When I watched the Winter Olympics last month was befuddled trying to mentally translate the names for the tricks into what the skier or boarder was doing. The twists and spins aren't measured in fractions of a full rotation, like diving, but rather in … [Read more...]
Switching to SSL
In order to provide better security, I've switched both my blogs over to secure sockets layer encryption. That means, that if you type http://{either site name}, your request will automagically be redirected to https://{either site name}. You will see a reassuring icon in your … [Read more...]
Quicken 2018 payment woes
I've been a Quicken user since dinosaurs walked the earth. Every year I wait a few months to let the worst bugs get sorted out, then upgrade. I moved to version 2018 a month or so ago. Everything seemed to go well. Then I tried to pay some bills. I've been a Quicken Bill … [Read more...]
Apple customer service
I ordered the new version of the Apple Watch when it was announced. It shipped three weeks later, on October 6. Then it got stuck in Memphis. I got an email from Apple asking me how I was liking my watch. I told them that it hadn't arrived yet. They scheduled another … [Read more...]
Serious WiFi security vulnerability discovered
The title says it all. If you use WPA2, you are vulnerable until this gets fixed. The vulnerability is in the Wi-Fi standard itself, and not in individual products or their implementations. That means that all products that correctly implement the WPA2 standard are … [Read more...]
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