Password Purgatory

Your password is about to expire in 2 days. Do you want to change it now?


That is how the nightmare begins. I don't want to change my password. I have to write it down and put it in my file draw and remember where I filed it. Yesterday I had the same password on all my major apps. In 2 days, I will have one different one. I'll probably keep forgetting it and have to change it again. I wish I could change it back but it doesn't let me change back to a previous password. All this security is great, but I think it only keeps me out.

I like short passwords. I often get the message, your password must be at least 8 characters long, with at least one number and one capital letter. My heart sinks when it says your password must contain at least one number, one capital letter and one special character. I generally forget the special character. So much time is wasted on changing passwords. I often have to click the forgot password link. Then go to my email, open the link they send, and  figure out a new password. I really hate it when they send me a temporary password, like URstup877id.

Why can't I choose a nice short easy to remember password?!

And why can't I use the same password for all my Apps?

I got it. My next password will be a series of bad words, the ones I say when I can't remember my #@*&%$) password!!

I Love My GPS

I got a GPS for Christmas. My first one. I feel like I have been blessed with modern technology. It is so reassuring to have a GPS. I no longer have to worry about getting impossible or serpentine directions from a friend. I can never be lost with this! I never have to stop and ask for directions! UNLESS...
I don't have a complete address, or I put in the city NEXT to the post office official city, or I spell it wrong... When it searches the directory for more than 10 seconds I know it doesn't have it, but the wheels keep spinning and the hourglass keeps turning round and round.

The other day I wanted to kill it. I was going to a school I've never been to before. I just had a name. It might be relatively new, because it was not listed on my GPS as a school.  I didn't have the street address, so I had to call my husband for directions. That's not supposed to happen anymore!

Songs of Science

I love this concept!

Check out the first video on this page:

http://www.symphonyofscience.com/

It's called The Quantum World and has all of your favorite scientists in it, including Morgan Freeman. Oh wait! He's not a scientist. He's an actor.

Check it out anyway.