The Funk Blog

The profound rantings of the one like Tom Atkinson… and now art gallery and shop.

Taking ones shoes off at the door

Posted by tomachi on July 18th, 2015 filed in Rants

I was always fairly anti-religion anti-tradition anti-established thinking type of person. But only in regards to behaviours that I deemed sub-optimal to my viewpoint.

For example taking shoes off at the door.

But then I realised it means less dirt comes in from outside and you don't need to vacuum so often.

So it's not such a bad idea after all. And it feels so nice to have your feet connected to the ground it almost massages them!


Dear Xero, (open letter)

Posted by tomachi on July 17th, 2015 filed in Rants

Dear Xero,

I'd love to try Xero but the free trial period is too short to risk wasting time on and ditching; but the $25/month too expensive to this point since I've never tried it.

I invoice monthly and have just a handful of clients and last year only pulled barely enough for minimum wage for myself, not that really ever even paid myself barring a few "Directors Drawdowns".
Trying to launch a another (actual) charity soon is also going to be "interesting" and not that lucrative.
On your pricing page https://www.xero.com/nz/pricing/ you say Create and send 5 invoices - is that per month? A little extra detail could be nice? Seems kinda stingy and kinda arbitrary. The same amount averaged over a year - say 60 per year would likely be fine some months I have a burst of invoices go out. Looking at that I can really see you want everyone on $50/month. I guess it's all about the 24/7 support yeah? Makes sense (I've work on a help-desk before).
Considering I'm a one man band and I don't have to pay anyone else for my own time, I'm happy (ish) using this crazy homebaked Excel sheet I been sweating over in the hopes of saving $600/year, but I sure would love to even try Xero for a bit.... but I am religiously opposed to time limited trials such as your 30 day on.
I suggest the following changes to your pricing structure:
  1. Convert "Free Trial" into "Forever Free" but
    1. with no 24/7 free support
    2. cap it at 200 bank transactions, 60 invoices (no time limit! this is company lifecycle stuff!)
    3. up to 5 users
  2. Boost by about x4 the numbers inside your Starter Pack as such:
    1. 20 invoices per month instead of just that stingy 5
    2. 20 purchase orders per month instead of 5
    3. Cap both the invoices / purchase orders if you must at say 240/year each

Why Do This?

Because it creates deep trial usage and therefore increased chance of customer entrenchment. I mean... if I had entered 60 invoices into a Forever Free trial, I know I'd probably be at that point where I felt I had gotten such a good deal I was ready for Start and to get access to that free 24/7 support. In fact, it mite be that I switch to starter sooner just to get that.

Considering my religious opposition to 30-day trials - by concept and execution style of time limited trials, maybe worth a thought?

 

Regards, Tom.

PS...

What is it exactly that sucks about 30 day software trials?

So it's like 3 days before the trial ends and you're like "dang, I'm so busy I forgot to check this thing out - but I had better give this software one last chance before it times out" and maybe need to get a new fake email to re-register another trial (or call the friendly helpdesk for a reset); and you never really get to pour your heart out into it. If you have a forever free tier, or say a 2 year trial, you get more entrenchment.

PS... I'm gonna checkout Accomplish Cashmanager at their trial is generous: "enter and process up to 50 transactions"

http://nz.accomplishglobal.com/cashmanager-trial-download/


I want to learn Te Reo!!!

Posted by tomachi on July 16th, 2015 filed in Rants

I want to learn Te Reo!!! And now they even have an app for that, wicked.

Māori is one of the most beautiful and poetic languages - try translating some into English and what comes out sounds awesome think about it...

 


Pom Pom NZ

Posted by tomachi on June 29th, 2015 filed in Business

My friends friend Ally has launched a new website and business - selling nice warm wooly hats! Radical! Go Ally!

Made from NZ wool, finished off with a unique merino pom. And they are in Ponsonby too whoop!
Pom Pom NZ

 


Bye Snap, Hello Orcon

Posted by tomachi on May 9th, 2015 filed in Unix

UPDATE: It's June 9 now and I'm still with Snap but some really awful throttling has kicked in - granted we did just push through 606 GB in the month - but it's the way it's implemented that sucks, this graph speaks volumes: Quite house in Ponsonby on Fibre at 2:37pm I'm the only person home I reckon:

 

Well it was nice Snap  - sorry it had to end like this. Heck maybe it's KGOVPS.com's fault not yours? But it's still happening.

I sincerely hope changing ISPs fixes this issue below. I guess either way is bad for Snap (my current / soon to be ex ISP) because if a) it wasn't their fault then they lost a customer for no good reason and b) if it was their fault then bad look for them and time to sort out the issue!

Routing Bug Between Ponsonby and Albany

My VPS in Albany is at akl.tomachi.co and my home IP I have obscured for privacy reasons.

How come Albany to Ponsonby is 4 Hops

[tomachi@albany ~]$ traceroute [home ip]
traceroute to [home ip] (202.124.XXX.XXX), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1 103.25.59.200 (103.25.59.200) 0.038 ms 0.018 ms 0.017 ms
 2 snap1.ape.nzix.net (192.203.154.120) 1.364 ms 1.326 ms 1.289 ms
 3 55.32.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.32.55) 4.006 ms 3.510 ms 4.272 ms
 4 XXX.XXX.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.XXX.XXX) 5.025 ms !X 4.997 ms !X 4.983 ms !X
[tomachi@albany ~]$

But the other way is 7 Hops?

ponsonby:~ tom$ traceroute akl.tomachi.co
 traceroute to akl.tomachi.co (103.25.59.201), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1 fritz.box (10.0.0.1) 1.611 ms 1.452 ms 1.592 ms
 2 XXX.XXX.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.XXX.XXX) 3.775 ms 7.208 ms 3.906 ms
 3 54.32.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.32.54) 3.735 ms 3.427 ms 3.769 ms
 4 hdnetltd.ape.nzix.net (192.203.154.165) 4.996 ms 7.482 ms 8.186 ms
 5 103.6.146.97 (103.6.146.97) 8.080 ms 7.498 ms 7.875 ms
 6 103.25.59.200 (103.25.59.200) 7.885 ms 15.961 ms 10.614 ms
 7 103.25.59.201 (103.25.59.201) 4.583 ms 4.916 ms 7.839 ms
 ponsonby:~ tom$

Well whatever it is it makes using a shell session pretty annoying - it freezes for about 5 seconds at a time!

UPDATE: 

Here are some new trace and pings from 13 May.

They said they have fixed and it does seem a little better, but I still see a difference in the number of hops.... and then just now the mother of all drops:

[tomachi@akl .ssh]$ traceroute 27.funk.co.nz
traceroute to 27.funk.co.nz (202.124.119.97), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 103.25.59.200 (103.25.59.200) 0.079 ms 0.019 ms 0.023 ms
2 snap1.ape.nzix.net (192.203.154.120) 1.096 ms 1.176 ms 1.128 ms
3 55.32.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.32.55) 2.166 ms 2.276 ms 2.356 ms
4 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97) 4.492 ms !X 4.444 ms !X 4.404 ms !X
[tomachi@akl .ssh]$
[tomachi@akl .ssh]$
[tomachi@akl .ssh]$
[tomachi@akl .ssh]$
[tomachi@akl .ssh]$
[tomachi@akl .ssh]$
[tomachi@akl .ssh]$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 192 79 112 3 0 34
-/+ buffers/cache: 44 147
Swap: 192 81 110
[tomachi@akl .ssh]$ ping 202.124.119.97
PING 202.124.119.97 (202.124.119.97) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=6.02 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=4.93 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=3 ttl=59 time=15.8 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=4 ttl=59 time=5.82 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=5 ttl=59 time=3.89 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=6 ttl=59 time=5.84 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=7 ttl=59 time=3.79 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=8 ttl=59 time=5.87 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=9 ttl=59 time=4.24 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=11 ttl=59 time=2.94 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=12 ttl=59 time=6.03 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=13 ttl=59 time=5.62 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=14 ttl=59 time=3.94 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=15 ttl=59 time=2.76 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=16 ttl=59 time=4.96 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=17 ttl=59 time=3.90 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=18 ttl=59 time=2.94 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=19 ttl=59 time=5.83 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=20 ttl=59 time=5.33 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=21 ttl=59 time=2.45 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=22 ttl=59 time=13.8 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=23 ttl=59 time=2.77 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=24 ttl=59 time=5.00 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=25 ttl=59 time=3.91 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=26 ttl=59 time=5.84 ms
64 bytes from 202.124.119.97: icmp_seq=27 ttl=59 time=4.02 ms
^C
--- 202.124.119.97 ping statistics ---
136 packets transmitted, 26 received, 80% packet loss, time 135600ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.452/5.324/15.815/2.987 ms
[tomachi@akl .ssh]$
That above is from my VPS to home. Here is from my host in the ***USA*** to my home and has 0% packet loss weird huh?:

13inch:~ tom$ ssh tomachi@direct.funk.co.nz
tomachi@direct.funk.co.nz's password:

# ""# ""# #
#mmm m m # # mmm mmm # mm
#" "# # # # # #" "# #" " #" #
# # # # # # # # # # #
##m#" "mm"# "mm "mm "#m#" "#mm" # #
Last login: Mon May 11 09:19:22 2015 from 202.124.119.97
[bulloch]$ ping 27.funk.co.nz
PING hotelvermont.servebeer.com (202.124.119.97) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=2 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=4 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=5 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=6 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=7 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=8 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=9 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=10 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=11 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=12 ttl=50 time=236 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=13 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=14 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=15 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=16 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=17 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=18 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=19 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=20 ttl=50 time=269 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=21 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=22 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=23 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=24 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=25 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=26 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=27 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=28 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=29 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=30 ttl=50 time=234 ms
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64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=32 ttl=50 time=241 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=33 ttl=50 time=246 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=34 ttl=50 time=233 ms
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64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=36 ttl=50 time=265 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=37 ttl=50 time=244 ms
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64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=112 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=113 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=114 ttl=50 time=242 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=115 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=116 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=117 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=118 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=119 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=120 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=121 ttl=50 time=238 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=122 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=123 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=124 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=125 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=126 ttl=50 time=245 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=127 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=128 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=129 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=130 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=131 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=132 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=133 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=134 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=135 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=136 ttl=50 time=243 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=137 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=138 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=139 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=140 ttl=50 time=245 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=141 ttl=50 time=236 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=142 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=143 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=144 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=145 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=146 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=147 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=148 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=149 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=150 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=151 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=152 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=153 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=154 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=155 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=156 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=157 ttl=50 time=236 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=158 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=159 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=160 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=161 ttl=50 time=262 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=162 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=163 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=164 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=165 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=166 ttl=50 time=235 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=167 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=168 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=169 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=170 ttl=50 time=260 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=171 ttl=50 time=264 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=172 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=173 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=174 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=175 ttl=50 time=232 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=176 ttl=50 time=233 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=177 ttl=50 time=234 ms
64 bytes from 97.119.124.202.static.snap.net.nz (202.124.119.97): icmp_req=178 ttl=50 time=234 ms
^C
--- hotelvermont.servebeer.com ping statistics ---
179 packets transmitted, 178 received, 0% packet loss, time 178122ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 232.067/236.039/269.151/7.053 ms
[bulloch]$
It's a pity they don't allow:
[bulloch]$ traceroute 27.funk.co.nz
traceroute to 27.funk.co.nz (202.124.119.97), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
send: Operation not permitted

And now from home to my VPS:
Connection to direct.funk.co.nz closed.
13inch:~ tom$ traceroute direct.funk.co.nz
traceroute to direct.funk.co.nz (208.113.214.223), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 fritz.box (10.0.0.1) 1.445 ms 1.226 ms 1.213 ms
2 16.17.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.17.16) 7.481 ms 6.235 ms 6.982 ms
3 54.32.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.32.54) 6.101 ms 5.283 ms 3.995 ms
4 33.27.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.27.33) 3.972 ms 3.063 ms 5.035 ms
5 ae5-2.akbr7.global-gateway.net.nz (210.55.202.213) 6.725 ms 5.353 ms
ae2-6.tkbr12.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.127.17) 4.088 ms
6 203.96.120.142 (203.96.120.142) 130.034 ms
ae1-10.tkbr12.global-gateway.net.nz (202.50.232.37) 6.430 ms
xe7-0-1-10.lebr7.global-gateway.net.nz (202.50.232.162) 159.705 ms
7 ae0-10.lebr8.global-gateway.net.nz (202.50.232.42) 128.273 ms
203.96.120.142 (203.96.120.142) 131.069 ms
xe7-0-1-10.lebr7.global-gateway.net.nz (202.50.232.162) 160.023 ms
8 ae0-10.lebr8.global-gateway.net.nz (202.50.232.42) 131.741 ms 128.850 ms
los-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net (63.235.40.241) 134.280 ms
9 dcx2-edge-01.inet.qwest.net (67.14.28.70) 199.570 ms 199.453 ms
63-235-40-241.dia.static.qwest.net (63.235.40.241) 156.440 ms
10 63-235-40-241.dia.static.qwest.net (63.235.40.241) 161.853 ms
65.125.14.38 (65.125.14.38) 230.097 ms
dcx2-edge-01.inet.qwest.net (67.14.28.70) 200.951 ms
11 65.125.14.38 (65.125.14.38) 234.335 ms 235.367 ms
border10.pc1-bbnet1.wdc002.pnap.net (216.52.127.9) 227.963 ms
12 65.125.14.38 (65.125.14.38) 236.299 ms
border10.pc1-bbnet1.wdc002.pnap.net (216.52.127.9) 341.953 ms 236.391 ms
13 dreamhost-2.border10.wdc002.pnap.net (216.52.125.74) 201.611 ms
ip-208-113-156-4.dreamhost.com (208.113.156.4) 232.052 ms
dreamhost-2.border10.wdc002.pnap.net (216.52.125.74) 201.976 ms
14 ip-208-113-156-4.dreamhost.com (208.113.156.4) 234.124 ms 230.107 ms
dreamhost-2.border10.wdc002.pnap.net (216.52.125.74) 204.988 ms
15 ip-208-113-156-14.dreamhost.com (208.113.156.14) 201.984 ms *
ip-208-113-156-4.dreamhost.com (208.113.156.4) 236.239 ms
^C
13inch:~ tom$

13inch:~ tom$ traceroute akl.tomachi.co
traceroute to akl.tomachi.co (103.25.59.201), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 fritz.box (10.0.0.1) 1.957 ms 1.207 ms 1.142 ms
2 16.17.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.17.16) 8.267 ms 6.128 ms 4.021 ms
3 54.32.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.32.54) 3.648 ms 3.227 ms 3.821 ms
4 hdnetltd.ape.nzix.net (192.203.154.165) 4.975 ms 7.370 ms 4.003 ms
5 103.6.146.97 (103.6.146.97) 4.347 ms 5.482 ms 3.953 ms
6 103.25.59.200 (103.25.59.200) 3.966 ms 4.195 ms 4.069 ms
7 103.25.59.201 (103.25.59.201) 4.277 ms 4.989 ms 4.829 ms
13inch:~ tom$ ping akl.tomachi.co
PING akl.tomachi.co (103.25.59.201): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=11.107 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=6.308 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=3.808 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=3 ttl=60 time=6.573 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=4 ttl=60 time=3.826 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=5 ttl=60 time=7.498 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=6 ttl=60 time=6.927 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=7 ttl=60 time=4.860 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=8 ttl=60 time=6.041 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=9 ttl=60 time=6.022 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 10
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=11 ttl=60 time=4.377 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=12 ttl=60 time=11.720 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=13 ttl=60 time=5.912 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=14 ttl=60 time=4.579 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=15 ttl=60 time=3.409 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=16 ttl=60 time=6.534 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=17 ttl=60 time=4.351 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=18 ttl=60 time=6.126 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=19 ttl=60 time=3.742 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=20 ttl=60 time=8.684 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=21 ttl=60 time=5.628 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=22 ttl=60 time=7.094 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=23 ttl=60 time=12.632 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=24 ttl=60 time=19.701 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=25 ttl=60 time=3.750 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=26 ttl=60 time=6.766 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=27 ttl=60 time=5.588 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=28 ttl=60 time=3.968 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=29 ttl=60 time=6.137 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=30 ttl=60 time=47.076 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=31 ttl=60 time=6.018 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=32 ttl=60 time=9.410 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=33 ttl=60 time=4.970 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=34 ttl=60 time=3.758 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=35 ttl=60 time=6.452 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=36 ttl=60 time=50.855 ms
64 bytes from 103.25.59.201: icmp_seq=37 ttl=60 time=3.855 ms
^C
--- akl.tomachi.co ping statistics ---
38 packets transmitted, 37 packets received, 2.6% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 3.409/8.812/50.855/10.097 ms
13inch:~ tom$


Evidence of warantless NSA spying

Posted by tomachi on April 27th, 2015 filed in Politics

You would think allowing the FBI to install a listening device on your internal trusted network would be enough right? Not for security darling Lavabit: the feds couldn't help themselves and went out of their way to try to see fully way more than they should have, twisting the laws, gagging him so he could not speak about it until recently.

Levison introduces DIME at DefconLevison introduces DIME at DefconSo he felt more honourable to shut it down - zapping it before the feds could make him spit out the keys on pain of death (literally). Silent Mail pre-emptively shutdown the next day purely at the thought of being compelled to betray its users like that. He was good at slowing proceedings "treating court orders like contract negotiations."

What ensued was a flurry of legal proceedings that would last 38 days. When the dust settled I found myself the owner of a $10,000 civil contempt fine, my business shut down, and bit by bit, the very principle upon which I founded it – that we all have a right to personal privacy, slipping quickly away - from lavabit.com

Another app Silent Mail shutdown around the same time in 2013 because they did not want to co-operate with the US spies and provide back-doors in their systems.

Security expert, hard working peoples hero, and founder of Lavabit Ladar Levison caught the feds out using warrantless search: Because even he did not know one of the four attorneys he called was also working with Wikileaks. How could he? How could the FBI breach that lawyer-client confidentially anyway?You can see at 11m 13s of this DEFCON video the transcript proving the seemingly illegal certainly unethical behaviour of the US prosecutor in this victimless crime case involving free speech:

NSA Warrantless Spying

NSA Warrantless Spying

You can read the long version posted to the homepage of Lavabit, but basically they broke him down and made him cough up the keys:

Then, a federal judge entered an order of contempt against me – without even so much as a hearing.

But the judge created a loophole: without a hearing, I was never given the opportunity to object, let alone make any any substantive defence, to the contempt change. Without any objection (because I wasn't allowed a hearing), the appellate court waived consideration of the substantive questions my case raised – and upheld the contempt charge, on the grounds that I hadn't disputed it in court. Since the US supreme court traditionally declines to review decided on wholly procedural grounds, I will be permanently denied justice.

In the meantime, I had a hard decision to make. I had not devoted 10 years of my life to building Lavabit, only to become complicit in a plan which I felt would have involved the wholesale violation of my customers' right to privacy. Thus with no alternative, the decision was obvious: I had to shut down my company.

Other companies like Google had already been compliant with  warranted searches for targeted individuals but never all their users in one hit. Yahoo is suing the NSA so they can at least publish what they have been asked to provide. But they were never asked to, nor did provide some form of master keys like Lavabit were and Silent Circle thought they mite. Amazing how even just the thought of being compelled in that manner caused Silent Circle to fold even though they were never served.

levisonThe Future of Email Will Be... Email!

Probably. This is my guess. Or Wickr. Or Chatsecure.

...in comes DIME (formerly Dark Mail), TOR and most rapidly and easily the amazing Wickr app to the rescue!

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References

http://darkmail.info/ Like phoenix this is rising from the ashes. My pick for the future of email. "The future of email is... email!" w/ D.I.M.E.

https://www.wickr.com/ - Perfect forward secrecy for mobiles and desktops wrapped in a beautiful easy to use walled garden. Nothing wrong with this except you can only chat with other wickr users and is closed source... it just needs more features.

https://chatsecure.org/ - Can be used to chat on Facebook. That would be an improvement over regular Android client for instance and mite protect against the built in physical access vulnerability inherent to all unencrypted android phones capable of being rooted, eg yours.

https://tails.boum.org/ - The Ultimate in insanely awesome going-for-100% protection. Run the OS itself from a bootable secure image run off USB key. You can't crack that if booting on real hardware (not virtualised).

blackphone-combohttps://blackphone.ch/ - The Ultimate in Secure Mobile Phone Hardware! Wow!

http://lavabit.com/ secure email site that was harassed by the FBI into shutting down

https://silentcircle.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/to-our-customers/

https://geti2p.net/

http://techblog.nz/693-Dissectingthebilliondollarapps Comparison of snapchat and wickr

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/22/drug-dealer-cops-leaned-me-over-18th-floor-balcony-to-get-my-password/ This caught my eye

DEF CON 22 - Ladar Levison and Stephen Watt - introduce DIME beta (formerly Dark Mail)