Andy Dixon

I have been toying with the idea of selling customized toilet rolls. Its one of those things that I think of, but never follow through. In my research, I have found that the two people that the UK public would like to wipe their own waste onto are Gordon Brown (head diktat of the uk.gov) and Alasdair Darling who looks like a pompous goit.

If anyone is seriously interested in buying some, let me know at andy-at-andydixon-dot-com – I am considering Gordon Brown Loo Roll (toilet roll if you are particular about that kind of thing), or Alistair Darling. I cant really think too much about him due to what he is doing to the UK economy, I mean, who in their right mind puts up tax on fuel in a recession that they cant control? Enough!

I unfortunately advised someone a while back to use Simply Mail Solutions for their email hosting.

This was a big mistake.

They seem to think that it is a sensible idea to block encrypted zip files. Not that spammers would send encrypted zip archives, and if they did, some simple bayesian filtering would be able to identify a ‘your password is..’ element in an email message.

So, on quizzing Simply Mail Solutions, the response that they gave for us to relay to a City Council on sending sensitive content is:

We would suggest that ******** City Council could provide the file they are sending in a non-encrypted format which would then, providing it is virus free, arrive in your mailbox.

Which means that they seem to think as a ‘professional’ email hosting service, that it is perfectly fine to send sensitive information unencrypted. Obviously they have no problem if it was their information being bounced around the internet unencrypted..

Seriously though, sounds like there’s a power crazed BOFH who obviously does not now how to properly configure spam and virus filtering properly and using FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) to their advantage. I have seen to many of them, and I love it when they come crashing down.

I keep getting emails from production companies which should be going to Andy Dixon Facilities, and I keep forwarding them on. Its annoying to say the least. I even offered to sell my www.andydixon.co.uk domain name to them and they didn’t even have the decency to say ‘Thank you but no’.

So, if you by any chance are reading this, not that anyone does read my blog, you can still have the domain name, but I am no longer forwarding emails for you. Anyone sending emails to my thinking that they are you will not be getting any response, or depending on how cantankerous I am feeling may get an email questioning their researcher’s researching skills.

If the money is right, I may even part with my andydixon.com, but that would be considerably more…