I saw an idea for a nerdy gift on Reddit for your significant other. A word-cloud of conversations you have had. That seemed like a quick and easy idea for a anniversary card…

Now that I’m done, I can explain what a massive pain this turned out to be.

Since Covid hit last year, Zoom has become a verb for video chats. Some of their questionable security practices and their ties to China have made some people wary of using it.

Fortunately, if you didn’t want to install something you can always join from a browser, if you’re willing to give up the very useful Gallery view.

Since Windows 10 19H1, there has been a Windows Sandbox feature which creates a Windows virtual machine that only persists for that session.

Being incredibly lazy, I am always on the lookout for ways to automate my life. Something I heard about a long time ago, but never got around to looking at was AutoHotKey. Now it is an essential tool I used everyday for text macros.

I like to sing the praises of Troy Hunt and his efforts to improve the world’s password security.  I also take digital security very seriously, but I can understand why most people don’t. Even the most keen people can suffer from apathy from time to time.

Example below: