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Opps... I forgot my password.

In my quest to keep this 'blog updated everyday, I ran into an obstacle so grande... so gigantical... so Esperanto... that I could not overcome the force. I came across the password barrier. Let's talk passwords for a moment shan't we? Here's list for passwords that are easily hackable:

a
password
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SamuelLJackson
cat

Now here's a list of strong passwords (one of them being mine that I use for sites like Blogger.)

Ain'tNobodyg0nnaguessThi$damnpa$$word!YO


The problem with strong passwords is that they are hard to remember. For instance, here's my AOL strong password.

A0L$ucksREALLYBADLY!SoWhyareUstillUsingit?

My daughter recently had her Yahoo account hacked by what I assume was a hacker. The password was only medium, not well done. The hacker then began using her Yahoo email account to send out SPAM. I've since changed her password to the following:

101110100100101111100010101000011000101010100111111111111100001100010100000010111111100001111000100100010000010111111110010100000001100010010011011001001001000100

She hates typing it... but it's the only way to keep the pirates at bay. Don't let them dock their hacking boats close enough to swim onto the beach that is known as your computer's Sandy Bridge Processor.

With that being written, expect a follow-up tomorrow, next week or next year.

Yours Truly,

-gj

I ate too much tofurkey.

My new year's resolution is to create a new blog entry here everyday. In the meantime, it's nothing but excuses. WELL EXCUUUUUUUSSSSSE ME!

Who knew tofurkey was loaded with L-tryptophan? And to make matters worse, someone slipped a Soma into my vegan gravy. I slept for days. That pretty much covers from Thanksgiving until now... but what about the blogless period of time from November 12th to Tofurkey Day? Well, on a few of those days, I had writers block. Then someone stole my computer keyboard. Also, my dog ate my blog.

Since this blog is 100% high tech, here's my story and I'm sticking to it. I bought a Samsung Chromebook. I think I'm digging Google Chrome as an operating system. I got the one with 3G so in case I can't hack my way onto a WiFi network, I get 100 megs a month to send that emergency blog post to Blogger from wherever... whenever. There's also 100 gigs of Google Drive cloud storage for two years as part of the deal.

I may even take back the Windows 8 touch tablet I bought on the Wacky Wednesday before Black Friday. Let me now finish today's posting with a joke. Windows 8.

You've been great. Don't ever change.

Adobe Reader, Flash and Oracle Java - PU!

I was having a good Sunday. My friends went to church. I took medicine for my sore back and that gave me some creative juice. I drank the juice but not the Kool-Aid. I refuse to drink the Kool-Aid.

You don't need Java. You don't need Flash and your don't need Reader. They all suck. They're a cesspool that bring in malware. They constantly need updating. I never got a virus on my paper... lined or otherwise. Unfortunately, computing without the above poo-poo is not a pleasant experience in the real world. So many idiots program their webpages and apps to require Java, Reader and Flash, that you might as well be Amish if you're not going to have those apps installed on your compooter.

This blog post is now three paragraphs. I didn't want to go there. Just make sure your required crapware is up-to-date. Update your OS too if there are any updates available. Then take a chill-pill and chillax.

Monday is coming, until the end of the World as we know it.

Got me a case of the LinkedIn spooks O_o

LinkedIn.com scares me. It seems to know so much about me. It knows where I work. Where I've worked. Who I know. All sorts of stuff. It knows if I'm wearing boxers or briefs. It knows I don't like sausage or pepperoni. It knows who I've slept with and how many times we did it. It knows what I ate for breakfast and dinner... but oddly enough, not what I had for lunch.

How does LinkedIn know all this? Is there a LinkedIn spy hiding under my bed? Let me look... I'll be right back.

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Nope... nobody under my bed except for my cat, Mr. LinkedIn. Wait a moment... it just occurred to me... my kitty's name is Mr. LinkedIn! I didn't think about it much because I didn't name him. He was given to me by LinkedIn when they installed the spy camera detectors and anti-evesdropping microphones in my home, office and car. These are devices that LinkedIn uses to make sure nobody is spying on their users. Privacy at it's best.

Thank you LinkedIn. Why did I ever doubt you? You are our protector. All hail your glory.

Unsubscribe.

Do you know which way to set your clocks?

This time of year, it's always confusing. Am I a boy... am I a girl... no wait. Let's start over.

This time of year, it's always confusing. Should I set my clocks ahead one hour or back one hour or ahead 23 hours or 46 hours? See what I mean. Anyone can Google the correct answer, but here's a simple poem I wrote to help you remember which way the wind blows.

Roses are red, dead roses are black. In the spring, spring ahead... in the fall, don't smoke crack.

Now, on to my real solution to the problem at hand: (get it... clock hands?)

Get a head start on this weekend's upcoming time change by setting your clocks back 1 hour now. Or, set them back 2 hours and then ahead one hour at 2 AM on Sunday. Or maybe at 1 AM. Now I'm confused...

If it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium. If you don't believe me... look it up.

http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv.cfm

I've gotta go so I'm not late... or early.

Hello.

Why is a large breasted woman trying to sell me solar panels?

Facebook. The downfall of civilization as we know it. Zuck knows who the next President of the United State for America is going to be, but he's not telling. Going to the country... gonna eat a lot of peaches.

So today I patronized Best Buy to get a Windows 8 touchscreen desktop computer. Instead, I bought a Windows 7 touchscreen desktop computer. I think I'll put Windows 8 on it, but first... I must RTFM.

How different is Windows 8? Even I, A Computer Pro, doesn't be knowing how worksy. It's all confusilated. No "START" button to shut it down when I'm done. Actually, I never turn off my computers... and if it's yellow, I let it mellow.

That reminds me of a funny story, but I'll save it for later.

Tatas for now. () ()