This week was fun. I had someone call Firefly (our other admin) a “tiresome little bit*h” and then told me to go kill myself when I slapped him for it. Of course it took me all of 10 minutes to get his full name, his phone number, where he works, his DOB, what forums he’s […]
Month: August 2019
It’s not the scammers in the news this time.
It’s highly likely you’d have seen the media talking about Action Fraud recently. If you haven’t, then now would be a perfect time to read it, before coming back here. We’ll wait. Up to date now? OK, so let’s continue. This has painted Action Fraud in an incredibly bad light. I’m not going to defend […]
Three random words.
A lot has been said about secure passwords and ways to create them. Some people recommend three random words, some password managers and others a random mixture of letters, numbers and “special characters”. I deal with all kinds of people on a daily basis, some who are computer literate and some who only just know […]
Hacked off.
If you enjoy Youtube, you’ll likely have stumbled upon “Life hack” videos at some point. Most are utterly pointless, dangerous or nothing more than “tips” people have been using for years already. Want to keep stop your cat from bringing in dead animals? Simply hot glue a car horn and battery pack to him. Keep […]