Tag: computers

End of an Era

Well, time has finally come I think to decomission my 2007 MacPro ( of which I have flogged for years now! ). All its ‘joints’ are aching and it’s constantly making nasty loud wirring sounds when on. So let the cloning take place, and a little MacMini ( Refurbed by myself of course ) take …

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iOS / iMessage scam

If you get an iMessage saying anything like your account or linked account to this number or email is going to be deleted etc….just delete it please, it’s a scam. Apple are not sending out any such kind of emails, just delete the text / email

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Testing….1…2……3!!!

Is this on?!?!? Phew! after about 4 hours my blog is back and alive on a new server, would have been much quicker if i remembered to do some pre-flight changes, which in turn meant a little manually “tweaking” in PHP and some in the SQL database, but it is alive!!!!

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Shellshock

Ok, lets start by clearing up one mis-reporting of this, It is NOT a virus. What is Shellshock ? It is a flaw in the “BASH ( bourne again shell ) which is a command line environment. Most Mac’s I’m sure running the test positive to the flaw, type into Terminal env x='() { :;}; …

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iPad Mini Upgrade…..kinda

Well, after thinking i was “saving” money by buying a WiFi only iPad Mini, and then getting a Garmin Nuvi ( which loves driving on the smallest roads possible, BUT NOT the main road…which is quicker! ) I decided to bite the bullet and “upgrade” the iPad and give it REAL GPS functionality ENTER BAD …

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New Apple Stuff?!

Again, 2nd time apple has given me the impression of a “mixed bag of releases” The New iPhone 5c — A plastic phone , Otherwise very similar to its predecessor, Funky colours yes, looks ok, but to be honest not up to apples normal awesome standard. The new iPhone 5s — Finally back to Apple’s …

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Autism vs Social interactions ..

mmorpg being Massively multiplayer online role-playing game’s Years back i thought it would be cool to start playing something like this, way before my Diag of Aspergers as done , As i knew back then that something was different, and possibly, maybe playing a mmorpg might be a way of meeting people ( so to …

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BT / Yahoo Email Users!

It seems that the recent hacking at BT / Yahoo ( do not think either side has taken responsibility for this yet .. ) is still having impact on people. If you are a BT / Yahoo user then i might be an idea to change your email password , And if you have used …

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How hiring people with autism could benefit IT

Direct quote taken from http://www.itpro.co.uk/staffing/19859/how-hiring-people-autism-could-benefit-it?utm_campaign=itpro_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter ANALYSIS & INSIGHT 23 May, 2013 Stephen Pritchard Inside the Enterprise: Autistic adults can struggle in mainstream employment. But tech firms are making use of their skills. Think of autism and information technology, and Gary McKinnon – or perhaps Alan Turing – come to mind. McKinnon was diagnosed with Asperger’s …

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GoodBye…

Windows Xp has reached EOL ( End on Life ) and will be “retired” April 8th 2014 More info at M$ Official page here What does it mean for you? < Direct Quote from M$ What > It means you should take action. After April 8, 2014, there will be no new security updates, non-security …

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