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I will be going back down to Cornwall  on Monday for a week which should be nice. Hopefully the weather will stay good as I intend on doing nothing but beaching, golfing and eating pasties.

Had a funny conversation with the guys at work today about thinking about every day things in code. For instance, at the pub;

while ( !empty('glass') ){
    me=>move_arm('tomouth');
}

or some basic decision making;

var thedrink = "Water";

if ( in_stock("Guiness") ){
    thedrink = "Guiness";
} elseif (in_stock("Corona")) {
    thedrink = "Corona";
} elseif (in_stock("Pepsi")) {
    thedrink = "Pepsi";
}

me=>buy_drink(thedrink);
me=>drink();

What came from this conversation was a sudden realisation that sometimes we just find ourselves thinking in code at the most random (and inappropriate) times.

It also turned out that one of the guys has dreamed about code before.. so much so that the entire dream was him getting physically stuck in a <div>.

I thought this was fantastic, and am now trying to write myself a function so that I can guarantee that I dream about code.

while ( time() > 2200 && time() < 2359 ){
    me=>think_about("code");
}

Might just do the job…

I wanted a lighter theme for the summer, so got this one from www.styleshout.com and converted it

You’ll notice I have an image gallery at the bottom, as well as recommended links. I think generally it suits the site better.

I’m hopefully going to have some more web & tech based articles soonish, I’ve recently gotten involved in this awesome tech project which is kind of secret at the moment, all I can say is it involves augmented reality!

Anyway, enjoy the theme I guess!

So apparently my server got hacked, currently trying to find out how, why and by whom. The message left was:

HACKED BY EJDER21

ejder21@islamicihad.asli

So yeah.. bugger!

It appears I was running an old version of DotProject which was vulnerable to RFI. The hackers used this to create a defaced index page. It appears this was all they did, but I’m still going to update all software, and change passwords on the server.

If you’ve had the same problem, I suggest updating DotProject, or any other software you have on your server, forums, cms’ etc.

I was going to design a new summer theme for my blog last night, but obviously I was tied up sorting this crap out. I’m glad no real damage has been done, but it doesn’t half piss me off that they just deface any website for no reason. Granted, it alerted me to the fact that there was a vulnerability, but hey, there’s a contact form on here.. send me an email!

So hopefully if I’m not out this eve I’ll get on with a wordpress theme, I’m also working on a little tech project in VB and using my webcam to create a musical instrument >=D.

More Blog Soon.