Spammers are using URL shorteners a lot more.

I have been seeing a lot of questionable referrers in my WordPress statistic. They obviously are coming from spammers and scammers. For the past week or so there are a lot of referrers using URL shortening services such as tinyurl.com, bit.ly, etc. I cautiously opened the links to confirm my suspicions and almost all of them are pointing to domains I have already blocked.

While the URL shortening services are very valuable, they are also easily abused by the unscrupulous.

 

The Trouble with Vimeo Password Reset.

I’ve been trying to reset the password for Vimeo account and keep getting the same error.

Whoops! We are having some technical difficulties, please try again in a minute.

I have been trying to reset the password for the past two days and still getting the same error message. I could not contact Vimeo support because I need to log-in to do so. I guess I’ll create another account so I can contact them.

Captcha: Know Your Greek Alphabets.

I was trying to access my Hotmail account I have not been using for quite some times. Naturally, I forgot the password since I changed it the last time I used it. Then I got the Captcha:

Luckily I know Greek Alphabets and how to type them: ofϕ vember

Miro Video Converter

Miro Video Converter is available at the Mac App Store.

I was looking into converting some videos into Google’s WebM format for comparison purposes. I first downloaded theWebM QuickTime Component from WebMProject.org but it never worked. Miro Video Converter turns out to be the one I need to create WebM videos for now. It is loaded with preset video format for quick conversion. It supports formats for Android Devices, iOS Devices and WebM among many.

Miro Video Converter is available for Mac OS X and Windows.

http://mirovideoconverter.com/

Apple seeds iOS 4.3 beta 3 to Developers.

Apple seeds iOS 4.3 beta 2, Xcode 3.2.6 and iOS SDK 4.3 beta 3 to Developers today. As usual, details are scarce due to three letter abbreviation known as NDA.

Some web sites are reporting:

Multitasking Gestures
This beta release contains a preview of new multitasking gestures for iPad. You can use four or five fingers to pinch to the Home Screen, swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar, and swipe left or right between apps. This feature will not be enabled in iOS 4.3 for customers, but we are providing this preview to gather input on how these gestures work with your apps.

iOS 4.3 beta 3 is available for:

  • iPad
  • iPhone 4
  • iPhone 3GS
  • iPod touch 4th generation
  • iPod touch 3rd generation
  • Apple TV 2nd generation

iOS 4.3 beta 3 for Apple TV is also called as Apple TV Software beta 3.

Xcode 3.2.6 and iOS SDK 4.3 beta 3 requires Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

iOS 4.3 beta 3 is available to registered Developers. Apple iOS Developer Program costs $99 annually.

Blown Capacitors on eVGA GeForce 7100GS.

Yep, this would be another eVGA graphic card with blown capacitors. Practically all the ones I bought during the same period suffer the same fate. I suspect the inadequate cooling system cause the problem to begin with.

The blown capacitors on this board are: FZ67, FZ69 and FZ6A.