Dragonnefyre Enterprises, Interplanetary edition - keeping you informed and trying to make life better for you. When the hyperdrive gets built we will be Intergalactic :-)
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About me
After seeing many alerts and emailing them to frends I decided it would be easier to set up a website with all this info on. All in one place, not clogging up everyone's inbox. I will try to keep it simple and easy to understand, because there is nothing worse than a website that is complex, difficult to understand and search.
If there is anything you would like to see on here, or anything you would like me to research let me know. Email me at dragonnefyre at g m x dot c o dot u k. I am on twitter as @equalrites. I will add updates to twitter as and when they occur.
IMPORTANT NOTE : Got a mobile phone? Want to make sure it is useless to anyone who steals it? Type in *#06# and you will see the UMEI displayed on the screen. Make a note of it. If your phone is lost or stolen then you can contact your provider, give them this number and they will disable the phone. Even if the SIM card is changed the handset is still useless.
Very Important - Common Sense - Do NOT give out any usernames, passwords, PINS or other personal/login details in emails or when someone calls you. Emails are insecure and you don't actually know who it is on the other end of the phone do you? They could be anybody unless of course you are expecting the call and have caller ID. Don't click on links in emails that are supposedly from your bank. I know this is like teaching your granny to suck eggs, I am sure you are all savvy enough to not do these things, but this is a just in case. That one time when you think it is alright, don't do it. Trust nobody. If in doubt, report that email or put the phone down and call your bank (or whoever they are suppsoed to be) on the proper number. I will try and get a list of all the email addresses to send email scams to for the various banks. Meanwhile, here is a link to Fraudwatch International. You can subscribe to their alerts. You can also forward scams to them at scams@fraudwatchinternational.com
I have a new page now for newsflashes I will put items on here that you need to know about quickly.
For all of you out there who insist on using Windows, why not visit Gibson Research. There is plenty to read on their website about Windows security and some good tools for testing how (in)secure your PC is:)
There is also a website called Insecure.org This supplies a tool called NMAP Security scanner which is very useful. It will scan the ports you specify on the machine you specify (by IP Address) and tell you what it finds, eg ports open and any other info like operating system.
As for browsing I use a variety of browsers. One I use is opera. It is an excellent browser. It is currently at version 10.10.
I also use Mozilla. This is a good browser as well and does show some sites well that Opera doesn't. That's what you get for having a company out there that insists on having it's own standards instead of sticking to everyone else's. And we all know who that is!
If your ISPs DNS servers aren't performing like they should how about switching to OpenDNS's DNS servers?OpenDNS. To save you time, here are the DNS server settings - 208.67.222.22 and 208.67.220.220. Make them your DNS servers. Linux, edit /etc/resolv.conf so the nameserver lines look like this :
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220
Windows - that's longer to explain. I will add that shortly.
Here are the links to various pages. Their names may change in the near future as I make changes and add more pages.
Here are useful linksthat are better on this page than any of the others.
Here is a howtos page including links to other sites
Page for hoaxes. I know I have links to sites about hoaxes, rumours, etc, but I felt that one is needed here, after seeing a hoax on facebook
I wrote a short story a while ago here. Maybe one of you will be inpsired, perhpas turn one of them into something really good:-)
I now have a html reference page. So far it only has a list of colours on it and their codes for putting on web pages. I will add more so you can use it as an easy ref. Eventually. bear with me, I'm learning as I write.
I have added a page on sport and fitness stuff. There will be a log of mine as well on how I am doing, mainly with my skipping. Or it might end up being a separate page. Not decided yet.
Yes, there is a page of geek stuff as well.
Lastly, there has to be a jokes page. Feel free to send me jokes to add:-)
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Last updated 20100309@0149