On Saturday I went to see the professional, touring performance of The Wedding Singer, starring Ray Quinn and Ruth Madoc. I’d performed in the show myself, last year, in a local, amateur theatre group. And, you know, I think ours was better.
Let me explain why.
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I saw this shared on Facebook today…
It’s wise advice. But it assumes you’re getting free prescriptions, which most people don’t. Of course, even then, it’s still good advice but can be extended more generally – always check the ‘over the counter’ cost of anything you’re getting on prescription, as it may be cheaper to buy it yourself.
However, this post is not actually about this but about comments that often come about as a result of this kind of discussion.
(more…)Why would anybody want to buy branded paracetamol when you can it buy them from Home Bargain for 16p?
Me: I have a Neff account on your site but I need to update the email address for it, which I don’t appear to be able to do. Can you change this for me?
Neff: Unfortunately we are unable to amend those details due to not having access to your account. This is something that only you can do yourself.
Me: Erm…
On the meaning of WordPress’ tagline “Code is Poetry”…
I think of coding not just as a means to an end but a craft in and of itself that can exhibit beauty, not just utility.
Matt Mullenweg
On the same day that a security searcher released details of a vulnerability in the way WordPress deals with password resets, I too reported a security issue. Well, more of a concern.
For a while I’ve noticed that more and more sites are not telling you, when you do a password reset, if the email you’ve entered is valid or not. They’ll, instead, give you a message along the lines of “if that email is valid, we will send you details on how to reset your password”. That way you can’t use the password reset feature to fish for people’s emails.
But WordPress doesn’t do that. Enter a user name or password and it will tell you if it was valid or not.
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