Author Archives: Steve

Well the Fail2ban firewall rules blocking the spammers trying to send mail from live@com…

Well the Fail2ban firewall rules blocking the spammers trying to send mail from live@com to  therichsheickc@yahoo.com timed out the other day and immediately got added back in…. no loss to me but why are ISPs and Hosting companies sitting on … Continue reading

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Another day, another “dedicated hosting company” firewalled due to them…

Another day, another "dedicated hosting company" firewalled due to them hosting abusive bots and then denying that they can do anything about it….   View this post on Google+

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“Square Moon”

hmm not quite sure what to make of this album at all. Two CDs full of music which needs several listenings before you can really start to form any real opinion. Like their previous albums I think you need to … Continue reading

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Managed to get hold of, quite legitimately, of a copy of “Secrets of The Witching…

Managed to get hold of, quite legitimately, of a copy of "Secrets of The Witching Hour" by The Crimea.  This was an album that was made freely available for download from their website when they released it but only at … Continue reading

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Semalt really don’t get it

I posted on Semalt’s facebook and they deleted my posts. I made another post suggesting that deleting my posts simply confirmed that they were a rogue element. Then they tried to friend me… I have a rule on Facebook : … Continue reading

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Semalt.com – Rogue element? Or just scum?

So Google is full of sites posting about the above company … they would seem to be trying to do some sort of SE ranking or are they just complete arses? This is an example from one of my site … Continue reading

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Once again T-Mobile (AKA EE) show that they’re useless – they tell me each and…

Once again T-Mobile (AKA EE) show that they're useless – they tell me each and every month that I have charges outside my plan… but I don't….  View this post on Google+

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Sometimes you have to wonder what sort of illegal substances the spammers are using…

Sometimes you have to wonder what sort of illegal substances the spammers are using if they think this pile of complete and utter drivel would ever be taken as anything more than junk View this post on Google+

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Boo being his usual nervous but inquisitive self

Boo being his usual nervous but inquisitive self View this post on Google+

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Despite all the rain we’ve managed to avoid any flooding near our house

The old farm track at the side of the estate is a small river though and there's a lot of water (and luckily only water) running out through the cemetery gates.  View this post on Google+

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