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Response to the PHP2Shell Vulnerability
Approximately two weeks ago, on October 20th, an extremely serious security flaw was disclosed for PHP—the software that powers the vast majority of web servers and roughly 70%...
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It’s Official - We’re Expanding
Our occasional collaborator and co-host Dr. Nadine Robinson is now formally working with the Smartypants team to help communicators and adminstrative staff make safe and...
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The Battle of the Bots…And Best Tools for Transcripts
All of the major tech players are releasing every more powerful A.I. tools. While many freelancers just want a reliable way to create transcripts from recordings.
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AI in Everyday Life - Part 1 of 5
The first of five two-hour sessions about AI in Everyday Life. Discussions, demostrations, relevant videos and video clips, documents and some very recent news about the world...
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An Overview of AI in Everyday Life for SCANS (Senior Collage Association of Nova Scotia)
AI seems like it just arrived, when in fact it's pretty much everywhere. This hour-long overview was a pre-amble to a 10-hour course that went far and wide to find real-world...
Continue ReadingSpam Leaders: Gevalia coffee and AARP
Cleaning out a few thousand incoming junk mails from the past month and the leading offenders in the major brand category are Gevalia and AARP - the American Association of Retired...
Continue ReadingDis-Unified Communications
I'm old enough to remember when snail mail was just called 'mail' and when digital communications meant putting your forefinger into the correct hole on a rotary dial telephone like...
Continue ReadingGevalia - Kraft Foods new spam run (part 2)
Richard was true to his word. And apparently, despite privacy legislation, he is eligible to give us his full name. (More on that later.)
Not Veronica X.
OK - so here's what...
Continue ReadingGevalia - Kraft Foods - new spam run - Part 1
Don't you love spam - unsolicited commercial email - that you have to pay for?
A major Gevalia turdlet appeared in my inbox today. From a typically obscured domain name - claiming to...
Continue ReadingWar Games - Why Most MSM Online Forums Suck
On occasion, I've been an avid reader of the online comments on sites like The Globe, The National Post, Calgary Herald, Toronto Sun, CBC, etc. But it's all going to hell, and...
Continue ReadingTeamwork
There are people who work near each other - their desks or cubes are in close proximity - and people who work with each other. I'm happy to be part of the latter group.
I just sent...
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