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Rants!

I Need a New Car…

by Kristofer Brozio • February 12, 2016

So I just took my car, or actually mini-van to get inspected as we have to do here in PA every year. Well he just called me and it’s going to cost a little over $800 to get it to pass inspection. The inspection itself is $70 and the rest is to fix the things wrong with it to get it to pass inspection. Yes it’s older, a 2002 model, so I guess I should have expected some issues, but I just wasn’t expecting those issues to be that costly. I don’t even really drive it much, I only put about 2,000 miles on it since last inspection so that’s like about 170 miles per month which is nothing really when compared to how much everyone else drives especially.

It’s getting older so I see more and more issues arising as tends to happen, so I need to figure out a way to get something newer for sure but I don’t know how to do that right now. How do you make money when you can barely walk or have issues using your hands most of the time?

Oh well, my rant for the week I guess…

Rants!

Netflix New Interface Redesign is Horribly Not User Friendly

by Kristofer Brozio • June 19, 2015

I love my Netflix. I have cable, Verizon FIOS, but I can’t remember the last time I turned on the box to actually watch something. There’s never anything on and the commercials are ridiculous so most everything I watch is through Netflix. I have Amazon Prime too and I watch a few things on there that I can’t get on Netflix but I’ve got a feeling I’ll be watching it more.

I’ve been a Netflix subscriber for many years and I’ve dealt with the price increases, it’s worth it to me as I more than get my money’s worth from it.

I also dealt with the last interface update and didn’t like that one either but I got accustomed to it as they did revert my list back to the way it was originally and I could go to a page and there was everything. The last interface wasn’t that bad, at least you could go to a page for the movie or show, but now you can’t do that it seems.

This new interface is horrible, it’s dark and you can’t go to a shows page anymore.

I’ve been catching up on SHIELD and there is no page for it anymore with the episode listings. You have to actually click on it, it starts playing, you have to hit the X button up in the corner and then you’ll see sort of a list of episodes which you have to scroll through. What the hell was wrong with the old way as just having the list of episodes there for you? (oh wait I just noticed an arrow there at the bottom when you hover that opens the overview and episode listings, not exactly intuitive is it?)

What’s with all the clicking I have to do now? Before I could go to a page and there it was. Just hover over and click ‘more info’ and I was taken to the shows page with everything right there for you. Now I have to hover, click the arrow, click the episodes, click the ‘more like this’, click the details, and of course I have to click the arrows to scroll through the episodes. Who thought it was a good idea with all the clicking now? What was wrong with having everything on the same page for you to EASILY read with basically one click?! Reviews are now overlaid on the screen so more clicking there yet again. Going through it, it’s hover, click (to open/expand), click (episodes), click,click (to scroll through episodes, with more clicks for more episodes as it only shows 5 at a time ), click (to start episode), click (more like this), click (details), click (reviews), click (to close reviews), click (to close expanded view). It’s basically 10 clicks to watch a show?! Even more clicks if you want to find a certain episode to watch as the screen only shows 5 eps at a time. Who though that was good idea?

And what happened to clicking the section title on the homepage? I used to be able to click something like ‘New Releases’ or ‘Watch it Again’ and it would take me to that page so I can see them and sort them as well. Now I can only scroll through them left or right on the main page. Some of them you can click, but the ones I want to be able to click I can’t.

Who thought this new interface was a good idea?

Also the interface is broken:

Where’s the rest of the screen? And no I can’t scroll anymore. That’s the sci-fi section that I sorted A-Z, so where’ the rest? It’s just cut-off, I thought there was supposed to more?!

I refreshed the page and got this:

A little more but that’s it?! It just stops at ‘Big Fish’! Where’s the rest of the movies? Where are my movies?

I do most of my watching on my PC and it’s not exactly a mouse friendly site. It might be easier to use on a tablet, but on desktop, no it isn’t.

Also, why is it so dark? Nighttime mode I guess right?

As I said I’ve been a Netflix customer for many years and through everything I’ve dealt with it, never really thought about seriously cancelling my membership until now. This new design is just horrible and it makes the user do more work than they should have to.

Scams / Phishing/ Mail

Bad Hacker IP Addresses

by Kristofer Brozio • April 21, 2013

So for the past hour or so this site has been under attack I guess you could say by hackers trying to gain access via the Admin account.

So here’s a nice little list of all the IP addresses they used. A lot of them are single attempts, but most of them are multiple attempts to gain entry into the site…. So these all could be considered bad IP addresses but I’m sure a lot of them are spoofed as well, so it’s hard to block them…

1.53.131.179
1.53.80.180
1.53.253.132
1.53.13.144
1.53.13.239
1.53.92.205

1.54.81.91
1.54.8.221
1.54.213.211

1.55.213.146
1.55.170.211

2.132.64.147
2.133.72.232

5.46.49.121

14.97.109.96
14.207.111.154
14.207.191.170
14.161.6.116
14.97.242.197

24.135.78.162

27.4.140.218
27.75.87.226
27.75.68.95
27.76.41.50
27.3.35.231
27.123.168.86
27.110.232.174
27.106.21.87
27.110.212.22
27.73.42.153
27.110.147.225
27.110.189.56

31.171.152.4
31.146.120.27

37.75.75.227
37.252.94.226
37.203.111.185
37.130.65.145
37.26.81.43

39.48.105.92
39.47.160.64

41.232.188.48
41.105.95.31
41.129.126.182
41.37.19.134
41.234.225.228
41.36.165.19
41.69.40.221
41.248.213.185
41.68.29.42

42.119.147.120
42.117.233.1
42.119.68.26
42.118.95.127
42.117.255.130
42.119.7.3
42.119.229.117
42.119.196.160
42.118.48.152
42.116.234.99

46.197.172.146
46.12.63.250

49.144.234.134
49.0.101.211
49.145.126.97
49.145.7.235
49.124.4.241
49.206.166.129
49.145.16.67
49.145.4.57

58.186.177.118
58.186.125.61
58.11.85.47
58.26.24.107
58.186.226.16
58.186.122.223
58.69.147.221
58.186.231.108
58.186.134.223
58.11.82.83

60.48.200.51
60.51.25.48
60.50.55.81
60.48.48.234
60.51.11.87

70.78.214.17

72.252.206.40

77.93.38.225

78.160.36.65
78.162.87.247
78.161.192.249
78.183.124.4
78.160.197.222
78.181.221.194
78.175.97.37
78.184.165.192
78.174.40.14
78.171.58.189
78.161.156.56

79.121.26.254
79.100.242.60

80.99.255.47
80.46.43.25

83.23.33.245

84.252.49.119

85.108.177.113
85.94.134.35
85.26.231.41
85.103.51.127
85.102.74.121
85.101.92.118
85.110.140.71

86.126.3.109

87.252.130.27
87.241.156.142
87.241.168.140

88.254.104.45
88.245.209.176
88.83.173.185
88.135.229.121
88.229.111.92
88.242.185.190
88.230.159.248
88.232.33.222
88.250.124.83
88.238.221.180
88.233.135.34
88.224.38.107
88.252.227.58
88.246.72.200
88.233.109.213
88.233.67.227
88.233.102.130
88.232.77.193

89.205.72.134
89.67.124.217
89.146.178.30
89.230.169.181

90.156.24.189

91.192.70.29
91.209.131.193

92.99.110.66
92.46.141.148

93.138.14.77
93.73.226.179
93.91.196.221
93.105.184.110

94.120.50.149
94.190.193.66
94.54.158.120
94.64.226.221
94.137.216.28
94.180.21.94
94.78.85.86

95.131.4.112
95.14.243.93
95.6.57.77
95.8.38.49
95.8.50.56
95.51.167.241
95.107.222.247
95.56.92.132
95.10.189.127

101.51.132.50
101.108.242.198

103.3.80.207
103.3.222.220
103.16.34.178

109.227.240.96
109.127.152.182

110.139.114.91
110.93.94.151
110.76.150.217
110.164.181.204
110.55.107.12
110.159.32.151
110.54.148.69

112.208.145.12
112.198.64.87
112.208.0.209
112.198.64.91
112.198.82.190
112.209.2.4
112.208.24.220
112.205.75.224
112.198.64.37
112.203.144.182
112.203.162.220
112.204.77.89
112.204.27.118
112.200.12.214
112.198.243.228
112.203.149.241
112.204.65.249
112.198.82.189
112.203.132.241
112.198.198.171
112.209.250.52
112.208.129.224
112.203.186.180
112.205.72.16
112.202.128.58
112.204.29.242
112.202.146.254
112.202.35.81
112.72.12.74
112.198.79.108
112.198.79.46
112.198.82.9
112.202.17.162
112.210.24.184
112.198.82.122
112.198.163.14
112.208.101.29
112.208.113.45
112.203.149.149

113.165.106.203
113.169.31.236
113.172.122.144
113.169.18.56
113.53.204.217
113.182.251.155
113.165.168.97
113.169.49.48
113.166.137.41
113.165.52.234
113.166.212.154
113.184.222.188
113.162.201.133
113.165.50.141
113.184.239.169
113.170.141.102
113.170.96.6
113.170.85.179
113.172.197.22
113.169.156.97
113.169.232.254
113.178.77.30
113.162.207.68
113.180.99.190
113.165.93.162
113.170.179.214
113.172.147.160
113.169.0.218
113.166.222.106
113.166.61.15
113.170.55.161
113.172.233.13
113.182.86.158
113.172.36.137
113.203.231.52
113.173.117.248
113.22.150.134

114.79.176.43

115.73.77.9
115.78.3.110
115.134.44.26
115.72.212.60
115.73.130.115
115.146.164.38
115.133.53.23
115.133.35.169
115.184.164.6
115.87.163.136
115.147.108.201

116.118.7.163
116.238.36.34

117.218.128.191
117.200.188.56
117.206.96.172
117.211.58.152
117.7.102.12
117.198.198.152

118.68.17.35
118.69.89.28
118.173.129.32
118.68.55.234
118.100.232.33
118.69.76.82
118.100.140.171
118.69.96.134
118.70.185.117
118.100.252.48
118.172.107.52
118.68.117.198
118.68.186.86
118.68.191.206

119.93.1.65
119.92.145.112

120.28.126.4
120.28.124.122
120.28.127.79
120.29.115.152
120.28.126.124
120.28.234.2
120.28.216.147
120.28.126.44

121.1.11.106
121.96.72.130
121.54.49.29
121.97.116.31
121.54.42.99
121.54.49.34
121.97.142.26
121.54.92.41
121.54.48.14
121.54.58.141
121.54.34.58
121.54.44.190
121.54.126.114
121.54.47.14
121.54.44.166
121.54.45.57
121.54.78.162
121.54.127.38
121.54.112.187
121.96.97.14
121.1.55.90
121.54.42.196
121.1.38.244
121.54.58.207
121.54.32.138
121.1.20.102
121.54.37.14
121.54.58.151

122.54.97.19
122.3.158.20
122.52.123.52
122.54.251.13

123.21.191.235
123.30.38.250
123.108.231.67
123.28.237.107
123.19.124.159
123.19.49.149
123.16.124.242
123.26.63.162
123.22.149.253
123.236.17.14
123.21.98.32
123.28.73.214
123.22.162.137
123.19.235.151
123.19.42.205
123.20.168.2
123.23.250.203
123.20.31.182
123.22.228.211
123.20.66.126
123.22.54.94
123.20.233.24
123.23.187.34
123.21.181.53
123.27.13.137

124.6.181.67
124.120.117.4
124.6.181.217
124.6.181.201
124.6.181.37
124.121.34.190
124.121.146.151
124.122.162.204
124.120.117.4
124.6.181.211

125.60.156.197
125.60.195.230
125.60.156.240
125.25.177.253
125.25.251.188
125.63.100.239
125.60.156.165
125.25.185.37
125.212.125.76
125.60.173.134

141.138.36.63

149.200.210.222

151.250.246.50
151.250.101.201

158.108.158.41

161.246.193.147

171.6.40.59
171.245.174.231
171.98.93.245
171.97.82.160
171.244.207.112

175.110.186.107
175.100.97.190
175.143.177.88
175.140.88.63
175.100.99.39

176.119.226.5
176.8.58.77
176.40.165.246
176.240.131.140
176.240.13.82

178.164.187.159
178.223.50.161
178.135.28.246
178.92.255.208
178.89.168.62
178.91.225.101
178.89.64.1

180.191.0.234
180.190.7.184
180.190.54.33
180.191.229.42
180.190.59.58
180.190.221.63
180.194.237.165
180.191.134.76
180.194.248.177
180.194.171.184
180.193.193.150
180.191.228.64
180.151.140.137
180.190.211.26
180.194.29.55

181.65.6.142
181.64.75.185
181.54.128.114
181.112.153.214
181.67.4.97

182.185.208.105
182.185.235.161
182.189.0.105
182.68.56.82

183.80.22.188
183.80.56.154
183.80.97.14
183.80.137.212
183.80.208.116
183.81.33.156
183.80.194.180
183.80.87.164

186.80.24.143
186.140.107.52
186.178.142.101
186.46.219.33
186.65.38.108
186.42.254.109
186.66.121.143
186.46.167.208

187.135.67.12
187.212.44.129
187.177.237.60

188.253.142.252
188.119.23.191
188.134.42.13
188.130.177.7
188.131.30.118
188.247.132.4
188.169.126.36
188.169.84.13
188.127.118.49

189.225.164.142
189.130.120.220
189.163.119.218
189.253.33.178

190.237.144.62
190.181.34.88
190.216.199.90
190.130.224.142
190.118.81.167
190.99.77.15
190.14.232.130
190.214.82.104
190.233.63.161
190.233.191.39
190.235.182.78
190.234.13.235
190.11.94.72
190.118.170.97
190.10.226.250
190.176.129.125
190.238.168.229
190.107.55.60
190.107.42.195
190.107.53.8
190.236.132.4

192.188.49.5

193.219.78.61
193.226.6.230

194.126.142.77
194.44.224.138
194.44.158.209

195.175.230.140
195.138.93.119

197.160.0.109
197.1.143.95

199.58.84.19

200.48.248.98
200.18.49.10
200.252.203.170
200.87.109.34
200.48.85.223

201.234.213.83
201.157.1.126
201.244.72.203
201.141.237.146
201.34.28.109
201.240.133.198

202.126.89.177
202.180.218.3
202.126.89.172
202.179.20.151
202.58.96.206

203.177.206.170
203.215.122.75
203.87.152.3
203.87.176.4
203.205.42.26
203.223.33.99
203.84.162.197
203.215.122.54

210.48.147.123
210.48.222.13
210.187.192.65
210.195.143.30
210.187.219.120

212.125.24.192
212.253.177.218
212.30.218.156
212.253.166.104

213.139.60.139
213.55.108.69

218.111.66.14

222.252.134.86
222.127.85.159
222.124.47.1
222.127.155.35
222.252.76.188

223.205.80.46
223.204.38.247
223.205.147.172
223.206.177.81
223.207.117.54

Articles/Editorials, Rants!

Dear Netflix

by Kristofer Brozio • August 11, 2012

I guess you could call this an open letter to Netflix or a list of my gripes and complaints, questions and suggestions.

The service which supposedly would make viewers want to trade in their old DVDs at musicMagpie and take to online movie watching every time. It would do if these points were addressed first

1. I still hate the new user interface, the scrolling just annoys me, can I get the old one back please?

2. What the hell is with the new ‘feature’ of ‘Continue Watching’ at the top of the page now? I didn’t ask for that, nor do I want it! Can I make it go away? How can I continue watching something that I already watched? I finished the movie, but yet it’s there in my ‘Continue Watching’ section. I really HATE this new ‘feature’ and I want it to go away. I’m an adult so I watch R rated movies, (especially the horror movies, love them), but I have kids and I don’t want to see naked boobs or similar on the top of my screen when my kids are around. Many times your continue watching screen grabs aren’t the most flattering. Something needs fixed there as I do let my kids watch Netflix at times and they don’t need to see that just yet as they’re rather young.

3. What is the deal with the Top 10 for me? It’s a list of things I’ve watched and haven’t watched. I could see if it was a top 10 list of things I’ve watched, my top rated stuff, but it isn’t. I could see if it was a top 10 list of suggestion for me, but it isn’t. I don’t know what the hell it is but I don’t think I’ve ever picked anything from the list.

4. What the hell is the ‘Based on your search’ thing? I was searching for a movie, I was only searching for that movie because I wanted to watch it. I didn’t want suggestions based on my search, I wanted to watch that particular movie only. I searched for it to see if I could watch it on Instant. If I wanted to find things like what I was searching for then I would search for things like that. I was looking for one particular movie only. Can we make this go away? Oftentimes you’ll show a ‘based on your search’ for something that I don’t even remember searching for or something that I searched for last year!? What good does that do me?

5.The whole ‘More Like’ thing? if you’re going to suggest things, please make them at least CLOSE to what it’s supposed to be more like. ‘Analyze That’ is NOTHING AT ALL like River Monsters. How the hell is ‘Eddie and The Cruisers II’ more Like ‘The Philadelphia Experiment’? Sure it stars the same person but it’s nothing ‘like’ it at all.

6. TV Shows out of order, I like TV Shows, many times I’ll find something I’ve never seen and watch it and enjoy it very much. I’ll go and watch TV shows that I missed when they aired. So why is it so hard to put the TV shows in the order they aired? I’ve run across it several times now with TV shows episodes just totally random ordered. Seriously, it’s not that hard to put them in the order they aired. if you’re not sure go stop over at IMDB and you can get the order they aired in, really simple to do.

7. Missing episodes? Here’s another one about TV Shows. Why put incomplete seasons up? That’s just pointless really it is and all it does is piss people off.

8. FIX your errors! The dumbass recurring n8156-6013 error is still not fixed. Also I don’t like being blamed for the error, you’re little error message sometimes blames me saying it could be my internet connection or something else I did wrong like the time on my computer. My question is how can my internet be down if I’m browsing the Netflix site and seeing the error? The time is correct on my computer, maybe the time on your computer is wrong?! We all know it’s a problem with Netflix and Silverlight, so why don’t you get together with Microsoft and fix the errors once and for all? Netflix blames Microsoft and Microsoft blames Netflix, it’s ridiculous.

9.Speaking of errors and blaming. When you’ve got a problem, don’t blame the customer. The similar error message comes up blaming my internet connection or the time on MY computer when you’ve got an issue with your system. If Netflix is having problems I’ll check Twitter and see many other people are having outages, but yet your error message blames me for the problem. If you’ve got a problem own up to it and don’t blame us.

10. What happened to the ratings? Yes they’re there on the movie page, but not on the pop out. It just gives Netflix’s best guess for me. What good does that do me? I want to know what other people might think of the movie, I don’t want to know what you think I might think of the movie. FYI: You’re wrong 90% or more of the time anyway as to what you think I’ll rate something, so it really does me no good at all.

11.Another one about TV Shows for you, what the hell is this new ‘feature’ about automatically starting the next episode? It’s annoying, please make it stop or give us the option to use it or not. If I’m watching TV shows I’ll use the time between them to go to the bathroom, get a drink or snack. The first time this happened it was rather annoying as I come back and the show is just playing away and I had to restart it. What’s the point of that? This is not what I would consider a ‘feature’ or an improvement at all.

12. Here’s a suggestion for you, how about searching by actor? Yes there is the option but it doesn’t exactly work all the time the way it should. Many times I’ll want to see something and forgot the name of the movie or show but I know who starred in it and it would be really nice to be able to search by actor. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it gives me a nice grid of the movies they starred in, other times it gives me a list of a few movies and then a bunch of others that they weren’t in. I don’t care about the movies they weren’t in.

Well that’s just a few things off the top of my head….

Don’t get me wrong, I love you Netflix but you really piss me off at times, especially the stupid ass things you do to supposedly ‘improve’ our viewing experience.