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Password Tips

Posted by Nitemice on February 26, 2012
Posted in: Security, Technology, Tips & Tricks. Tagged: 1337, 13375p34k, brute force attack, cracker, favourite song, hacker, leet, leetspeak, login, password, password button, password passwords, Portal (video game), protection, security, sign up, sunshower, the little stevies. 3 Comments

So, you want to browse a new website or use a new online tool, but first you need to sign up. Seems simple enough, use the same username as last time, same password…Ah, your password. Passwords are becoming evermore critical secret of modern life, as everything moves online and your password/s unlock it all. Everyone knows it’s best practice to keep every password unique, and litter them with special characters and a mixture of capitals and numbers, but very few of us do. Why? Because it’s too hard. But I’ve got a few tips to try and make it all a bit easier.

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HTC Sensation Review

Posted by Nitemice on February 19, 2012
Posted in: Technology. Tagged: Android, app, home button, home menu, HTC, HTC Sensation, ICS, mobile, mobile phone, phone, ramble, redundancy, review, Sensation, Smartphone, Wi-Fi. 2 Comments

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So, I’ve had my new phone, the HTC Sensation, for about a month now and I think I’m getting the hang of using it. There are still some things about it that annoy me, but some of the things that I initially thought were stupid are actually quite nifty. Continue Reading

Jazz Bar

Posted by Nitemice on February 12, 2012
Posted in: Blog Stuff, Discussional, Music. Tagged: Arts and Entertainment, bar, Beautiful music, big band, horn, interests, jazz, jazz bar, jazz music, jazz sound, music, music swells, Pop music, ramble, saxophone. 1 Comment

So, I went and saw a bunch of my friends perform, as a band, in a jazz bar the other night. It was so awesome. Continue Reading

The First Few Weeks of My Traineeship

Posted by Nitemice on February 5, 2012
Posted in: Traineeship. Tagged: apple, blog, dell, deployment, employee, employer, ghost, hard drive image, House, ipad, job, mac, mac1, netbook, netbooks, notebook, Serial number, traineeship, unboxing, what this means, work, workplace. 3 Comments

So, I started my traineeship a few weeks ago, and everything seems to be going pretty ok so far. It’s been pretty intense and overwhelming at times, but that’s because I’ve walked straight into the middle of a mammoth rollout of new devices. Continue Reading

Appreciate Everything

Posted by Nitemice on January 28, 2012
Posted in: Discussional, Travel. Tagged: appreciation, Australia, australia day, blog, celebration, good fortune, health, hottest 100, life, living in australia, ramble, speech, Travel, Triple J Hottest 100, Volunteering. 4 Comments

So, Australia Day was this week. The day my beloved country celebrates its colonial roots, and the indigenous people it took this land from. Well, some people do. A lot of others just sit around, boozing up and listening to Triple J’s Hottest 100. But more than anything, it is a perfect day to reflect on what makes Australia such a great place. Continue Reading

Volunteering In India

Posted by Nitemice on January 21, 2012
Posted in: Travel. Tagged: adventure, blog, first, introduction, iphone, orphanage, Travel, Volunteering. 2 Comments

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So, during December last year I went to India for just under 3 weeks . I went with my high school, to volunteer in a boys’ orphanage in the south. We helped fix up a few things; cleaning, constructing and painting. Continue Reading

OHS Induction

Posted by Nitemice on January 14, 2012
Posted in: Coursework, Traineeship. Tagged: Android, Coursework, danger, employee, employer, hazards, health, HTC, laws, Occupational Health & Safety, risk, safety, Sensation, workplace. Leave a comment

So, this week’s been pretty packed.  I’ve had lots of things to organize in getting ready for my traineeship. I had to complete an online course about occupational health and safety (OHS) before my induction next week.  A lot of the content was repetitive and oriented more towards highly physical and construction-type jobs, which of course is not what I’m doing.

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My First Post…

Posted by Nitemice on January 6, 2012
Posted in: Blog Stuff, Traineeship. Tagged: blog, community, first, hi, interests, introduction, job, security, traineeship, university. Leave a comment

So, this is my first blog post. Hi, and welcome to Nitemice’s Blog. Over the course of this year, I plan on blogging once a week, meaning by the end of the year I should have at least 52 of these.  But before I go into all that, I should tell you a bit more about myself. Continue Reading

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