MajorAap.com - A personal blog by Aprazeth » oops http://www.majoraap.com The ramblings of Aprazeth, an recent convert to minimalism, enthusiast of computer technology - with an outspoken opinion about everything and everyone. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:21:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Facebook spam-link http://www.majoraap.com/facebook-spam-link-341?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-spam-link http://www.majoraap.com/facebook-spam-link-341#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:37:22 +0000 Aprazeth http://www.majoraap.com/?p=341 Continue reading →]]> Please be aware of a malicious link making rounds on Facebook. The title is:

“The *SHOCKING* TATTOO That Got This Girls PARENTS ARRESTED”

The link leads to hxxp://thecraziesttattoos.blogspot.com/ which shows an image, purposely mimicking an add. If you click the ‘Skip this add’ or anywhere on the image you are redirected to; hxxp://ly9.net/4/4jsVF3 (which resolves to: hxxp://allhqpics.com/the-craziest-tat-youll-ever-see.html)

On that page you will see yet another image asking you to acknowledge you are, or are over 18. Clicking anywhere on that image will actually instruct Facebook you like that page – and that will post it on your wall. Your friends then click on it – and so on.

More information after the link (geek-alert!)

The code on hxxp://allhqpics.com/the-craziest-tat-youll-ever-see.html is quite cleverly constructed. The actual source of that HTML file is:

Source

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As you can see it refers to hxxp://access.im/7/jcpSt4. That page has the following source:

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Within that code you will see that it tries to load your Facebook profile, and since you clicked on the image, stating you are over 18 – you automatically ‘like’ the link, which will be shown on your feed.

Other friends see the link on your wall, click on it and it continues with them.

Be safe, and don’t click on links that you do not trust, even from friends!

Note;

The link has been reported to the relevant people.

]]> http://www.majoraap.com/facebook-spam-link-341/feed 0 HTC HD2 Day 1 conclusions http://www.majoraap.com/htc-hd2-day-1-conclusions-265?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=htc-hd2-day-1-conclusions http://www.majoraap.com/htc-hd2-day-1-conclusions-265#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:11:40 +0000 Aprazeth http://www.majoraap.com/?p=265 Continue reading →]]> Well, today concludes the first day with the HTC HD2.

Overall, I am a happy consumer. However, just like with everything I have some pet peeves with it:

  • Installing Google Mobile made the device incredibly slow. Uninstalling and then rebooting the phone did not fix it. So I had to resort to the hard reset option (source: HTC HD2 Leo Hard reset – Soft reset.) Not so happy with that. I am happy with how fast I could get my stuff back (Microsoft My Phone and the Google Active Sync took care of that)
  • The screen is like a magnet for finger-smearing… ;-)
  • Although not specifically the phone that caused it; I had to setup a completely empty Windows Mobile Device Center profile (with nothing ticked) so WMDC on my PC wouldn’t keep bouncing up and down like a Jack Russel on crack every time I connected the phone.
  • I also noticed when manually setting up the Active-sync profile SMS syncing was showing. So far I haven’t found anything on this matter from Google, so I am not using it (anyone?)
  • It doesn’t use the storage-card for message/attachment storing by default.
  • I’ll admit that it’s not as big of an annoyance as I first thought it would be – but it’s in Dutch, which I am of course. But still!
]]> http://www.majoraap.com/htc-hd2-day-1-conclusions-265/feed 0 Woops & personal infometrics http://www.majoraap.com/woops-personal-infometrics-244?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woops-personal-infometrics http://www.majoraap.com/woops-personal-infometrics-244#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:40:23 +0000 Aprazeth http://www.majoraap.com/archives/244 Continue reading →]]> Ok, ok. I know I said a few times I’d post a bit more often and then proceeded to not post at all. But hey, at least it’s consistent! ;-)

Lately I’ve been dabbing into personal infometrics; statistics on a personal level. Two of the things I track are the amount of caffeine I consume, and the hours I sleep. See the correlation already? Now normally speaking you would say: less caffeine during the day means better sleep at night. I now have proof that this not the case. What the cause of my lack of sleep is, is a completely different subject altogether.

However, since I track both I can correlate these 2 together and come to amazing conclusions;

As long as I consume no more then 3 cups of caffeine-holding drinks (cola, coffee etc.) a day my sleep is pretty much the same as without consuming any caffeine. I also seem to sleep more on a Tuesday-evening – opposed to a Saturday- or Friday-evening (remember; I have the Wednesday’s off)

This combined with my Positivity Ratio tracking has led to some interesting finds about my life and insights I might not have had before.

In the future I want to also start tracking my sugar-intake (in terms of cubes or spoons I consume in my decaf coffee, tea etc.) to see if there is a correlation there.

Now, if you are interested in finding out more about personal infometrics, feel free to check out these sites;
For Positivity Ratio scoring; http://www.positivityratio.com (I highly recommend the book!)
For all other types of tracking; http://www.zealog.com (in case you need an invite; please let me know in the comments as I got a few to hand out)

Just like someone I know says; if you don’t track it – you will never know the full depth and truth of it.

And my life (and insights into it) have been changed, and are changing because of it.

Keep in mind; filling in these items literally takes me 2 minutes or less a day. I used to spend (a lot!) more time on other trivial items.

Now ask yourself; what insights might it give you? Does all that working out help your weight? Do you really drink just a few cups of coffee a week? How much water do you drink a day? A week?

You never know, until you track it.

Take care, and be safe

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