Rinse and Repeat.

I was recently asked why I was putting a keyboard into a warm oven. Silly question, I thought, wasn’t it obvious I had just given it a bath?

I was then asked why I had given it a bath, so I patiently explained that it we were out of dishwasher powder.

Password on a Post-it.

Passwords can be troublesome beasties, especially if you have a lot of them. Some you need on a daily basis, such as those you use to log onto a computer or network: Some you only use once in a blue moon, such as the one you use to connect to internet, and probably forgot two days after setting up the connection. Some you will guard with your life, such as the access codes for your Swiss bank account: Others, such as your ICanHasCheezburger log-in aren’t quite as critical.

How Deleted is “Deleted”?

Generally, when you hit delete on a file, you want it gone. Occasionally you change your mind (because you discovered it still contained some important data, or you mis-read the name, or sneezed at the wrong moment) and you can reach for you computers recycle/trash bin and undelete: Otherwise, you probably empty the bin every so often and it’s gone for ever…