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Life in New Zealand, Unfiltered

A personal blog by Mardy — leaving Japan, chasing love, and building a life across the ocean.

Guides

  1. Why Empty-Looking Websites Still Trigger Analytics TrackingA page can appear almost blank while its browser activity is anything but empty. A single “Click here to proceed” link may sit above JavaScript, cookies,…
  2. How to Use Reverse DNS Lookups on a Bare Redirect PageA bare redirect page gives an analyst very little to work with. Instead of a brand, product description, support details or visible navigation, it may show…
  3. Dead Domain Or Deliberately Minimal SiteA website with a single “Click here to proceed” link can be difficult to interpret. It may be a dead domain left behind after a project ended, a temporary…
  4. What Happens When You Visit a Site With No Privacy PolicyPicture this: it's a Tuesday evening in Brisbane, you're scrolling through your phone after dinner, and you tap on a link shared in a group chat. The page…
  5. Archiving and monitoring a redirect page for long-term change detectionA redirect page rarely stays the same. Marketers swap query parameters, security teams rotate signed tokens, and infrastructure operators A/B test alternate…
  6. The quiet trend of websites that hide their own menusA growing slice of the Australian web has stopped behaving like a library and started behaving like a riddle. Pages load, but the menu is missing. Links exist,…
  7. What Drives Us to Click a Button With No ContextYou're in a café on Gertrude Street in Melbourne, half-watching your flat white cool down, when a notification slides across your phone. It reads only "Click…
  8. How to Spot Whether a Generic Redirect Belongs to a Larger Link NetworkYou click a button that promises to take you somewhere useful, and all you see is a bland line of text with an obfuscated URL parameter trailing behind it. No…
  9. Unmasking suspicious sites through domain registrar historyA click is often all it takes. Across the Australian web, users in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and smaller regional centres routinely land on pages that offer…
  10. 5 Reel Slots Guide For Australian PlayersFive-reel slots remain a popular choice for online casino players because they combine familiar gameplay with a broad range of themes, bonus mechanics, and…