GameStop data breach: why am I not surprised?
I was victimized by GameStop’s security breach back in October, and again now. I hope it puts them out of business.
Comics Aggregator now supports “Strong Female Protagonist”
I’ve added support for the wonderful webcomic “Strong Female Protagonist” to the comics aggregator. I heartily recommend it. I also heartily recommend that you support its continued publication by donating or buying swag (see the links at the top of strongfemaleprotagonist.com). Enjoy!
Dear Microsoft, please stop stonewalling me and fix my broken Skype subscription
I sent the following letter via certified mail this morning: May 23, 2017 Bradford L. Smith, President Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 Dear Mr. Smith, I have been trying to get an Office 365 / Skype issue resolved for over two and a half months. Your customer support representatives have alternated between… Read More »
Dear Zipcar, please stop stonewalling and pay me the $55 you owe me
It took a letter to the president of Zipcar to convince them to refund to me the $55 they owed me.
Two-factor auth’s Achilles heel: switching smartphones
Migrating all of your 2fa codes to a new smartphone is a huge pain. Here’s one way you can make it easier.
Lessons learned from DIY Microsoft Surface Pro 4 screen replacement
I just replaced a shattered screen on a Microsoft Surface Pro 4. This was not only my first time replacing a Surface screen, it was my first time replacing a smart-phone or tablet screen of any sort. Before doing the replacement, I attended YouTube University, watching several relevant videos. For example: Surface Pro 4 Screen Repair… Read More »
FIXED: GoComics is currently missing many of today’s comics
UPDATE: As of 10:44am Eastern time, GoComics says this should be resolved, and I am seeing GoComics comics in the aggregator. Let me know if you notice any that are still missing. Alas, GoComics.com is missing many of today’s comics. You won’t be able to see them in the aggregator until GoComics publishes them. The… Read More »
Sean Spicer’s “gaffe” wasn’t an accident, and his apology was inadequate
Denying that Hitler gassed people wasn’t a gaffe or a mistake, it was an accurate representation of the White House position on the Holocaust.
How to delete your LiveJournal account
LiveJournal recently changed their Terms of Service. Many people are unwilling to accept the new Terms of Service. Some people even find them so unacceptable that they want to delete their LiveJournal accounts. The only way to delete one’s LiveJournal account is via the Account Status page. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to access that page without… Read More »
Adding malicious IPs in DNSBLs to hosts.deny automatically
[See Adding malicious IPs in DNSBLs to iptables automatically for a new and improved version of this that uses iptables instead of hosts.deny, which is necessary since tcpwrappers is mostly deprecated at this point.] I run my own mail server, which means that there are hackers trying 24×7 to break into the server by connecting to… Read More »