I dropped my Macbook
First the good news, it's survived and it is working. I had gone to the UnLab podcast studio to edit and upload the latest episode of the Canadian Tech Podcast. I had taken my Macbook out of my backpack and put it on the desk. When I went to move my backpack off the desk, I had not noticed a strap had been underneath the Macbook. I almost caught it but the Macbook hit the ground on…
Twitter account hacking – What do do about it
One thing I see on a fairly consistent basis in my Twitter stream is people who's twitter accounts have been hacked or compromised. Usually you get a DM (direct message) from someone with the following tweets LOL…I am laughing so hard at this pic of me my friend found link added Your naked pic is posted here Hi this user is posting nasty rumors about did you see this crazy tweet about you? l Hey…
6 things to check with your backups
Are you checking backups before you need to use them? A recent blog post by Ontrack a data recovery company reports that 66% of people who had a backup solution in place still reported data loss. That is a very high number but not surprising. Some of the reasons included the following. External drive only connected on an occasional basis; backup not automated and instead performed on demand Computer not on during scheduled backup and…