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A couple of hours walking along the Witham

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I had to drop Diana off in the city at 7am this morning, so it was a good opportunity, on the way home, to park in Washingborough and walk along the Witham. The light was low in the sky and bright so it gave some good late summer shots.

River Witham

River Witham

I’d packed my breakfast and cook set, so I had my tea cakes with homemade raspberry jam and tea, sitting on one of the benches on the river bank, looking out on the river. A very quiet and calm way to start a Sunday.

Why does tea always taste better when you drink it outside?

River Witham

Shadows are always a problem when shooting landscapes with a strong, low sun.

Unfortunately I could not make a day of it, as I had to get back to my office. We have a big job on tomorrow in Grimsby and I need to make sure everything is organised and ready for Martin to head up there first thing.

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A very dirty PC

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This was a really dirty job. We got a call this morning about a computer that would not start. Martin was already out on a call, dealing with a virus, so I went. He got lucky!

Well it did not take long to find out part of the reason that this PC stopped. Dust, dirt and cobwebs – except I think the spiders were killed by the dust.

A clean out however did not resurrect this machine – it was dead and buried.

Many of Octagon’s clients get us in to regularly clean and maintain their servers and computers to stop this type of catastrophic failure happening.

This article is sponsored by Octagon Technology – reliable and responsive IT Support for Lincolnshire.

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Someone opened a zip file in an unsolicited email!

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At this moment I am sitting in front of a client’s computer, working on it because they accidentally opened a .zip file attached to an email.

Why did they do that? Because earlier they had placed an online order and they mistakenly believed that this was the confirmation.

Rule number 1

Do not open .zip files.

For more advice on Cryptolocker and other online malware, I have written two articles for Octagon Technology, which are available on their web site. Follow the links below:

Cryptolocker is a serious threat to everyone’s data and files

Unsolicited Email – Cryptolocker Prevention

Martin has also blogged about the threat:

URGENT Cryptolocker Update!

Remember this advice also applies to other internet/email rogue software.

This Job

It seems that this malware had only broken the web browser and was nothing more serious.

We will still carry out, this evening, our procedure of taking a copy of their online data backup – just in case.

Rogue software on a PC is always going to cost a business money. If you would like to save this expense speak to Octagon to see how they can help you.

Today’s Photo

This flower was on the window sill of the office where I was working.

Flower

 

Note – I finished this article off and posted after fixing the client’s issue! This article is sponsored by Octagon Technology – reliable and responsive IT Support for Lincolnshire.

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Photo for Octagon

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I have written an article today for Octagon, which needed a photo for the SEO.

HTC Wildfire S

It shows a cycling GPS app CycleStreets running on my “PDA” Wildfire S that I use when backpacking and camping.

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Rand Farm Park – Chickens and helping with the IT!

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Rand Farm Park – Cockrel

Rand Farm Park

We have been working out at Rand Farm Park today – upgrading copies of Microsoft Office and making some changes to their network and security. However between downloads and updates there was time to photograph the chickens.

As part of the job we also sorted an issue with an IMAP mail server – supplied to them by another company – but we are happy to help both sides out so the customers gets the best experience.

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“Octagon provides an excellent time critical service.” – Richard Waring, Rand Farm Park

Just one of the great testimonials the company regularly gets.

Octagon Technology specialise in helping small businesses across Lincolnshire with their IT support, computers and networks. Visit their website at www.octagontech.com to see their range of services including the state of the art backup systems for offsite and cloud backups.

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