My goodbye letter to Windows XP

Dear Windows XP, So this is how it feels to feel abandoned?  That is the question you have to be asking yourself this morning.  For the last 4549 days you have been a constant workhorse for PCs around the world and this morning Microsoft has decided that you are no longer worthy of support. I … Read more

How To Disable Twitter Photo Tagging

Twitter added a photo tagging feature today and like Facebook decided to have the default setting to allow anyone to tag you. For your own saftey you should change it to this: The steps to do this are easy: 1) Login to Twitter.com 2) Go to the Settings tab.3) Go to the Security tab.4) Under … Read more

The Goonies is my favorite hacking movie.

My favorite conference asked the following question this morning:  #44CON QOTW: If you could watch two hacker films the night before 44CON what would they be? Just erm… asking… — 44CON (@44CON) March 24, 2014 My answer was the noncontroversial WarGames and the controversial The Goonies. My friend Steve Lord asks the question that inspired … Read more

Facebook vs Twitter

Today I had a “Classic Jerry” moment and had a pen explode as I was spinning it around in a meeting. This was the aftermath: Afterwards I post the exact same same stats to my FaceBook and Twitter account: “My pen broke while I spinning it around in a meeting it ruined my shirt and … Read more

Computer Search

This is what it is like anytime I am asked to search someone’s computer.