Last Friday I ordered some software at Softline, a German supplier. The package arrived on Monday, but it took me until Tuesday to get started. Once the CD was inserted, my PC started to lock up. The cd-drive flashed wildly, and the whole system was slowed down to a standstill. This happened on 2 other … [Read more…]
I’m pretty busy right now. The project I sold to management demands a fast pace, so I am actually working day and night to meet the ambitious deadline. We also decided to do an Open House event on September 1st, which is going to take place in a hangar of a nearby airport. Most of … [Read more…]
Later this afternoon, news of the second London attack broke. But the news that touched me more today was the one of James Doohans death. I felt like crying when I first heard it, I felt like crying every time since then when I though about it again. Does this make me a bad or … [Read more…]
I saved Middle Earth! It took me almost 6 weeks, but I don’t complain since this is significantly shorter compared to the journey of the Fellowship. Computer games have come a long way since my first game “Gruds in Space“. I’m not a big game person. I play the occasional game, but I rarely get … [Read more…]
Kristian brought a nice “how-to” back to my mind, which deserves it to be made a little better known: Attention all Evil Overlord List Aspirants: Contrary to popular belief, taking over the universe is not as easy as it would first appear. Due to the complexity of this task, Peter regrets that he is currently … [Read more…]
I “sold” a project to management on Monday, and in its wake I had to order a whole bunch of software to get it completed. Guess the manufacturers “created with the demoversion of XYZ” watermarks were quite convincing 🙂 It’s the first major expenditure I made for some time and – working for a software … [Read more…]
100% (read: 3 of 3) of all the participants in my poll regarding the Amazon logo have not realized the message behind the arrow pointing from A to Z. Now Tom points out another (potentially) subliminal message in a Logo to me. This time it’s FedEx: Tom claims that there is an arrow hidden in … [Read more…]
I’m surprised, baffled and ashamed all in one strange mix of emotions. I really can’t grasp what has happened this week, and I can’t understand how most of it happened completely unnoticed by me!
Just found this little diversion: Stargate Quiz. Seems I’m pretty well too: You are Very Stargate Smart. You know every little detail about the show. You’ve probably seen every episode more than once, and I’ll bet you’ve even got them all on tape or DVD! Neither is true, though 🙂
Tom Raftery writes about the default “out of office” message handling of Exchange and explains why it can be a security risk: It is entirely possible to spam a company (or more likely companies), do automated searches for Out of Office Replies, cross reference them with phone book entries, and then burglarise houses secure in … [Read more…]