Tech
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 […]
WordPress Database Error
I’m experiencing an interesting problem on one of my other blogs. The software I use for all my blogs is Wordprsss. I like it’s ease of install and plugin finctionality. It’s also very easy to manage. But when I logged in to check on comments on the other blog I got the following error: WordPress […]
Magic Numbers
You may have noticed the Athletics magic number message on the sidebar lately and wondered what that was all about. The Athletics (better known as the A’s) are a professional baseball that plays it’s home games in Oakland, California. The magic number (at 6 as I write this) is the number of games they need […]
What To Do About Yahoo
Due to the overwhelming number of requests I have gotten for the Yahoo security email address I am sorry to say that I will no longer be sending it out to people. Between blog comments and emails requesting it I have gotten far too many requests to be able to comply. The reason why I […]