With the ever increasing speed and frenzy for supply the masses with information, it’s easy to see why some stories just don’t cut-it and make the headlines!
But then when you stop and think about all the negative news that’s pumped into almost every living room via the TV and browsed by thousands every day in newspapers and on the web, there shouldn’t really be an excuse to miss anything — should there?
Security is always a good idea, it protects you from all those nasty viruses and evil hackers that you just know are lurking in the darker corners of the web, waiting silently to slip into you computer and take over your life!
But even if you have the best security in the world, it wont protect you from your office mates or so called friends who you invite around for a cup of coffee and a chat.
The perils of not password-protecting your computer is just as bad, we can laugh about it, but it can be a lot more dangerous than not running a firewall or not having anti-virus software installed. If you’re laughing at this right now, ask yourself, would you really let the person sitting next to you freely browse the contents of your computer?
Below are 5 simple steps to password protecting your Mac*
I bought a new 20 inch Core Duo iMac a few months ago, my first Apple product in four years. Its clean edges look fantastic on the desk and it sits like a big brother next to my old 12 inch PowerBook G4 .
But after a few weeks (conveniently just out of the 14 day return policy) I started noticing something weird happening after waking the iMac from sleep mode. At first there was a weird flickering across the screen, the kind of flicker you get when degaussing a conventional monitor. But this seemed to last longer and longer with each sleep and eventually took over an hour to clear itself, and even longer if it had been in sleep mode overnight.
Somethings are immortal, others just fade, becoming a distant memory! The demise of Journal [dot] Davinian is probably neither of those, and to be perfectly honest I’m glad…
I guess it was fun for a while and did bring a smile to some faces, but for others – it was a pain in the arse! So at least they will be relieved that I’ve closed it down and banished it to the deepest recesses of my mind…
Going forwards, davinian will be my main platform for a more sensible, yet slightly sideways glance and the world around me.
I hope you enjoy?
OK, we are getting there, I'm in the middle of a re-think for the whole davinian website thing!
Historically I have lots of mindless gibber in the Archives and I'm not sure if I want to carry it over to this new design. I have said some things in the past that on reflection, I'm not too proud of – although I do still stand by what I said at the time (I wouldn't ever back-track on that), but I do think that time has changed me and the way I see the world, and I feel if I was to do or say those things again, it would be different. So there is no point it keeping values I no longer stand by – is there?
So, instead of just filtering out the past – censoring by way of re-editing, I think I'm going to just drop the whole archive and start a fresh! I may port a few posts if there is the demand, but I doubt it very much as this site has never been very popular outside of my small circle of friends.
So if you happen to be looking for something in particular and can't find it – then drop my a message via the contact page, explaining what you are looking for and why, as I may just dig it out and send it to you.
For now, bare with me as things are likely to keep changing as I tweak a bit of this and that.
Stand strong against all odds – you are still an individual and should make your own decisions when you want to.
things are changing…
So bare with me while I slap up some new paint!
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