Rowan McCabe aka The Neo-Victorian Gentleman spills some beans.

Bring on the wall!

Get your fix below

Welfare is a Dirty Word: How People Turned Against the Welfare State

Spakas!

I fucking love banks me. They rip the planet into parts. If it wasn’t for those damn whelks.

Switch your bank account – SCREW YOU!

Newcastle Upon Tyne Freedom Of Information

I’m really not sure about Google all days!

The amount of clicky go lappy people in the world these days are just odd.

I fucking love science bacon me!

Total fools!

But is it all that simple?

** Watch for something like this is you’re a page owner **

The scam works like this…

They send you the first message, which actually looks almost legit. There are no shady links in there, so most users lower their guard. Then they use the threat of losing your page to make you comply.

They then ask you to update your name and address for the page and then reply back to them. This is where the scam gets a little clever. When you reply back, they will ask you to confirm the name and address that you used to update the page.

Once they have this, they can begin the process of reclaiming the Facebook page from you, by using your full name and address that you provided.

Change your router channel for better speed and to avoid interference.

You will need:

Wifi channel analyzer (Android App)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.srm.wifichannelanalyzer

There is also an online channel analyzer at https://tools.meraki.com/stumbler which does not work with Linux so I haven’t had any results with but it might work for you on your windows machine.

Access to your routers wireless settings

I’m assuming you use windows, and the router is up and running and in use. If these are both true, type “ipconfig” from the command prompt.

This will show up:

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

“default gateway” is probably your router’s address.

(Linux/mac – In terminal type “route -n” or “/sbin/route”)

Instructions

1. Load up the android app/online tool and find which channel is strongest.
2. Log into your routers settings page using the address found.
3. Find and change channel settings to recommended channel.
4. Hit apply or save.
5. Happy surfing.

Many routers have an auto channel setting which can be very handy or down right stupid depending on how it’s feeling on the day. Most of the time leaving it set on auto is best but it’s up to you to manage these settings.

Whilst you’re in the router configuration I advise you take a look at your security settings too, and change them if needed to something more secure. Wifi networks get cracked all the time so keep it safe with WPA/WPA2 (WEP is definitely not secure) and a strong password. Using your house number, make of car in the driveway, your name or date of birth is asking for it and just plain silly.

Have a nice day.

Only The Paranoid Survive

The Internet is full of amazing sites, but it’s also full of shifty characters you need to guard yourself against.
Use the tips here as a guideline and always use your most powerful weapon… COMMON SENSE.

• Never enter personal information and passwords in an e-mail message when you don’t know the recipient.
• Never enter personal information and passwords on a website provided as a link in an e-mail message.
• Never include personal information and passwords in an Internet forum, a discussion group, or newsgroup message.
• Never use the same password for everything. I suggest using LastPass for generating and storing all passwords.
• Never give away personal information and passwords to others over a chat/instant message connection.
• Never use your computer out and about without turning on your firewall. It should, ideally, be on at all times.
• Never buy from an online store that doesn’t offer a secure, encrypted connection when you’re prompted for your personal information and credit card number.
• Never download a file from a site you don’t trust.
• Never allow a stranger to remotely connect to your computer.

Instead than linking Facebook, Twitter, newsgroups, forums, shopping and banking sites to one email address, use multiple addresses. As a minimum, use one for social activities and one for financial business.

Your social address will draw more attention than your business one – that’s the way you want it to be. If the former is hacked, it won’t be as nightmarish as losing control of your financial address.

Hackers have been known to set up laptops to broadcast networks with names such as ‘Free Internet Access’ in hotels, cafes and pubs. They’ll let you pass internet traffic through them and then harvest any juicy details as you type. Always make sure you’re using a secure connection and check with the staff wherever you are to make sure you’re using the correct network.

The truly paranoid should virtualise. The idea is simple: create a virtual PC, use it to surf the internet and, when you’ve done, destroy it, along with any viruses that may have infected it while you were online. I suggest using Oracle Virtual Box

If you’re still using Internet Explorer 6, shame on you. Not only are you likely to be getting less from the internet – Google and YouTube have now stopped supporting the ageing browser – but it’s also riddled with security flaws. Do yourself a favour and download a newer browser.

Happy surfing everyone.

Facebook has announced that it is planning a whole new ideology for it’s monster of a social network. The biggest change that will occur will be the name. Come the 1st January 2014 Facebook will be known as “suck his itchy tits” or SHIT. As funny as this may sound, it’s very real. SHIT will now be the social platform for the new generation, the growing masses of SHITers, which will see us through to the age of the flying car and beyond our expected and imaginable future.

SHIT will happen!
SHIT will be in your face!
SHIT will be SHIT!