it.

The only thing anyone was trained on was how to make the most money for your department, close rates, margin, revenue, and budgets. Management is paid by bonuses, so performance is number 1.

Next time you shop at Best Buy, remember that 95% of middle management never got a college degree. They started as part-time sales associates and kissed ass to move up the food chain.

Creating tinyurl style urls in python

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:09:13 -0600

def generate_case_id():
    """create_case_id helper function.
    This generates a random
    case id. it uses a tinyurl style 5 
    character url. This allows for 
    minimal collision probability while 
    allowing for simple recovery """
    
    number_of_characters = 5
    i = 0
    keys = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
    case_id = ""
    
    while i < number_of_characters:
        random_number = random.randint(0, (len(keys) - 1))
        case_id += keys[random_number]
        i += 1
    return case_id

def is_not_unique(case_id):
    """Help Function for create_case_id.
    checks the database against keys to avoid
    a hash collision. """
    
    try:
        case = Case.objects.get(pk = case_id)
        not_unique = True
        print "Key is _not_ Unique"
    except Case.DoesNotExist:
        not_unique = False
        print "Key _is_ unique"
    
    return not_unique

def create_case_id():
    """creates random case_id and
    checks it against the db, returns case_id"""
    case_id = generate_case_id()
    while is_not_unique(case_id):
        case_id = generate_case_id()
        
    return case_id

The newest addition to the Family

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:11:07 -0600

The newest addition to the Family

Photo

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Om nom nom

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Om nom nom

More Tat.

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More Tat.

Photo

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