Jarrod Trainque

June 28, 2007

How-to: Convince your girlfriend to see Transformers the Movie

This is how I attempted to convince a girl to see Transformers the Movie. —–Original Message—– From: Trainque, Jarrod Sent: Thu 6/28/2007 8:44 AM Subject: Movie Tickets I bought us 2 tickets for TRANSFORMERS opening night (7.3.07) at Loews Boston common. Show is at 7:30. Let me know if you can’t make it. Warning: Transformers [...]

June 24, 2007

Phishing technique: fake confirmation emails

Recently, I’ve seen an increase in a new type of phishing technique where the victim is sent a fraudulent confirmation of a transaction that never took place. Like other phishing attempts, this approach leverages social engineering tactics to get the user to submit sensitive information to the scammer. This is concerning, since many people on [...]

June 3, 2007

A Resizable CSS-based Twitter Site Badge

Twitter offers website badges, but I find them: pretty unattractive wasteful of space (especially the Flash one) not flexible enough to fit naturally into my site design. So I made my own badge. Here’s what it looks like: Because you seem nice, I’m gonna share it with you. You can download it here: Download Twitter [...]

Black Moth Super Rainbow at PA’s Lounge

Last night I saw Black Moth Super Rainbow at PA’s lounge in Somerville. For those that haven’t heard of BMSR, here’s a review: Black Moth Super Rainbow, a band from Pennsylvania, makes its music from a nest of analog keyboards and a rhythm section. Its songs are pulsating neo-psychedelia, driving and dizzying, with vamps that [...]