I have just turned on mod_rails on Dreamhost. Let's see how it goes.

My lack of posting here is because I have been spending time elsewhere. You can find me at the following hang outs:

• Twitter - I tweet pretty much every day.
• Flickr - I post photos here at least once a week, usually more.
• Upcoming - You can see what I'm up to or interested in going to.
• Google Reader Shared - funny or interesting stuff I find in my RSS feeds.
• Delicious - Any links which don't come from RSS feeds.
• Github - It's where the cool kids keep their code these days.
• Lighthouse - Issue tracking, seeing use now because they now accommodate open source projects for free.
• Dopplr - Where am I?
• LinkedIn - Only vaguely using this. Just barely more useful than Facebook.
• Facebook - I removed my account over a year ago, due to the pointlessness of it. Don't try to contact me there.

Hayfever is back with our first stint of summer weather.

In order to give us some warning, I have created a twitter bot which tweets daily based on information found at the BBC website. It currently reports on London only.

• pollen_london - Twitter account
• Github - Source code is open source
• Lighthouse - Please report bugs

Cities, in Milgrim's experience, had a way of revealing themselves in the faces of their inhabitants, and particularly on their way to work in the morning. There was a sort of basic fuckedness index to be read, then, in faces that hadn't yet encountered the reality of whatever they were on their way to do.

-- Spook Country by William Gibson

First Direct has sadly got a horrible security hole in place, that is easily open to scamming: They call you up and ask you to answer security questions.

I complained, but had to explain and justify it to every single person I spoke to. It is disturbing that they do not understand security and continue to do this.

"Why would this be an issue? We don't give out your password." No... We just open up the possibility that a fraudster could obtain your personal details. "But they don't know First Direct procedure." Neither do most of your customers. If they wanted to, they could open up an account to learn your procedures.

You get the idea. They appear to be clueless about security.

They recommend that you don't respond to emails asking for personal details. Why should the phone be any different?

Anyone know a bank that doesn't do this?