Last Sunday my computer was invaded by the Vundo Trojan Horse. This is a nasty, nasty thing and it burrows into your computer. I have been running scans all week to make sure it was killed off. I employed MalwareBytes, Kaspersky, and the tools available at www.BleepingComputer.com. According to all these programs, Vundo is finally [...]
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Missyisms is 4 years old today…well, yesterday actually. I started the blog on Sept. 11, 2005 and wrote about Foyle’s War that was airing that evening. I wish I had waited a day; instead, I celebrate a day late. Like the Queen, the official celebration is a just different day than the actual event. It’s been [...] I’m trying another way to block spam. If you have problems posting a legitimate comment (and you know who you are), contact me via email at the address on the About page (upper left corner for link). The plugin I’m testing now seems to let users post successfully, but if it doesn’t actually block spam I’ll [...] Well, that didn’t take long. The blog is up and running and the spammers are already swinging. I made a few changes to the settings, but discovered I can’t get one of the main Wordpress plug-in spam blockers from Akismet working. I’m told I have to enter my Wordpress.com API key, but when I do that I [...] You’ve probably seen this, but just in case. Sit back and enjoy! I’ve been having an intermittent problem with my MacBook Pro laptop. Intermittent is a very potent word here. Dictionary.com defines Intermittent as: stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain. Tech support personnel define Intermittent as: Yeah, right! I spent about an hour and a half "TechComming" with a friend of mine. I say "TechCom" because I don't really know what else to call it. We started with Skype. I was transmitting with both audio and video, but she didn't have a webcam and was only sending audio. We had a very poor connection, [...] Here's a post about the Top 100 Creative Writing Blogs…no, Missyisms isn't on the list but that's ok. I've only glanced a few of these, but want to look at more. And if that isn't your cuppa, how about Wikipedia's Blunders. Number 19 made me laugh (partly because of what it's about, but also because it [...] I spent a lot of time today trying to resolve techie issues with computer equipment or services…nothing resolved. UGH. Somebody showed me how to do some animation in PowerPoint today. I've never done animation in PowerPoint, but I have done it in Keynote. Here's an example (only it doesn't look the greatest on YouTube): This is part of a bigger project that I haven't had time to finish. It plays too fast on YouTube, but [...] The puppet-finger monster in the above image represents my annoyance at USB devices that don't come with covers! Hello! Metal scratches things! And, the plugs are not protected from dust without lids. Why can't they provide covers?!?!?! It can't cost that much more to make a cover/lid! Why does one end of the cable have cover, [...] Missy is a fan of Pride and Prejudice Facebook style. Well worth the reading. A few of my favorite lines from the above link: Elizabeth Bennet and Caroline Bingley are attending the event Take a Turn about the Room. Fitzwilliam Darcy is proposing to Elizabeth Bennet. It is not going well. :-/ Mrs. Bennet KNEW that single men with good fortunes would want wives. It's all [...] Those of you that know me know that I've been "tottering on the brink" (to borrow from the 1940 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice) of sanity for some time. Today I went over the brink…I signed up for Twitter and Facebook. I suspect I'll fade on Twitter fairly quickly, but until then you can check my [...] More and more applications are being added to the iTunes App Store each day. I’ve read that there are over 800 applications available now, but I haven’t counted them. I’ve downloaded nine of those 800…one of the heavy hitters I’m sure. Here’s a list and a review of what I’ve downloaded: AIM: This is for [...] Apple, the U.S. computer, iPod, and iPhone manufacturer, has the wrong food name today. Egg, as in on their face, would be a better food-appropriate name. Apple attempted several upgrades and new product releases today: none of them have gone smoothly well. MobileMe is a day late, is crashing, and, when up, is not working well. [...] I decided to rant about all the irritating things of my recent past. I recommend all readers skip this post. It’s mainly here for posterity for me to re-read in the future for stupid reasons. I think everyone else should simply pretend it isn’t here. I could spend more time on the post and make [...] Since I have a new a few months old Mac toy laptop, I’ve been learning how to use the software that came on it. Right now I’m focusing on the iLife ‘08 software suite, which includes iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD. An Apple Trainer was introducing me to GarageBand and decided it hadn’t installed [...] During the Oscars, Jon Stewart poked fun at people watching movies on their iPhones. And, yes, there is something funny about somebody watching the chariot race in Ben Hur on such a tiny screen. (I think that’s the example he used, if not, he should have.) Here’s a link to a YouTube "movie" of director [...] I like to listen to my MP3 player in my car. For years I’ve done this using a tape converter inserted in the car’s tape player. This is no longer working. I’ve tried three tape converters and they just are not working. Two made loud clacking or squeaking noises and the tape player keeps ejecting [...] |
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Internet Explorer 8 Issues
I’ve been given a heads up that my blog is not accepting comments if visitors are using Internet Explorer 8. I know it happened to one person and it might have happened to another. Once Christmas and year-end settle down, I’ll try to solve this…until then please try another browser. For example, I like Firefox. [...]