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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 09/09/2026

Moved my domains to Fastmail's EU MX records, since they moved my account to their new AMS data center anyway. Thought I'd save the incoming email some internet bits so they don't have to travel from PHL 😄

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 01/09/2026

Started a 7.99/month subscription to remove ads from Instagram (thanks, EU!). Let's see how that goes...

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 02/07/2026

Did Claude just use a Monty Python quote against me? That's my line!

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 29/03/2026

Last night, Europe moved their clocks forward an hour and welcomed (Western|Central|Eastern) European Summer Time and this reminds me of my favorite DST map. Buckle up for the ride, as narrated by CGP Grey, and be ready to change your clocks a few times!

Map of Arizona describing which sections observe Daylight Savings

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 29/06/2025

After 6 years, 5 months and 1 day of faithful service, I've retired this Linode VM that served me so well as a mail server for a variety of side projects. It was also the longest running server I've had so far.

Screenshot of the details of the decommissioned Linode VM

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 29/06/2025

Giving Threema a try, but only 4 people on my contact list use it 🙈

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Ricky Mondello @rmondello.com · 09/05/2025

Pretty big news! This week, the National Cyber Security Centre of the UK announced that it will be rolling out passkeys across the UK’s digital services later this year. The organization will also be joining the FIDO Alliance to help shape the evolution of passkeys. www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/governm...

ncsc.gov.uk

UK pioneering global move away from passwords

Government to roll out passkey technology across digital services as an alternative to SMS-based verification.

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 28/04/2025

All of Spain, Portugal and Andorra are without power right now. Nobody knows what happened or how the entire grid went kaput.

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Hover @hover.com · 16/04/2025

Everyone should use their domain as their handle! 🙌

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 16/04/2025

Thought I'd share a little geeky project I've taken on. Introducing smtp.codes: smtp.codes is a collection of SMTP response codes returned by email servers and a guide to help you understand what the SMTP codes that various email servers respond with mean.

smtp.codes

SMTP Codes

A collection of SMTP responses from email systems and what they mean.

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 16/04/2025

@natehiggins.bsky.social You should use your domain as your handle 😉

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 13/04/2025

TIL two of Amex's cofounders were Henry Wells and William Fargo. Yes, those same two would later create the other well known institution when the board of Amex (then still an 'express shipping' company, hence the name) did not want to expand to California during the gold rush.

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 22/03/2025

To be fair, I've gotten a lot better and this is the first since ~July last year

A customized sign based on Futurama that says zero days since last domain purchase

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Jack Platten @jack.is · 06/02/2025

first name #domains folks (there's dozens of us, dozens), have you settled on a username / local portion of your first name domain email? name@name feels repetitive, but i haven't found anything else that clicks better for me.

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 09/02/2025

Earlier this week I got my first FIDO2 hardware security key from TOKEN2, a Swiss security company. Today, I finally sat down to configure it and deploy it on a few sites.

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 01/02/2025

Hot take: I'll take email 2FA over SMS 2FA anytime

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Faisal Misle @faisal.fm · 01/12/2024

just setting up my bsky

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