syndicated feed: security for normal people

I created the security_mentor feed. This is Fred Wamsley's blog on "advice for normal people about computer and information security". This is well-written advice on basic computer issues that even your grandmother could understand -- which is good, because grandma might not be up on all the latest viruses and scams and Windows flaws and what she should do to protect herself. It's not bad reading for the rest of us, either.

I was surprised to see it pick up half a dozen readers in the first 15 minutes after I posted to syn_promo. LJ is big. :-)

rebellious appliances

On Sunday Dani and I had approximately the following conversation:

Me: I think we should start paying attention to fridge ads, and when we see something reasonable at an acceptable price we should buy it.

Dani: Why?

Me: Well, our current fridge has already died once and been fixed, and it's 40 years old, and that can't be a good sign.

Dani: But it could last another five or ten years if it's lasted 40.

Me: Or five or ten days. We don't know, and fridges aren't that expensive.

That's where the conversation ended.

I would not be making this entry if that's where things really ended :-( (Hello. I wasn't trying to be prophetic, ok?!)

Unfortunately, since I really do need to be involved in a choice of replacement, there's not much we can do before I return from out of town. (No time to shop before I leave.) Maybe the putzing around I did tonight will fix it, much like the repairman's putzing around fixed it last time. Or maybe not. The fridge part seems to be ok; it's the freezer that's, shall we say, tending toward the soft and squishy.

I predict a meat dinner tomorrow night...