Mexican Top Gear


Seems to me the Top Gear presenters should have mentioned another stereotypical feature of Mexicans that we have not noticed before. Clearly they have no sense of humour either! (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12361790) Stereotypes have been the source of many of the worlds funniest jokes. If you can’t laugh at yourself then what can you laugh at? Lighten…

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Seekers Lettings in Ashford


If you are thinking of renting a property and it’s being let by Seekers Lettings in Ashford Kent, there is something you might like to consider… When you leave, they will hang on to your deposit for months. I believe the law says it should be returned within ten days of vacation and agreement of…

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Cutting cards


A few days ago, I cut up a credit card. Quite a brave thing to do perhaps? Not really in that the one I cut up was not the one I meant to cut up! My new company Visa card arrived and I got round to signing it and getting the old one out to…

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Whit Diffie!


So here I am sitting in Bletchley Park listening to Whit Diffie himself! Wow.

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Wikileaks Insurance!


Smart move. Wikileaks, the well known whistleblower’s outlet website, has published a file called insurance.aes256 on it’s site. It just sits alongside all the other interesting files one can download showing who’s done what and shouldn’t have. The thing about this file is nobody knows what’s in it, because it’s encrypted. The name suggests this…

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Snooping Google


Is it just me that thinks Google should be thanked for pointing out that some people persist to have unsecured wireless networks? The continuing story is that of Google, who, whilst gathering images for their amazing Street View service, accidentally recorded some data that wireless networks were transmitting at the time their van was passing….

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Finally…


Perhaps a strange title to use for my first blog entry on this site! But it means ‘Finally, I got round to installing my own blog again!’. Let’s hope this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship between me and my blog. Hope it’s of some interest to someone, please do comment.

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