The person poking around looking for unlinked information was a shy relative. Not creepy, just a little naive about what we would or wouldn’t notice. Now that she’s made contact, I’m sure her half-sisters will be happy to give her more information. Welcome to our web sites, Helli.
Whoever you are, identify yourself or fuck off
Somebody in Finland has been reading all our blogs. It appears that he/she/it started with Stevie or Laura’s, which isn’t all the surprising since they have a Finnish last name. And he’s followed the links from those blogs to Vicki’s and mine. Not a big deal – if we didn’t want random strangers reading our blogs, we’d make them private.
But now it appears this person has gone a step beyond. They are no longer just following links, they are fishing around for files that aren’t there. Looking at this IP, I see attempts to reference
/~rose/me /~rose/lstevie /~rose/mom /~rose/dad /~rose/home /~rose/friends /~rose/school /~rose/my%20pictures /~rose/my_pictures /~laura/me /~laura /~laura/laura /~laura/dad /~laura/sis /~laura/sys /~laura/stevie /~calsabon/me /~calsabon/stevie /~calsabon/laura /~calsabon/mom /~calsabon/dad
and I’m more than a little creeped out.
So whoever is at 81.197.2.111, listen up: Looking for information nobody invited you to look at is a violation of our privacy. Identify yourself or find your IP blocked and a complaint lodged with your ISP. And quit looking for things that aren’t there.
Best Christmas Ever
It took a few minutes for it to sink in, but I can’t believe how relieved I am to have my medical back. After I finished posting the initial entry to my blog, I almost cried. I wonder what it’s going to be like when I actually get the piece of paper. I can’t wait for a nice day to go up and remember what it’s like to fly alone again.
Woo fucking hoo!
I just phoned about my medical again. It’s been granted! They put it in the mail yesterday, and with any luck I’ll be flying again after Christmas.
And the descent into hell continues apace
My latest assignment: write up a paragraph or two describing anything I did in the last major release of the product that might qualify as inventive, so that the patent lawyers can pick it over and decide what to patent.
Have I mentioned recently how evil software patents are?