Despite every ounce of intuition in your body screaming "No, no, no, no, don't do it!", you did it anyway. You just had to click "that" button. The one that should have been big and red and marked "SELF DESTRUCT". And now your computer's buggered. Isn't it lovely to have intuition give you it's best gut wrenching "I told you so!" gloat. Welcome to the (almost) definitive guide to getting your desktop back Whether you have a black screen, a flashing screen, just can't get past the login screen or you're stuck in the command-line, you're about to learn a few tricks that will help you get … [Read more...]
Faster, Safer, Ad Free Browsing with a Little Domain Blocking
Posted on July 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Protecting your computer's wire tentacles from getting tangled up with the Internet's less savory sites can be as simple as pasting a few lines of code into a file. Want to stop your teenage son or daughter downloading games to your computer? Want to stop your husband from watching porn? (we all know the computer forced him to watch it, right?) Or do you want to block all the ads that slow down your Internet browsing? All the above is easily done. You can even kill access to online casinos. In fact, you can block access to any site, even Google, Bing or Facebook, if you want to. All … [Read more...]
Tricking Servers into Letting You Access Restricted Content
Posted on March 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Most Internet users have hit the "I'm not talking with you" brick wall built by video distributors, YouTube, game makers or other content creators who take delight in preventing surfers in specific countries from enjoying their content. How many headaches and sleepless nights have you had because you're unable to appreciate the song your long distance girlfriend or boyfriend has sent you? Get your own back! It's easy. You can watch all the videos, play all the games and enjoy any other geographically restricted content by using a VPN! Wow! What's that? I hear your gasps. They are … [Read more...]
Virus Email Alert
Posted on May 13, 2010 · 1 Comment
Just a quick post to do two things: one, let you know I'm still about and, two, to alert you all to a new email scam that is doing the rounds. As the first item is self-evident, I'll jump into the email virus warning. If any of you receive an email entitled "Please look my CV. Thank you" and the message inside reads: Hello! I have figured out that you have an available job. I am quiet intrested in it. So I send you my resume, Looking forward to your reply. Thank you. Then please be aware that the attached zip file might contain a virus. I have just received such an email … [Read more...]
