Password Anyone?

Had my Uncle Phil and his missus (letter from North Bransholme) over last night. Anyone who has been following his blog may have noticed that he hasn't updated it in a while. The reason for this is that he has forgotten his password :-)

Now anyone who works with IT knows that you have to pick passwords that can't be guessed, must be 6 characters or more in length and contain both upper & lower cases characters and contain numerals. And then, most people (including me) click the 'remember password' button, so we never actually 'remember password' :-) Phil reckons he has tried most of his usual passwords, but none of them work.

MrGoatse - do you reckon you could brute force it for him? :-D

Anyway, suggestions for Phil's new password might include:

dUMbASs01
UnkLeFuK3r

And of course the beauty of him not being able to access his blog, is that he can't berrate me for anything I say at the moment, nor can he retort anything.

His diet has started. He assures me he has cut down on chips (no, not the ones inside computers) and has started cycling, after giving up on running due to painful shins.

Anyway...I wish him all the best on his password and weight loss quest. I really need to get access to my hotmail account so I can publish any comments

The Art of Stalling

Yesterday I was lucky enough to have a go on the flight simulator. It simiulates a *highly* modified business jet (those who know me, will know what sort!)

I have been wanting to have a go since I got back, and yesterday I squeezed into the tight cockpit and had a good yank on my stick...oooer missus.

Seriously though, after working out that the brakes didn't function from the simulated cock pit and you had to use the trainers console to release them, I was soon taxi'ing along a none existant runway thrusting to 140 knots and pulling back on the stick.

Things seemed to be going good on the ascent. The artificial horizon indicator showed a steady climb, but I didn't realise that the digits on the scope related to 10, 20, 30 degrees climb and not actually 10k, 20k, 30k feet! I thought I was climbing a little too fast! The height indicator was just by the side, apparently.

So, imagine my surprise as lights started to flash at me and the stick shook violently. Also, an eerily calm voice kept repeating 'Stall, Stall' I was only in a sim, but I was almost panicking looking around for levers to push and buttons to press! Ho Hum...

Anyway, Im not so sure that the instructor didn't inject this scenario just to make me fill my pants, becuase when I took off a second time, it was fine. The landing gear was retracted in good time and I climbed steadily to around 35,000 ft. Perfect!

Got bored after a while of changing headings, so decided to see if I could make this bird loop the loop! Erm, I don't recomend it! It stalled again, and went into a spiralling free fall!, but I managed to pull it out and level off again, which I was quite chuffed about.

Somehow I don't think Im ready to give up the day job just yet!

The Megan Mobile

Well Im driving around in my old car again now :-( Taxed it this morning, and drove to Lincoln in it. It actually performed better than I expected after being laid up for almost 9 months. It just needed a new battery (must pay my dad back...)

Its not quite a Pontiac......

It got me thinking about personalised number plates. When I told some of my colleagues in the US about them, they couldn't believe it. Apparently you can have any number plate you like out there. I then thought it might be quite amusing to change my name to Mr P 831 OAT, and thus have my very own personalised number plate :-)

Sniffle

Last week was really busy. Ended up working 12 hour+ days at a place in Malvern, so didn't get much time to catch up with anyone at all. Stayed in the Cottage in the Wood Hotel, which had some really cool views (I'll post on here when I get them off my phone!)

Then spent easter weekend up in Lincoln at the Branston Hall Hotel - very very posh! Four poster bed, swimming pool, jaccuzzi, sauna etc. The 'gym' wasn't really up to much, it was more of a room with a couple of weights and a rowing machine!

I seem to have lost my voice at the moment. I can hear you all cheering 'hurray!'Im sure it will come back sooner or later though. Must be some sort of bug going around.

Its very annoying not being able to log on anywhere to check my e mails at the moment or to get on and write stuff in the evenings. Never mind, ill just have to do it as ad hoc as I can until I get settled back into some kind of normality...

The Weekend

Was up in Malvern at the weekend. Met up with Mike, Baz, Rich, Tony and Tom in the Nags for a few beers, then went to Zam Zams, for a 'welcome back' curry. Yes I know I'll look like a curry soon (I certainly smelled like one of Sunday morning!)

Baz has decided to grow a massive beard! It actually quite suits him. He looks like some long lost member of ZZ Top, especially as his hair is a lot longer now. He reckons he's gonna dye it purple to look like Billy Conolly, after all he has the accent for it :-)

Its been a bit tough getting logged on lately. There is no wireless access point in HU8, and I was staying at the foot of the Malvern Hills at the weekend, so that must be the only place you can't get a signal! Apparently there was a push to get wireless access all over Malvern due to the fact that BT was slow to get broadband into rual places.

It looks like I'll be back at my old work place this week! Ooooh the irony :-) I'll give y'all a shout if/when I get there.

I'll also try and get somewhere to log on and check my e mails too

Coggeshall

Stayed in a lovely hotel last night in Coggeshall. Some 15th Century place apparently...The White Heart. Unfortunately I didnt get to see much of it, because by the time we got back and had food I was zonked out.

Im liking this wireless networking malarky, you can pretty much log on anywhere you like. Its the future I reckon.

Anyway...A man kills a dear and takes it home. As a treat, he cooks it for his family but decides not to tell his children what it is they're eating

Child 1 : "Whats this Dad?"

Dad : "I'll give you a clue, its what Mum sometimes calls me"

Child 2: "Eugh don't eat it, its a f*cking ar*ehole"


Iiiiiii thank you :-)

Just A Quick Note....

Well, Im back! Landed Friday, after a nice flight (slept most of the way!) Im now is Essex, putting my new found knowledge into practice. Im going to be here all week I think :-(

I have been trying to publish some of your comments, but im 'wireless' at the moment, and it seems to be having some problems. Technology eh?

Anyway, ill write more tonight when Im in the hotel