Bitter Grounds Magazine

espresso fueled ramblings

Tech Gifts for Women – not the usual pinkification

Sep 25, 2019 | apps | software | stuff

I’ve been looking over tech gifts for women lists and keep having the same visceral reaction to many of them. The pinkification is alive and well in the tech industry. Ideas seem to end with “and cute” too often. Many lists are simply insulting and out of touch....

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Open letter to James the would be phishing scammer

Sep 17, 2019 | apps | software | stuff

A customer just sent me this email. I've blocked out what they wrote along with the 6 lines of cc: email addresses for obvious reasons: It is eye-wateringly bad. Oh James, James, James! This is what happens when you don't pay attention in class. You end up spending...

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“Dear CEO” scam is still hanging around

by catpaw | May 29, 2019 | apps | software | stuff, I'm getting too old for this shit

If you own a website, chances are high you've received the Dear CEO scam email: It reads: Dear CEO, (It's very urgent, please transfer this email to your CEO. If this email affects you, we are very sorry, please ignore this email. Thanks) We are a Network Service...

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Mouse scrolling disabled in Win 10 – last ditch fix

Mar 5, 2019 | apps | software | stuff

I've been plagued by an irritating problem for the past 2 weeks. After a Win 10 update, the mouse scrolling was disabled. I did a deep dive into settings and couldn't figure out why a second HID device kept popping up. No new mouse had been purchased or installed but...

WeatherCan – Environment Canada’s weather app now available

Feb 16, 2019 | apps | software | stuff

Environment Canada’s new app WeatherCan is a must have for Canadians. Last week the app moved out of beta testing and is now available in the Apple Store and Google Play. A quick note: this is an app geared towards Canadians and not applicable outside of our...

Still using Google+? Going, going, gone

Feb 13, 2019 | apps | software | stuff

Are you still using Google+? Hopefully you received the note about it's pending demise. Google is putting an end to their social media experiment on April 2nd. G+ has limped along for years, never really taking off with the public. Forbes magazine ran an article...

Presto Card has an app, but don’t get too excited

Jan 31, 2019 | apps | software | stuff

Presto (Metrolinx) has an app now! Finally. But don't get excited about it. It lacks the one main feature we all wanted. I have a long standing love/hate relationship with the Presto card system (used by a number of transit systems in Ontario). When it works, it's...