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.

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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The Hacker Mindset

Posted on January 14, 2009 by samurai

We’ve all seen Hollywood’s depiction of hackers. Flashing graphics, strange clothing, all night soda binges. This fantastical display of the ‘hacker subculture’ provides very little insight into the technical aspects of hacking. Very little of what we see is remotely … Continue reading →

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3rd party MSN problems

Posted on January 12, 2009 by samurai

Yesterday I attempted to connect to my MSN account with pidgin and received the error “Unable to retrieve MSN Address Book.”  After a bit of research I found that Microsoft has prevaricated parts of the MSN protocol in turn for … Continue reading →

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Gmail Vulnerability: All hype?

Posted on November 26, 2008 by samurai

As far as I know this has not been patched yet. There is a very simple solution to monitoring this problem. Simply adding your own filter with an alternative email address. I just tested this and while the email is … Continue reading →

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