Archive for September, 2010
Self-propogating Tweets
Well, today’s been amusing. Apparently Twitter’s coders missed some required sanitisation when they added their automatic URL-shortning thing, as it seems you can now inject JavaScript into tweets.
The offending tweet is actually really quite cleverly done, if bloody irritating. The tweet itself is as follows:
http://a.no/@”onmouseover=”;$(’textarea:first’).val(this.innerHTML);$(’.status-update-form’).submit()” style=”color:#000;background:#000;/
Because of the length of the URL, Twitter automatically re-writes [...]
Ticketing fail
So, today’s rante du jour is directed at the BBC. Specifically, the BBC’s ticketing system for their Radio 4 shows.
About a month ago, I saw ElvenQuest series two appear on the Radio 4 audiences website. ”Brilliant!” I cried, and immediately applied for four tickets for each of the shows. About a week later, I received [...]