i changed the setting so anyone can post comments…
i also confirmed that it is set to “new posts have comments by default” and it
was before, so, i don’t know what is up…
maybe it just does not apply to email posts…
also, one odd thing… i keep getting bounce notices on these messages,
saying they are too big… yet, they are clearly not actually bouncing, since
they are showing up here…
which do you want first?
ok, the good news is that i emailed that last one an
d there it was, so, i did not have to go to the web.
..
awesome awesome awesome…
but, the bad news is that it does not seem to allow
comments on posts i make from email…
dammit…
maybe i could live without the comments?
hmmm…
well…
it is definitely not my first choice…
(ok, i set it to display 7 posts on this page, so, t
his one should bump one off…)
insidious_plots…
http://insidiousplots.com
two bad things, actually…
(posting this from dpp email, btw…)
firstly, it says you have to have a blogger account
to comment… that really sucks…
worse, i can’t even seem to comment using this brows
er…
that is two big strikes against it, i’m afraid…
must figure something out, i love this thing so far.
..
geez, everything was going so well…
(and, now, if i could only disable my sig like i can
on the psion email client…)
insidious_plots…
http://insidiousplots.com
there is no subject space here…
only this odd-shaped box…
anyway, so, i am trying out the regular submit form… i must have done this before, since there are posts there, but, i sure don’t remember it…
so, i need to come up with some things to say to see how this formats it and such…
man, this thing takes quite a bit of time to get set up, but, it seems well worth it… of course, i am very partial to livejournal, it has really grown on me… i like the friends page for one, especially the various feeds for it…
i hate to think of moving again… but, i can export my entire livejournal to here, still use the friends page, and post a big message on the front of my livejournal…
this thing has some nice features and i love the post-via-email aspect, even if you do have to get on the web to hit the “publish” button… (erm, i think…)
i especially love the idea of having all this on my own host… of course, only the resulting pages are… makes me think i should look for some alternative i could buy… i am not even 100% certain what i can run with this host… i think i can do php4, perl, no mysql, though… not that i think a blog would need that, but, what do i know about it…
anyway, also a bitch is trying to make all this xhtml transitional… i started all of this with a template that someone else made that i got from blogger… i removed all the css and worked in my own design that i had recenty done for the home page… now i need to clean up the tables so this thing will validate…
ok, i think that is enough for a test post…
there is no subject space here…
only this odd-shaped box…
anyway, so, i am trying out the regular submit form… i must have done this before, since there are posts there, but, i sure don’t remember it…
so, i need to come up with some things to say to see how this formats it and such…
man, this thing takes quite a bit of time to get set up, but, it seems well worth it… of course, i am very partial to livejournal, it has really grown on me… i like the friends page for one, especially the various feeds for it…
i hate to think of moving again… but, i can export my entire livejournal to here, still use the friends page, and post a big message on the front of my livejournal…
this thing has some nice features and i love the post-via-email aspect, even if you do have to get on the web to hit the “publish” button… (erm, i think…)
i especially love the idea of having all this on my own host… of course, only the resulting pages are… makes me think i should look for some alternative i could buy… i am not even 100% certain what i can run with this host… i think i can do php4, perl, no mysql, though… not that i think a blog would need that, but, what do i know about it…
anyway, also a bitch is trying to make all this xhtml transitional… i started all of this with a template that someone else made that i got from blogger… i removed all the css and worked in my own design that i had recenty done for the home page… now i need to clean up the tables so this thing will validate…
ok, i think that is enough for a test post…
[moved from my LiveJournal]
well, i am not going to type up a whole report here, but, to save some stuff i will have to explain to people, here are all the notes and screenshots i have taken, with a few comments here and there…
and it is going to be long…
firstly, here is what must be the root of the problem, as described at a PDAStreet forum…
Using a network packet generator and a bit of patience, I have found that:
– when using a modem, any connection attempt to a closed port will freeze the psion. No special nasty SYN packets are needed for that
– when the psion is listening to the port, the freezing doesn’t occur
– when using a direct ppp link, no freezes ever happen, so it is not a problem in just the TCP/IP stack.
now, i have an app called Sink2, made for just this problem and it has always worked perfectly… it listens on certain ports (default is 80, 135, 445, 4444) and, when a connection is made, it accepts it, and then drops it…
but now, ever since Sasser started, i have not been able to get a solid connection… it can listen on up to seven ports, and i have set it to every port i have seen recommended to block, yet, i still have the problem…
the following will have lots of what sink2 said was happening as well as screenshots, once it occured to me to do that, rather than trying to copy them down… the screenshots do not show what the text describes, btw…
for the record, i am using a Psion 5 (not mx) and the pcmcia adaptor with an ActionTec DataLink 56k card fax modem…
it has always worked perfectly, except when i first got it, it froze a lot because of the reasons he gave up there and those problems vanished when i got sink2…
from may 2nd…
most times, when it happens, sound comes from my modem, like a hissing that sounds different from the carrier one normally hears when the modem connects…
it does not sound like the modem pissed off… it sounds like the speaker coming back on for some reason and that hiss is on the line…and, it doesn’t seem to know it is dc’d… i have to disconnnect and hard reset my modem…
sink2 listening on ports 80, 135, 445, 4444
20:21:28 Connection on port 445 from 4.228.201.193
same thing, same ip at 20:22:46
d/c and was not able to re-connect
when it switches from “initialize” to “recieving data” is when it drops… so, my browser comes online and when it tries to load a page is when it happens… and on my email client, i can download headers, but, when i try to open an email, it drops connection…
interestingly, i just sent an email (so far i cannot here on dc)…
ok, so, i close my mailbox and see if it is there…
hmm…
and now i just got disconnected… and sink2 says…
20:33:16 Connection on port 445 from 4.240.114.249
it just dc’d before it got all the email headers, though, there was one more than before… my modem light is flashing, yet, the client says “getting headers”… now i have to tell it to disconnect from internet, hard reset modem, try again…
mm-hmm… it almost had all the headers, then that odd hiss and i see the modem light is flashing again…
oh, and there is this from sink2…
20:34:57 connection on port 4445 from 4.240.114.249
grrr…hmmm… now it won’t even connect…
also the 2nd…
connection on port 135 from 4.240.162.216
connection on port 445 from 4.46.152.229both icq and telnet were working, then, after a few minutes…
21:57:49 connection on port 135 from 0.0.0.0
and then
21:58:15 connection on port 135 from 4.240.18.137and i heard that hiss again and was disconnected, though both apps think they are connected…
reconnect to icq, no prob, connect telnet, it works for a moment, then the hissing and disconnect…sink2 says…
22:03:03 port 135 from same as last time, 4.240.18.137
and then 22:03:28 on port 4444 from the same ip…
from the 3rd…
connected to telnet for a minute or two and then all this, yet, i did not get disconnected until the very end…
22:36:25 port 445 from 4.240.42.10
22:37:08 port 445 from 4.240.42.10
22:37:26 port 445 from 4.240.42.10
22:37:38 port 445 from 4.240.42.10
22:38:44 port 135 from 4.240.63.82
22:38:49 port 4444 from 4.240.63.82
22:39:17 port 445 from 4.33.115.54
22:39:18 port 445 from 4.33.115.54
22:39:26 port 445 from 4.33.115.54
22:39:31 port 445 from 4.241.42.139and then disconnected…
from the 4th…
today it is acting different…
for one, sometimes when i get dc’d, it tells me i have been disconnected and asks if i want to reconnect…
also, something just happened that was like my connection freezing or something, the modem light was on, but, i could not transfer data, such as when i would send cgaracters in telnet (i have been using telnet to try connecting, juts letting it idle once connected) and i opened icq and it would not connect…
this is sink2 on the 7th…
and now i have made a very confusing discovery…
i can use the old 14.4k modem that i used to use on my psion 3, and it works just fine, all those connection attempts are made, yet, it stays connected… when i try my 56k, it does all the above…
this means nothing to me…
one IS a pc card modem and therefore requires the adaptor, while the other is specifically made for this unit and plugs right in…
but, i don’t see why that would make a difference…
any theories are welcome…
well i finally got my psion 5… yippee… 🙂
i have been downloading mp3’s to my new gba mp3 player and that has been tons of fun so far… i am still moving into my new computer… i will be posting from there as soon as i can but right now i am transferring mp3’s from his machine to mine so i am posting from my dreamcast…
yesterday was so nice around here it was the perfect day to drivearound with the convertible to down, so we did…
i am so amazed by the psion 5… it has all the things that i had hoped to have on a palmtop and more… it has icq, irc, ftp and a million other thnigs that i have not played with yet… i love that i can read and reply to emails anywhere i go… and we are again compatible… thank God…
so, other than that things have been pretty much the same… i am hoping to go out job hunting this week because i am frustrated with still waiting tables… people do not tip very well in this state…
i had one job opportunity but turned it down… they wanted me to work in the ER in and out patient making a measly $9 an hour… that is insane to me… but, whatever… let some other person deal with all that for such a miniscule pay…
blah, blah, blah…
verily, so says this tidbit on yahoo news via i forget who…
heros of mine, they are…
so, i thought of the link in our little orrl thing…
the writings of Penn Jillette
(yes, the big one of Penn & Teller)
Philosopher Warrior Extraordinaire… from his articles for PC-Computing, dating back to 1990, his Excite articles of the late 90’s, plenty of various writings, articles, columns, on a wide variety of subjects, and his wonderful “Road Penn” journal, beginning in april, 2000 and continuing to this day… also has interviews, chat scripts, and more….
jan30,03 – they lost their domain name, so, for now, this link goes to the wayback machine’s archive of the page…
and it still does as their new site seems to no longer have their writings…
(btw, the most recent link there on web archive is to a copy made AFTER a porn site got their domain name, so, go for second most recent or older…)
one of my favorites, of course, is one he did in ’92, i believe, for pc computing, called “We’re All Going to Hell”…
ok, i was wrong…
his writings ARE on the new site…
well, good…
