Not down wid OPP

My professional life involves constant deep dives into Other Peoples’ Problems (OPP)….taking on the same ethos in my private life is truly a different matter.

Today, getting intimate with peoples’ digital life is way too risky and a very Thankless endeavour.  Taking on any private system admin task means exposing yourself as a technician to unwarranted criticism and abuse; get it a wrong and you’re a snooping idiot IT guy, get it right and nothing is said.

Not my Problem

It’s a constant catch 22 scenario especially when you can see friends and family making familiar tactical and operation errors i.e. never ever backing up their data, never encrypting their data and never changing their passwords.

Here are 10 things that people don’t change often.

Change bank account or card
Change email address
Change passwords
Change phone device
Erase or reset phone device
Change phone number
Change social media accounts
Change inner friend circles
Change ISP or Geolocations
Change public IP address

Tactical Reconnaissance: Basics for profiling, tracking or snooping.

Unbreakable @ 51

My week-long birthday celebrations ended in London entertained by Rare Grove and Soul legends Don E, London’s Omar and Eric Benét (51).

Absolutely fabulous being in Brixton at this time, good people, great food and just an all-around nice time.  I haven’t done this for the longest time.

Most of all, I was around the people I Love.

 

Thank You

Hi everyone,

I am truly thankful for your friendship during my 51st Party.

You all made me feel really special and actual human.  Friends and family gatherings are a rare precious luxury in my life and I do not take any of it for granted, especially as I appreciate you all have busy London lives.

Reasons to be Cheerful Part 51

Special Thanks goes out to the Hosts, Music entertainment, The Daughters, prezzie givers and The Lady in my Life.

Bye for now and don’t you dare Facebook me.

“I’m just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe.” — Jango Fett

Unrestricted

Yesterday was a perfect mirror match of real-world raw power and wealthy testing.  Unleashing a vehicle with no speed limit or cops on a runway track with a professional co-driver is brilliant.

Need for Speed™ Rivals

It took a while to actually ignore the rules of the road which are just ingrained into my driving habits.  It has been a few years since I experienced the raw Porsche power off road and I found myself quickly becoming super comfortable in the seat of the awesome Ferrari.

My real life Need for Speed

Keep your dreams in Front of You

19th Century Gaming

Vienna, renowned for Opera and Fine Arts, hosted the 11th Vienna Games Conference in the Vienna City Hall which is more accustomed to Banquets and Balls than Game tech.

I was actually hopeful, especially in the backdrop of just finishing the StarWars Battlefront II Open Beta.  Sadly, this was probably the worst hybrid attempt at bringing Gaming Academia and Players together I have ever had the misfortune to spend time on.

I actually whizzed through the entire venue on a Sunday morning in under 90 mins.  Considering PS4 and Xbox were heavily represented, the actual gaming content lacked anything new.

Titles that are already available for pre-order were presented to visitors to test drive and I had a great 10 mins on FarCry 5.  The only other title I hadn’t seen before was Quantum Break (released April 2016) for Xbox and PC but this stands to reason as PS4 Player.

19th century meets Gaming

There were plenty of refreshing upsides to the event.

Reason to be cheerful

A brilliant absence of mandatory visitor data collection.

A Beautiful Neo-Gothic palace-like structure built from 1872.

Wonderful noise control (conversation level)

No overcrowding and marketing hassle

Excellent compliance to the 
Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system, 
basically all 16-18+ had to prove it.

Downside

Very limited new gaming news

No Star Wars Battlefront II presence or demos

Small demo screen, most players today enjoy
37+ inch screens at home while we had to endure tired 
small screen old PS4 demos.

Heavily restricted eSports access.
My verdict

Vienna should stick to Opera and stay out of the Entertainment Software Industry.  Shame on you Microsoft and Sony for allowing this travesty to actually happen in the Global Gaming arena.