Best Exterior Paint For Florida

March 6, 2010November 20, 2012 ~ admin

If you are reading this then you know how quickly paint is eaten up on the West facing side of your home.

My house is two years old, was painted with semi-gloss “high quality” Coronado paint, and it is ready to be painted.

Update 11/20/12: Since the above post I have painted my house with Porter ACRI-SHIELD. Two years later and it looks like it did when I first painted it.

Lesson learned: CORONADO PAINT IS GARBAGE

I am told that these are the best two paints to use in the Caribbean and Florida:

Duron – Weathershield Acrylic
MAJIC – Diamond Hard Acrylic

Majic is spelled correctly. It is not MAGIC.

American Meadows Coupon Codes

February 9, 2010March 8, 2010 ~ admin

$10 off your next order
Use coupon code: “LOYAL”

$5 off your next order
Use coupon code: “SAVE”

Arizona “Action to Foreclose”

October 12, 2009February 14, 2010 ~ admin

Arizona Tax Lien “Action to Foreclose” notification process:

42-18202. Notice

A. At least thirty days before filing an action to foreclose the right to redeem under this article, but not more than one hundred eighty days before such an action is commenced or may be commenced under section 42-18101 the purchaser shall send notice of intent to file the foreclosure action by certified mail to:

1. The property owner of record according to the records of the county recorder in the county in which the property is located or to all of the following:

(a) The property owner according to the records of the county assessor in the county in which the property is located as determined by section 42-13051.

(b) The situs address of the property, if shown on the tax roll and if different from the owner’s address under subdivision (a).

(c) The tax bill mailing address according to the records of the county treasurer in the county in which the property is located, if that address is different from the addresses under subdivisions (a) and (b).

2. The treasurer of the county in which the real property is located.

B. The notice shall include:

1. The property owner’s name.

2. The real property tax parcel identification number.

3. The legal description of the real property.

4. The certificate of purchase number.

5. The proposed date of filing the action.

C. If the purchaser fails to send the notice required by this section, the purchaser is considered to have substantially failed to comply with this section. A court shall not enter any action to foreclose the right to redeem under this article until the purchaser sends the notice required by this section.

Decrypt SMIME E-Mails – BlackBerry/iPhone

October 4, 2009March 2, 2011 ~ admin

I, and most everyone I deal with, use SMIME e-mail certificates from Verisign/Thawte/Home Brew. Unfortunately, these e-mails can not be viewed on an BlackBerry (without BES) or iPhone.

I overcame this by creating an alias on my server that would receive e-mails, decrypt them, and send them back to me -> UNENCRYPTED.

[NOTE: If you are reading this and clean up my technique, please email me your updates! admin -at- tediosity.com]

1. Install openssl on your server

2. Export your key and cert from your desktop machine in PFX format and upload it to your server.

3. Run this command on your cert:
openssl pkcs12 -in mycert.pfx -out mycert.pem -nodes

The output of the above will be your key and cert in 1 file (mycert.pem). Make two separate files with mycert.pem: key and cert. Place these two files in: /usr/decrypt

4. Download this Python script: http://phd.pp.ru/Software/Python/extract_mime.tgz
Put the extracted file in: /usr/decrypt

5. Use this wrapper [name: extract_mime] and place it in /usr/decrypt
———————
#! /bin/sh

if ! cd /usr/decrypt/; then
echo “Cannot cd to work dir”
exit 1
fi

TMPFILE=”_mail_tmp.$$”
rm -rf $TMPFILE # to be on safe side

# get message from sendmail
cat – > $TMPFILE

# parse message
/usr/decrypt/extract_mime.py /usr/decrypt/$TMPFILE >>log 2>>err

# clean up
rm -rf $TMPFILE
————–

6. [ASSUMES SENDMAIL IS YOUR MTA] Edit your aliases file and add:
decrypt: “| /usr/decrypt/extract_mime”

7. Cron this script for every 5 minutes:

/usr/decrypt/check.sh
———–
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f /usr/decrypt/smime.p7m ];
then
/usr/local/bin/openssl smime -decrypt -binary -inform DER -in /usr/decrypt/smime.p7m -inkey /usr/decrypt/key -recip /usr/decrypt/cert| mail -s “Your unencrypted e-mail” youremail@yourdomain.com
rm /usr/decrypt/smime.p7m

else
exit
fi
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NOTE:It appears there is now an app for the iPhone and iPad to read SMIME e-mails and documents. It is available in the appstore: CLICK HERE