Hackers foiled
May. 20th, 2010 06:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoYes, I'd like to wrap them in foil very tightly and jam them into the trash.
However, with some assistance from Userful, I think they're in for a little surprise. Having identified one of their sneaky tricks this morning, we have plugged the crack they were using. I'm off on Thursday afternoon but look forward to hearing about the screams of anguish that sounded when school let out today and they all trooped into the library to play their little games.
I haven't yet heard from the school district tech support people, and don't know whether I will.
It was supposed to be a fairly nice day today, but dark clouds from the south have cut off the sun now and I feel confident of rain soon. Chores are done, everyone is in for the night, so it doesn't really matter much.
Blackberry blossoms are opening already. I think this is a bit early, but Gary's not here to check his logs and they're all in Access so it's not worth the effort to me. The wild cherry blossoms have come and gone, and I'm quite sure that ten years ago those used to open in the last week of May and stay into June.
No sign of the fox this year, but while closing the arena doors against potential rain tonight, I noticed a bleached chicken bone lying in the grass. Probably her work from years past, stirred up and moved by one of the neighbors' dogs.
It looks like we are going to have to buy a new garden/lawn tractor. The old one we've been using has been rickety for some time now and last week developed an electrical fault. Past experience with Sears makes me reluctant to buy there, but Gary is still loyal to them. They have small tractors on sale this weekend. I thought to stave it off with Consumer Reports but no, on checking I find that they actually have marked one of the sale models as a "best buy." Considering that it's half the price of a Deere, and that it has a better repair record than the best Cub Cadet, I guess I have to surrender. We can probably fix the old one, but it will take us a while and the grass out back is running away from us. Much taller and we won't be able to cut it without a bush hog or a sickle bar.
However, with some assistance from Userful, I think they're in for a little surprise. Having identified one of their sneaky tricks this morning, we have plugged the crack they were using. I'm off on Thursday afternoon but look forward to hearing about the screams of anguish that sounded when school let out today and they all trooped into the library to play their little games.
I haven't yet heard from the school district tech support people, and don't know whether I will.
It was supposed to be a fairly nice day today, but dark clouds from the south have cut off the sun now and I feel confident of rain soon. Chores are done, everyone is in for the night, so it doesn't really matter much.
Blackberry blossoms are opening already. I think this is a bit early, but Gary's not here to check his logs and they're all in Access so it's not worth the effort to me. The wild cherry blossoms have come and gone, and I'm quite sure that ten years ago those used to open in the last week of May and stay into June.
No sign of the fox this year, but while closing the arena doors against potential rain tonight, I noticed a bleached chicken bone lying in the grass. Probably her work from years past, stirred up and moved by one of the neighbors' dogs.
It looks like we are going to have to buy a new garden/lawn tractor. The old one we've been using has been rickety for some time now and last week developed an electrical fault. Past experience with Sears makes me reluctant to buy there, but Gary is still loyal to them. They have small tractors on sale this weekend. I thought to stave it off with Consumer Reports but no, on checking I find that they actually have marked one of the sale models as a "best buy." Considering that it's half the price of a Deere, and that it has a better repair record than the best Cub Cadet, I guess I have to surrender. We can probably fix the old one, but it will take us a while and the grass out back is running away from us. Much taller and we won't be able to cut it without a bush hog or a sickle bar.
