Monthly Archives: June 2007

Advance Warning…

By Val | Published: June 28, 2007
I regularly take part in a number of online consumer surveys (the pay isn’t much – generally 50p or £1 a time, but every little helps). Usually, they want to know how I feel about the various brands of tomato ketchup or mobile phones, or which supermarkets I shop in. The one I’m doing [...]
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Midsummer…..

By Val | Published: June 24, 2007
….and the wet weather seems to be easing off. It certainly spoiled any plans for observing the Solstice – we’ve had cloudy skies since forever, and last night was the first time I’d seen the moon in about three weeks. Carol had said something about getting a bonfire started to celebrate the Solstice; but when [...]
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Things….

By Val | Published: June 21, 2007
Finally got this machine sorted. I kept reinstalling and getting reinfected – kept removing the trojans responsible with various tools, but failed – took a look at the instructions for completely removing trojans and decided instead to download an up to date version of XP, one with all the security bells and [...]
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omigod!!!!!111!!

By Val | Published: June 14, 2007
Panic now!!: The Terrible Truth About Wi-Fi Meanwhile, Julia Stephenson has replied to Ben Goldacre’s criticism of her laughably unscientific (”Any imbalance in our electromagnetic field creates a disturbance in cell structure and function, which can lead to illness in sensitive individuals”) article on electrosensitivity: At one time scientists assured us the earth was flat [...]
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Grrrr…..

By Val | Published: June 12, 2007
……damm spyware…. Spent all day yesterday trying to clear spyware and trojans from my machine. Had just about decided to give up and and reformat, when I remembered XP’s System Restore. So I gave it a try, restoring back to the point before I started installing stuff. And so far it seems to have worked. [...]
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Problems….

By Val | Published: June 10, 2007
…still having some problems with the new install. Searching for a way to make my copy of XP at least semi-legal, I went to a couple of less-than-safe sites and ending up getting blasted with trojans both times. Clearing them all out wasted a huge amount of my time [...]
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Back online…..

By Val | Published: June 9, 2007
….Long story short: whilst visiting a dodgy website on Tuesday, picked up a shedload of viruses and Trojans, which proceeded to royally mess up my settings – my internet connection went down, everything slowed to a crawl, my AV program froze etc etc. After spending a whole day trying and failing to clean out [...]
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Well….

By Val | Published: June 4, 2007
….had my eyes thoroughly checked today at the opticians. The bad news is that this dry eye condition isn’t going away, so I’ll be putting in eyedrops three times a day for the rest of my life; the good news is that there is no damage to my cornea,and no sign of [...]
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Scam, scam, scam, scam…

By Val | Published: June 2, 2007
….scam, scam, scam, scam…. (sung to the tune of the Spam Song) This dropped into my inbox today: Subject: Donation assistant vacancy in the USA This message is of most importance to all North American and European Union residents This is a job-offer for North American and EU residents only. Requirements and benefits: Monthly gross salary: 1500-3000 EUR per month (1800-3600 USD) Age [...]
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