Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
My Espresso Machine: Part 2 - A broken part
My Espresso Machine: Part 1
- Flavor - I like my coffee strong and rich; I'm an espresso drinker so it can't be insipid.
- Not too strong - unlike some extended family members (u know who you are) I don't believe the coffee should be used for launching the shuttle, defibrillating heart attack victims or for stripping paint off the walls of the cellar when flood waters receed.
- Caffeine - recent research has shown multiple therapeutic benefits for caffeine/ coffee; for allergies, asthma and the like .. duhh!!! I've had medical professionals scoff at me saying that coffee helps me more than steroids during allergy season for years .. hate to say it but I told you so. Note: coffee and all caffeine should be used responsibly. This works for me but I don't recommend it to anyone else. Caffeine can and will interact negatively with certain medications.
- Strength - strong but not so strong you need to buy stock in antacid.
I'm kind of surprised that up until now there is no single social network out there solely based on a love of coffee.
Anyhow, for those of you familiar with Monty Python's Meaning of Life there are days when you might just find me in front of my Morphy Richards Espresso Machine chanting .. "Oh Espresso Machine, you are so big... you are so very great!"
If you didn't get it, this was a just a little bit tongue on cheek. lol.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Israeli Hi-tech, rapid exits, government and incentives
My thoughts on spam or, the guy on the bus starts whispering to you about ... WHAT!
Having dealt with the issue of malware eating my C drive and reinstalling I took some time to clean my different email inboxes.
My webmail connected to this blog has been onset with spam comments (mainly in kanji) and a local Modiin politician who should really know better has repeatedly snubbed my requests for him to remove my Netvision email address from his mailing list.
1. If someone came up to you on a bus, train or in the street and started telling and selling this unsolicited stuff to you how would you respond? Those of you who know me well know exactly how I would respond to this.
2. Why do we have to put up with this? As consumers isn't it time we started yelling to the ISP's and anti-malware / anti-spam developers to create more offensive tools that allow us to fight back.
3. Why won't the ISP block specific email addresses or even domains on demand - there has to be money in it for them?
I remember installing my first antivirus and my first firewall and deleting my first spam mail.
I would like to remember after all this my first day where my mail is spam free and my web surfing is alert free, wouldn't you?
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
How malware ate my Desktop PC .. what I learnt.
Complacency is one step before disaster.
Backup, backup, backup.
Keep all your data on a separate partition and preferably sync it to a remote or network store.
Keep a list safe (hardcopy in this case) of all your license keys for all your software.
It's worth having a reminder for scheduled antivirus and antispyware scans.
If you even suspect that you clicked on the wrong thing or the PC is acting strange then run your security programs.
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Labels: Antispyware, Antivirus, Backups, Panda, Windows XP
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Cellular Hack *81
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Labels: Cell-phone, Hidden Treasures, Life Hacks, MacGyver




