Umbridge: Now let me make this quite plain. You have been told that a certain Dark Wizard is at large once again. This… is… a… lie! Harry: It’s not a lie, I saw him! I fought him! Umbridge: Detention, Mr. Potter! Listening to this passage in Harry Potter made me feel like it could be…
Category: technology
The First Few Days with the iPhone 8+
I wanted the iPhone X. Let me just get that out of the way right away. I have lusted after the other smart phones where the screens reach all of the way to the edges. But never lusted after them enough to switch formats from an iPhone to an android. Seeing the X – seeing…
Freedom to Delete
An acquaintance of mine posted something on her profile the other day – a personal revelation she had about something. She wrote it to share her “ah-ha” moment. I read it and could tell from her words what she meant, but I could also tell she was still processing it. The word choice and phrasing…
The Hill to Die On
An old network manager who was my peer for years at a previous company used to ask a trick interview question to see if people truly understood what he was really asking. He would ask: “Which is the best OS – Unix or Windows?” What he truly wanted as an answer was “it depends on…
“Where My Ladies At” Video
I love this video. I love what is speaks to in terms of how women are treated if they have an online presence and are outspoken in areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Hell, online is just one place it happens (says the woman who once at an interviewee say ‘wow, they have girls…
Disconnecting
Interesting, no? A former cohort of mine who I am connected with on Facebook posted this and an accompanying article today. And it was pretty eye opening. Both of them. Here is the article. It made me realize as I was reading it how many times people around me – including me – can’t disconnect. …
Random Thoughts by Emmy
Maybe it’s the fact I feel I’m finally coming out of the fog of sickness I have been in. Who knows. But, I don’t have just one thing in my head -so I’m writing a stream of them. I got a new iPhone on Saturday. This past week, mine has been pissing me off. Just…
Girl Geeks
My daughters DJ is a geek. While some of you may be saying “what a shock” given I am a technology geek married to a comic book geek, I think this is more important that some people may realize. DJ loves being a geek. Call her science geek. Her response will likely be “so what?…
Friday Brain Dump
A conversation between DJ and me the other night while watching a Glee rerun: “Seriously, why would they call it sexting?” – DJ“Because it’s a combo of sex and texting.” – Me“But….well….whatever…it’s stupid.” – DJ“Just keep remembering that.” -Me This Moe can hope that she won’t fall into that trap, but the experience of other…
How to ID Phishing – or Emmy Makes Fun of a Bad Phishing Attempt
Yesterday, I received this in my Gmail account:Spam? Oh yeah! First off, the wording “congestion in our database system”? As an IT person, I was already laughing. While the font was good, the other warning was the four questions you are reply to. Really? I decided to use it as an educational tool. If you…
