Author Archives: samurai

About samurai

I like computers... A lot. So I tend to spend a lot of time doing varied things with them. Often you'll find me playing with Python or PHP, fighting with operating systems, ranting about some off-the-wall concept, or preparing for zombies.

proxyElite moving to psych0tik

Posted on December 18, 2009 by samurai

Those of you who’ve followed this site for a while may remember the proxyElite project that richo and I started a few years ago. The concept was to provide a list of fast, working, stable proxies by constantly checking the … Continue reading →

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The password problem

Posted on November 27, 2009 by samurai

Odds are good if you’ve reached this blog, you have an account on at least one website somewhere on the wild wild web. This account could be on a web application ranging from something as critical as a finical institution … Continue reading →

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My new friend Larry…

Posted on November 21, 2009 by samurai

Today while I was working on reorganizing some of my wiki, I received an unexpected message from a fellow internet user, a friend going by the name of “Larry.” Below is my conversation with Larry, who refused to give even … Continue reading →

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A new mindset – A new box

Posted on November 13, 2009 by samurai

It’s been sometime since I’ve last made a post (like a really long time,) but I’m changing that with this post (obviously) and yet again promising to be more attentive. This time however, the change isn’t simply “more blog posts”, … Continue reading →

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Paypal Shuts down the Hackers for Charity

Posted on July 15, 2009 by samurai

It would seem in an attempt to keep fraud off Paypal, the Hackers for Charity (and Johnny himself) have been put in quite a pickle. While out in Kenya helping fight off the world’s problems, Paypal has gone ahead and … Continue reading →

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3rd party MSN problems: Update!

Posted on January 31, 2009 by samurai

In my previous post 3rd party MSN problems, I discussed how to update pidgin to use MSN-Pecan, rather than Libpurple. After doing some research, the problem was found to be the implementation of MSNP15. Official MSN clients, as well as … Continue reading →

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