PSA VI
Recently, I’ve seen several emails come through Facebook and Gmail that show definite signs of hacking. It’s amazing to me how little these people have to do. But I know it’s big business, whether the snoop is ransacking government files or your Yahoo account. That got me thinking about your password. According to John Pozadzides [...]
Lost morning
At first, we thought it was kind of funny. But as I learned more about what went on, it isn’t so ha-ha anymore. In fact, I’ve been drowning in alternating feelings of anger, embarrassment, and betrayal. I’m talking about having my memory stolen. On Tuesday of this week, I went in for an endoscopy/colonoscopy. Nasty [...]
Things You Should Do
1. Join Diaspora when it goes live. Behold: 2. In the meantime, fix your Facebook profile so as to slow the leak of your information. Think about it. 3. Swear that from this day forward, you will avoid all Facebook applications, quizzes, and “like” pages that require you to “join” before you can see the [...]
PSA V
Every once’t in awhile, I come across some life lesson/self-discovery stuff that really makes sense — and in this case, sense enough to share. A friend sent this to me yesterday, from a site run by a guy named Craig Harper, a motivational speaker from Australia. The article is called “Getting Out of My Own [...]
PSA IV
You just never consider that it could happen to you…and then it does. Then you want to smack yourself in the head. PSA for today: check your credit card transaction history every month. The sad tale: I have a credit card through PayPal (a division of evilBay). The Thriller, who pays the bills online every [...]