Author: Maxwell Shifman
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My Recent Nomination Into Distinguished Professionals Online Leaves Me Unimpressed
Another week, another scam email. The latest professional nomination variant hitting my inbox is from the 2010/2011 Edition of Distinguished Professionals Online.
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Endian marking too many emails as spam
I noticed that the Endian 2.3 Community Edition SMTP proxy at the office was marking too many legitimate emails as spam. A quick inspection of the email headers showed the following consistent theme: X-Spam-Report: * 3.4 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future In other words, this one date check was adding a whopping…
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Powderfinger Concert at Melbourne Grand Prix 2010
Here are some photographs I took from the audience in the Melbourne Grand Prix 2010 Powderfinger concert on 27 March 2010. This is my first ever attempt at concert photos with a DSLR. I used my Pentax K-x with the standard kit 55-200mm lens. The first half was shot on auto focus, the second half…
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Become Part Of IABL Worldwide – No Thanks
I received another great scam email this afternoon. This time, the International Association of Business Leaders has added me to their distinguished list. This one doesn’t seem to have been picked up on as much as the Executive Who’s Who and Princeton Premier: Dear Maxwell, You were recently chosen to represent your profession in the…