Category Archives: Interwebs

Congratulations Amazon!

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Lisa

I just received this letter from Amazon Subject: Your Amazon password has been changed Hello, At Amazon we take your security and privacy very seriously. As part of our routine monitoring, we discovered a list of email address and password … Continue reading →

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Website Blunders

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Lisa

It’s time for another bitch session.  This time, various ‘popular’ websites on the Interwebs are my target. Much as I could spend a lot of vitriol on them, I’m not going to spend time complaining about clickbait headlines (you won’t … Continue reading →

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It’s Three Minutes Past Tangerine

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Lisa

Timezones are a pain.  Whether you need to know what time it is in another country for business reasons, or so you don’t wake a friend up at 3am, they’re sometimes a little tricky to work out.  It gets even … Continue reading →

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Life Without Internet

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Lisa

Well, that was interesting to say the most. I moved house, and due to Australia’s original Telco playing silly buggers, I couldn’t get a phone line – there was apparently no copper to my (established since at least 1970) house. … Continue reading →

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Google, You Just Had To, Didn’t You?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Lisa

I mentioned, some time back, that I had given up on Google+, and I haven’t changed my mind since.  However, as appears to be Google‘s modus operandi, they’re trying to force people into it. Having just really enjoyed The Room, … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Google+

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Lisa

Google’s poorly defined and managed “Real Name” policies for their Google+ service helped me to the decision to dump Google+. There’s been a lot of discussion (and no few arguments) about the (conflicting) policies that Google lays out, how they’re … Continue reading →

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