Michele Neylon :: Pensieri

This is both annoying and embarassing.

My Facebook account was hacked earlier this afternoon and the "charming" hacker has been telling my contacts that I need money - it's basically a 419 scam.

I've already reported the issue to Facebook

To clarify:

- I'm not in London or anywhere else overseas. I'm currently in Carlow
- I haven't been mugged or had my wallet stolen
- I don't use Western Union or any such services. If I wanted your money I'd either ask or encourage you to spend more money with us!

Hopefully I'll be able to get this resolved in a timely fashion.

I suspect my Facebook account password was a bit too weak and was bruteforced..

UPDATE: I've finally regained control of the account and will be using much stronger passwords in the future (there's a blog post or two in that tale!)

Sydney was great.

The weather the first few days wasn't exactly wonderful, as I already mentioned, but it improved while I was there.

Australia is not Sydney, but if Sydney is any reflection of Australia then the country is great!

Now I'm back in Ireland trying to get over the jetlag (again!). Why anyone would fly all the way to Australia for only a couple of days is beyond me!

Although I've been in Sydney since Monday morning a combination of jetlag and bad weather has meant that I haven't explored the place as much as I would have liked.

Today changed all that and I spent most of the day wandering around the city with a few other people who are also over here for the ICANN meeting.

I've been using Google maps quite a bit in the last few months to get me from point A to point B in cities that I don't know too well.

Most of the time the maps are accurate and the directions are good.

So what about this one?



Granted, there could be some very good reasons why Google wants to route me by this rather circuitous route (and yes I did specify "walking", so it's not a "one way system" issue) but it still strikes me as odd ..

So much for the shortest distance between two points being a straight line ...

Sydney's Opera House is probably one of the most recognisable images of Sydney and even Australia.
The ferry from one side of the harbour to the other takes you in really close to it, which is when I took this snap

It's nearly 3pm here in Sydney and I've been on the go now since Saturday - catnapping along the way.

Sydney and Australia is a whole new experience and I'm loving it.

Photos and more to come, but I really need a hot shower and a change of clothes first...

My packing for trips is always chaotic...

This time round I've run into two silly problems

1. Adapters - I have plenty of them, but they all seem to be for the wrong country
2. Space - For some stupid reason I managed to actually fill the suitcase. It might take up less space by the time I repack it, but I normally don't have that problem ...

In any case, I'm now waiting in departures to board my flight to Abu Dhabi and then on to Sydney.

Maybe one of these trips I'll actually get organised enough to feel like I haven't forgotten something silly, but I wouldn't hold my breath .. It's usually nothing essential, but the nagging feeling at the back of my mind is a hard one to suppress
Now to find a decent book to read ...

Since I'll be in Sydney when Transformers 2 is released going to see it "down under" seems to make sense...

The IMAX looks like a good option, so if anyone else is going to be "down under" for ICANN and wants to see it, why not hook up?

There's a screening just after midnight and according to Michael Bay some of the scenes were shot for IMAX ...

I got back from Rome earlier this afternoon. If I could find the cable for my camera I'd upload photos, but failing that I'll use a card reader to pull them off it ...

Rome was fantastic, so now I have to get geared up for Sydney ..

On the phone side ...

I'm currently using a backup phone, but can't use my E71!!

Why?

Because Three still haven't given us the unlock codes!!!

So not only did they manage to disconnect me from the world last week (and seemingly they didn't "allow" several or our numbers to be ported, so some of my staff were left in "limbo") but now I can't even use my phone!

Three win the prize for most inept and useless company I've dealt with ever. Seriously.

If you want to get a mobile phone DO NOT use these jokers!

I am currently incommunicado courtesy of Three's "wonderful" customer service.

I'm not going to get in to all the "goings on" surrounding our experience with Three, but suffice to say we decided to switch back to Vodafone.

That switch is not complete and won't be for another few hours ...

In the meantime the "lovely" people at Three decided to cut us off...

They're also demanding we pay them to unlock phones etc., so I'm basically cut off

If anyone needs to contact me urgently - you're out of luck!

If it's not too urgent email me and hopefully I'll be able to get back to you ...

Talk about annoying!

Dear Three - you really really suck!