Reinke Faces Life

http://manhattan.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32104185

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I don’t get it. What is Honesty Box?

People who choose to have an Honesty Box on their profile can get messages from anyone that has access to their profile. These messages are anonymous. That means you will never find out who wrote on your Honesty Box. It’s fun because you can find out things people think about you that you wouldn’t otherwise.

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So the person has to be a registered Facebook user. If your comments get “ignored” to many times, you get locked out as a spammer. (Not sure that really follows.)

So being a glutton for punishment, I put it up. :-)

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http://www.legalandrew.com/2007/11/23/check-out-my-tumblelog

Check Out My Tumblelog

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Do you have a tumblelog? Check out mine!

There are cool things that I run across and want to share with you. But many of them are short or wouldn’t fit my themes at Legal Andrew.

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http://reinkefj.tumblr.com/

which is tied to http://www.reinkefaceslife.com/

We’ll see if I can make any better use out of it when I first tried it.

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http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2007/11/this-sunday-a-1.html

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If you like making lists and setting out your resolutions, take a look at Your 100 Things. This site organizes goals into 16 categories — you can also see other people’s goals. I have my own resolution charts that keep me plenty busy (email me at grubin [at] gretchenrubin [dot] [com] if you’d like to take a look, for inspiration) but this looks like another great way to think through and commit to goals.

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Sort of like Joes Goals in multiple dimensions.

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Just when I think I am at the top of my game, I find out how little I really grok!

Take the mighty GOOGLE for instance. It too can be a little schizophrenic!

For the longest time, I thought I was the one going nuts. When I would post on fellow blogger’s blog hosted at BLOGGER, now a GOOGLE minion, I’d try to use one of my funny email addresses tied to reinkefaceslife dot com like “The Big Turkey” for Dave Opton’s blog about job search.

(You know how I try to partition my life despite Gandhi’s admonition and GTD’s paradigm. Maybe I am the schizophrenic?)

So for the longest time, I when I’d want to make a comment at Dave’s blog — something truly insightful or witty imho — I’d tap out my comment and then try to authenticate to BLOGGER using my GOOGLE account. But, I always had trouble and eventual would take one of the other options.

Had similar problems, at the South Brunswick blog where I wanted to be “a libertarian in 08824”.

But authenticating to and signing in to Blogger was always a hassle. And, I attributed to a hidden Google cookie.

Being the naturally insistent jerk that you all know and love, and like pet with a quirk you see on America’s Funniest Videos, I kept trying. I wonder how many hours I’ve wasted banging my fingers on the keyboard just trying?

SO for the South Brunswick blog, I came up with a workaround. Before I’d post at BLOGGER, I’d log on and off and on again to GMAIL with “a libertarian in 08824”. Then, having cleared the “mythical GOOGLE cookie”, I could go an make my comment and BLOGGER would find my old “a libertarian in 08824” GMAIL signon cookie from the other FIREFOX tab and all would work perfectly.

(Note that this workaround reinforces my belief in the magical GOOGLE cookie that prevented my from using the BLOOGER “use your GOOGLE account” authentication mechanism.)

So I thought I was pretty smart!

So, now, I want to comment and use “The Big Turkey @ Reinke Faces Life” account to comment on a different BLOGGER blog. (It was going to be a wonderfully insightful and funny comment about cannibalism on Thanksgiving being unacceptable to the the big fat old turkey hisself. I thought it would be funny.) But, I could NOT authenticate to BLOGGER. (and, for it to be funny, it had to come from “The Big Turkey”!) So I tried my magic workaround. Which, of course, when needed would NOT work.

Now, I am faced with evidence. (Always, an annoying fact of life!) TBT @ RFL is working for email purposes cause I can see it in outlook. I KNOW the passwords for sure because ROBOFORM keeps all my passwords precisely! I can NOT authenticate to BLOGGER to make my comment. I can NOT authenticate to GMAIL to use my working email. I can not authenticate to GOOGLEACCOUNTS even though … hmmm.

Eureka!

TBT @ RFL is a GOOGLEAPPSFORDOMAINS account!

Remember back when Google announced APPSFORDOMAINS? You could turn any domain into a fully functional one for free. (Hey I admit I’m cheap, but I also like to try everything.) So, I put RFL on GAFD!

BUT, that’s not the same as having a GOOGLE ACCOUNT!

Cute.

GOOGLE is the one that’s schizophrenic.

By way of a test I created “yet another blogger” at rfl dot com. And, proved you can sign in to GMAIL or GOOGLEACCOUNT with it, but you can logon on to GMAIL via the GAFD interface. (How’s that for confusing!) And, even stranger, using that id you can create a GOOGLEACCOUNT with it.

(Now I have to go create GOOGLE ACCOUNTS for those email addresses in RFL that are in GAFD!)

So the moral of the story, is GOOGLE has some split personalities.

And, keep poking at something and eventually all will be revealed.

(But does it have to take so long and make me look so dumb?)

Happy tday.
from the big fat old turkey hisself

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http://www.naymz.com/faqs.action?section=3

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How does Naymz work?

Naymz has built a proprietary technology which “speaks” to the advertising platforms of the search engines. Naymz relies on paid search advertising to post your personal listing. Paid search advertising is also know as “Sponsored Links” in Google, “Sponsor Results” on Yahoo, and “Sponsored Sites” on MSN Search. Naymz pays all variable fees charged by the engines directly, and subscribers pay Naymz a flat fee. Naymz automatically links your listing to the profile portal page which you create.

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Playing with it. Let’s see if it brings me that bix bux cxo job in 08824. ;-)

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https://www.trufina.com

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What is a Trufina Identity Card?

Your Verified Trufina Identity Cards are customizable views of information about you that you share with others. Think of it as an electronic version of your driver’s license. Since it is customizable, you can restrict what verified information you show to others. Want to show your city but not your home address? Or prove your age to someone without revealing your full name? You can create multiple credentials for various situations, such as online dating, reputation management, or buying and selling goods through online auctions or classifieds. You control who sees which cards, and nobody can view your ID card without your permission.

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I’ve added a reputation service to my arsenal of tools. Why? People thought my recent networking email might have been spam or phish. Arghh!

Ask to see my identity at www.Trufina.com!

http://profile.trufina.com/reinkefj

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This morning, BLOGDESK started to time out when it was attempting to update the free, and unequaled, wordpressdotcom. Now there are a lot reasons: netowrk, software on each end of the wire, or the rain. :-) I can’t point the finger yet. But, you can be sure when I can, I will!

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Update: As of 1400 est, it’s all working. I don’t know who to blame. But since it’s still raining, I’ll have to allow the Intelligent Designer off the hook. All others, I have my eye on you! Argh!

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http://joyofsox.blogspot.com/2007/11/mlb-game-downloads-still-inaccessible.html

11.06.2007
If You Purchased MLB Game Downloads Before 2006, Your Discs/Files Are Now Useless; MLB Has Stolen Your $$$ And Claims “No Refunds”

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2nd Update: Baseball Think Factory has publicized the discussion.

Update: Just got off the phone with a MLB customer service supervisor.

“MLB no longer supports the DDS system” that it once used and so any CDs with downloaded games on them “are no good. They will not work with the current system.”

Great. Just effing great. … As I told the supervisor, this is right in line with how wrong-headed and stupid and ass backwards MLB does everything.

I was told there is absolutely nothing MLB can do about these lost games. Plus, they said my purchases were all “one-time sales” and thus “there are no refunds”.

No refunds? As Lee Elia would say: “My ******* ass!”

My info has been submitted to some other MLB department which will review things and see what they can do about either getting me the games I paid for or refunding my $280.45.

So if you have downloaded any games prior to 2006, get those discs out and try to watch them … then call MLB at 866-800-1275 and demand they refund your money.

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Hence, my policy, no drm ever. Period. No excuse. No way; no how!

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http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Hushmail-Privacy-Limits-Revealed-89283

Hushmail Privacy Limits Revealed
Significant difference in java, non-java versions
01:20PM Friday Nov 09 2007 by Karl

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Hushmail offers encrypted e-mail services for the paranoid and/or privacy conscious. The company uses cryptographic and encryption protocols OpenPGP and AES 256 to scramble the contents of messages stored on their servers. According to the company, “not even a Hushmail employee with access to our servers can read your encrypted e-mail, since each message is uniquely encoded before it leaves your computer.”

However, Wired News’s threat level blog notes that this protection only goes so far. The blog notes that one version of the company’s platform contains a loophole that allows law enforcement to request un-encrypted messages en masse, defeating the purpose for some of the service’s regular clientelle:
A September court document (.pdf) from a federal prosecution of alleged steroid dealers reveals the Canadian company turned over 12 CDs worth of e-mails from three Hushmail accounts, following a court order obtained through a mutual assistance treaty between the U.S. and Canada.

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Don’t bet your freedom on anything you don’t control.

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http://tinyload.com/

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TinyLoad – a file upload service started in Columbus, OH by a student of The Ohio State University – offers a solution to the overwhelming mayhem. The service allows users to upload a file once and distribute to various storage platforms depending on size or other requirements. TinyLoad does not currently account for the 80+ sites listed on Mashable, but includes more popular services like RapidShare, Amazon S3, FileSend, EasyShare, DivShare, and five others.

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Interesting. Store “important” files in multiple free places. Can you spell “encryption”? But an interesting concept for disaster recovery purposes.

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