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Tired of Norton Anti-Spam
I’ve been using Norton Anti-Spam the last couple of years and I’m beginning to tire of it. Can anybody who reads this recommend a spam filter to replace it?
Looking For Chicken
I am looking for any recordings of “Weird” Al Yankovic singing “Chicken Pot Pie”. This song is a parody of Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die”. McCartney, a strict vegetarian, didn’t give permission for this parody so it was never recorded on an album but Yankovic sings it in concert sometimes. If anybody has any […]
Yahoo Password Possibly Hacked Again?
An interesting happened to me yesterday while I was working. My Yahoo Instant Messenger logged me out and popped up a message that said it logged me off because another machine had logged in with my ID. I was alarmed by this. Had someone hacked my Yahoo password and logged in as me? Without hesitation […]
Mac Password Hacking
I had an interesting task at work last week. I had to prepare a Mac for some testing. Doesn’t sound like much but the Mac had been used by a former employee and nobody knew the password he had used on it. I tried various possibilities based on my knowledge of him, his family, his […]