Gogo airplane WiFi works, but everything else about Gogo is a tire fire
A simple attempt to purchase in-flight WiFi from Gogo yielded 11 distinct failures from there web site and ecommerce platform.
Category Archives: Computers
Mitigating WiFi upload speed issues on Lenovo IdeaPad S340 running Linux
One solution to the problem of slow WiFI upload speeds on Linux with an Intel dual band wireless controller.
Experian / T-Mobile class action lawyers send victims important emails guaranteed to be rejected by most recipients
In late 2015, 15 million T-Mobile customers learned that they had been victims of a two-year security breach at Experian. Since then, the 150-million victim Equifax breach has made the Experian breach look kind of puny, but at the time it became public it was a Big [expletive] Deal. Of course, a class-action lawsuit was… Read More: Experian / T-Mobile class action lawyers send victims important emails… »
How I remember my YubiKey, take three
[This is obsolete. My improved code is now in Github.] [The technique in this article supersedes my earlier “How I remember my YubiKey, take two” how-to; I explain at the bottom of this article what was wrong with my earlier technique and why this new technique is better.] I’ve recently started using a YubiKey NEO… Read More: How I remember my YubiKey, take three »
Why I’m leaving Facebook
TL;DR I am taking a break from Facebook and I encourage all of you reading this to do the same. #BoycottFacebook I have been in a love/hate relationship with Facebook for quite a while now. On the one hand, I love how Facebook allows me to remain connected with my social network. I also love… Read More: Why I’m leaving Facebook »
How to (maybe) fix a streaking HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 transfer unit
How to clean an HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 toner transfer unit to maybe avoid the expense of buying a new one.
Hey, Micro Center, you DO reimage computers before reselling them, right? RIGHT?
Either Micro Center endangers its customers when reselling returned computers, or it enforces stupid, arbitrary policies which benefit no one. Which is it?
Script for fairly distributing event tickets to people who joined in group order
For the last several years I’ve coordinated the group ticket order for my kids’ school for an annual dance festival that the school participates in. We don’t get to pick our seats for the group order; we tell the festival how many tickets we’re buying, and we get back tickets they’ve chosen. I’ve always tried… Read More: Script for fairly distributing event tickets to people who joined… »
CVS fixes security hole in their web site without ever acknowledging my report about it
I reported a web site security hole to CVS three different ways. They fixed the hole, but they couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge any of my reports. This is not OK.
How I remember my YubiKey, take two
How I avoid forgetting my YubiKey at work or at home using Tasker and AutoNotification from João Dias on Android, and systemd, udev and Notify from Kevin Bedi on Linux.