Author Archives: JJS

Malware

Posted on February 21, 2019

During the past week or so there is a spate of fake messages from so-called “Facebook”. Be extremely careful. This is dangereous malware. These messages are coming from facebookmail.com or other fake accounts. I have suspended my Facebook account a … Continue reading →

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Holiday in Morocco

Posted on February 18, 2019

My first and only visit to Morocco till now was almost 50 years ago and it consisted of a short visit of 2 days with a couple of my friends to Tangier. We were holidaying in southern Spain at the … Continue reading →

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Safe enough?

Posted on February 6, 2019

WhatsApp? As part of my efforts to eliminate both Google and Facebook from my software arsenal due to their proven records of being unsafe, collecting and selling mis-appropriated data, distributing false information (the list goes on and on), I am … Continue reading →

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Fibre broadband

Posted on February 5, 2019

Further to my previous post on the subject, I just had the visit from a sales representative  who did not have much difficulty selling me the idea to switch to fibre optic. I am not really fully available in February … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on February 5, 2019

  to all my Chinese and lunar calendar adept friends

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Success

Posted on February 4, 2019

I was overdue by a few months for the obligatory “Service Technique” (MOT-GB, TUV-D) for my old car. I finally took the plunge today and the “old girl” passed all the checks with flying colours. Since it is categorised as … Continue reading →

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Facebook and Google

Posted on February 2, 2019

I have mentioned a few times that Facebook cannot be trusted and that is the main reason why I suspended my account a few months ago. I am not impressed with Google either and switched to Qwant for my search … Continue reading →

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