Whew! My first journal entry in February and, in fact, in a couple of weeks now. Due to my new job, my alarm goes off at 5:45. I get in the shower, have a couple of minutes to check my email, then go catch a bus. From there, I get a train, get off at …
Thanks to our subservient political relationship with our Southern allies, Canadians will have some significantly decreased privacy rights in the next little while when it comes to crossing the border. The States and Canada have agreed that they will begin sharing more personal information about border crossers. This means that American customs inspectors will have …
After recently announcing that they would stop manufacturing 35mm cameras, Kodak has now said that they will be cutting back their workforce by 12,000 to 15,000 positions over the next 3 years – that’s 23% of the number of people currently employed at the company. This is all put down to a drop in profits …
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It turns out that that Blaster removal tool I mentioned yesterday only appears on Windows Update for computers which have some kind of trace left on computers of the virus (either having been infected in the past, or actually being infected). Apparently the computer I’ve been using at work recently, from which I discovered this, …
I’ve just noticed that Microsoft has added a “Blaster Worm Removal Tool” to its Critical Updates section. You can’t “personalize” away critical updates. But anybody who has any kind of decent anti-virus software has no need of this utility. Therefore, you’re stuck. You can’t tell Windows Update to hide this utility from its list, nor …
Apparently, I’ve been typing it wrong all this time. The maker of the canned corn beef (SPAM) claims that there’s no problem using the word to refer to unsolicited email – so long as you do so by “spelling” the word in lowercase. For years now I’ve been deliverately capitalising it. Apparently, much to my …
I’m thinking of moving this site’s navigation buttons from the left and right sides of the page to either the top or bottom. Every time I put the site into a narrow window, I often cringe at how things end up being formatted. (Although, despite looking a bit odd, it does all reformat properly.) If …
Here’s a recent (and cute) news story from Pulse24: “Somewhere out there is a creature who was privy to the deep secrets of World War Two from Britain’s point of view. But it’s definitely not writing a tell-all book, or even saying that much. Charlie is the 104-year-old parrot who kept Winston Churchill company during …
After having “survived” walking, and waiting for buses and trains, in recent temperatures of -30C without wind chill, I’m almost enjoying myself in the mere -10C of today. Where previously I might have been wondering if I’d ever get in from the cold alive, I’m now only slightly uncomfortable. In comparison, I actually don’t mind …
I just read that Kodak will no longer be manufacturing 35mm cameras. Their sales are down, and digital camera sales are up. This could be the start of the end of an era. No doubt other companies will keep making them – but who knows for how long. I took a photography class when I …