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  • Twenty Nineteen Roundup

    2 minute read #2019, #roundup

    Introduction

    It has been a few years since I published a list of technology and media I enjoyed this year, so here we go for 2019.

  • MacBook Rebuild

    1 minute read #macbook-air, #software

    Introduction

    I’ve decided to wipe my MacBook and reinstall everything! The current installation has been hanging around for the last few years and has even migrated between hardware with Time Machine. Things are starting to feel a little slow, I’ve installed lots of things in the past which I don’t want any more, and I just want a fresh start. I’ve backed it up with Time Machine just in case and I’m ready to get started.

  • Twenty Fifteen Roundup

    1 minute read #2015, #roundup

    Introduction

    Here is a list of the technology and media I enjoyed this year, a follow up on last year’s post.

  • Twenty Fourteen Roundup

    1 minute read #2014, #roundup

    Introduction

    I’ve decided to finish off the year by writing a roundup of all the technology I’ve used this year. Inspiration taken from sammcj’s “the best of”.

  • Should I buy a cheap upgraded/reformatted SDHC micro SD card on eBay?

    4 minute read #ebay, #micro-sd-card, #scam, #storage

    Short answer – No!

    Now I must admit I am one for buying rubbish on eBay and usually fancy myself as someone who can spot the difference between a bargain and a scam. However this time I almost got scammed.

  • Convincing Paypal Phishing Email

    3 minute read #hacking, #paypal, #phishing

    So I woke up yesterday morning to find a receipt from Paypal for $149.49 on my iPhone. I haven’t bought anything for $149.49 so right away I was worried that my Paypal account had been broken into. The first thing I did was to log into my Paypal account on my laptop to check to see more information about the transaction. When logging in there was no trace of this transaction.

  • Has Stack Overflow been hijacked?

    2 minute read #google, #hijack, #stack-overflow

    Something funny seems to be happening with Google and Stack Overflow.

    I first noticed this last night when on my Macbook at home. I went to www.google.co.uk, typed in “stackoverflow” and was presented by the usual page. However I noticed that the url displyed under the link on the search results said www.doioig.gov. When clicking the link it took me to www.doioig.gov instead of www.stackoverflow.com. I thought to myself that this was probably just a temporary issue and went to the correct url myself.

  • The lesser known browser war

    3 minute read #browser-war, #browsers, #chome, #firefox, #internet-explorer, #opera, #safari

    Well it’s been quite a while since I’ve written a post on here but due to a suggestion from a friend I’m going to try and make an effort to write more about the projects I work on and the random thoughts that fall out of my brain. A few things have changed since my last post but the main thing would be my job. I am now a software test analyst, aka that guy who has to pick fault with your hard work. I’m enjoying this position and it is actually quite nice finding bugs and knowing you’re not going to have to be the one that fixes them.

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