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Category Archives: General
Extortion emails from Microsoft’s outlook.com mail service
A new scam, this time extortion attempts that are originating from Microsoft’s outlook.com mail system. [Update 25Aug2018] These emails seem to have slowed/stopped. Either scammers have given up (doubt it) or Microsoft has put in some intelligence into their system … Continue reading
Australian English vs British English vs American English
Anyone who thinks English is English when travelling is in for a surprise. Not only is there spelling differences, there are whole word differences and phrase differences. Here is a sample of some of the differences: Australian English British English … Continue reading
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Tagged American, American English, Australian, Australian English, British, British English, English, slang
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See your day in opposite ways with same words
The following should be read from the top down, and then read it again from the bottom up. Today was the absolute worst day ever and dont try to convince me that there’s something good in every day because, when … Continue reading
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Some photo’s from 2014 that are memorable to me
2014 was probably the most turbulent year of my life. The following photo’s are highlights of that year. Click on image to expand.
Optical Illusion
Stare at the cross between the two changing faces. What should happen is the features of the faces merge if you are at the right distance from the screen.
Simple tricks on passwords
Hackers are getting smarter. They have learnt that most people will have one password that does it all. So once they get it from one place, it can be put into the automated robots to try it on every other … Continue reading
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Tagged how, pass, passphrase, password, phrase, remember, to
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Peanuts may contain traces of peanuts
Came across a packet of peanuts with the warning “May contain traces of Peanuts”. If only traces, what am I buying? Continue reading
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Australian Public Hollidays 2013
ACT Vic QLD SA WA Tas NSW NT Nbr of days in year 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 1-Jan New Years Day x x x x x x x x 26-Jan Australia Day x x x x … Continue reading
Lovebuy on ebay – recomend
Every now and then something doesn’t work as planned when buying on ebay. We see ratings and you can read all sorts of stories, but the real proof in a good ebay seller is how things are handled when something … Continue reading