Steve Fenton ➜

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This is definitely more fun now there are some metrics!

I sat down with my guitar to see if I could work out Pachelbel's canon, because it's the weekend and you can't stop me.

Worked out that melodic part, then set to work on the chords. It's fun to play. I recommend it.

Then I realised.

I was basically playing Green Day's 'Basket Case' very slowly.

i was quite surprised to discover that no one had registered deleteduser [dot] com, and was curious to see how many emails i'd get if i registered it, assuming many orgs 'delete' logic probably just overwrote the email address with [email protected] or similar.

The answer, is at least 3 different orgs in the hour that I've owned that domain and been listening for email.

And yes, all of those emails contain the actual PII of the person who has been 'deleted' :-D

#infosec

Happy #Caturday

Holly Humberstone – Cruel World LP

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Holly Humberstone – Cruel World LP | Album Reviews | Music | Phonotonal

Some album reviews take a long time to write. The song-by-song analysis. The shifting of moods. The thematic switches. With…

No cold recruiter outreach for a whole 30 minutes?

Platforms before portals, build the roads before you buy the GPS!

Matt Allford shares some #PlatformEngineering wisdom in this post.

https://octopus.com/blog/platforms-before-portals

Today I discovered the canvas setting:

allowTaint: true

When I was interviewed on BBC Radio about a famous online retailer, my humble but steady book sales on that platform dried up for months.

It turns out this is called "shadow blocking" and they are accused of doing it when they find your product cheaper in a competing store.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/16/amazon-price-fixing-california-lawsuit

Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims

Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing

The Guardian
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