Having ordered a new server, I finally got it yesterday. I thought I’d set it up to act as secondary nameserver, backup mysql and general user-data backup but when I started backing up some of the data from the old server (via rsync over ssh) I found that every few minutes the rsync would die with the error:
Corrupted MAC on input.
This error both showed up in the shell running rsync and also in /var/log/secure on the new server as
Sep 11 16:45:11 server sshd[8254]: Disconnecting: Corrupted MAC on input.
Month: September 2005
Thinking of changing my email address
It’s a shame it’s so much hassle to change my email address and scrap inbound email to one of my older addresses. Things like having to let all my friends know the new one and adjusting mailing list subscriptions etc. I’ve got several legacy addresses that seem to be the primary sources of spam arriving in my mailbox but I just can’t deal with scrapping them. The effort of deleting spam doesn’t yet outweigh the effort of figuring out who’s still using that address to send me email.
Do people really click on links in junk email about viagra, cialis, online pharmacies, texas hold em, casinos and online gambling and betting? I guess they must otherwise these spammers wouldn’t carry on spamming.
AddressBook / iCal feature.. and a bug
Just found a cool feature in iCal. You can add a “Birthdays” calendar to it by going to Preferences and then ticking the box near the bottom that says “Show Birthdays Calendar”. No big deal you might think, and that’s what I thought.. until I noticed that there were a few birthdays showing up on the calendar that I hadn’t entered!
Pogosticks
Pogosticks aren’t just for kids! Got sent this link tonight, well it was the link to the movie but I had to go digging on the site for more info afterwards.
http://www.yoyoguy.com/unicycle/#FB1200
Check out the Flybar 1200 at the url above. The video (quicktime format) linked to is quite amazing to watch. I don’t think I’ll be getting one though.