Eggshell Green

Shame on you scammers

HAHA. [Hubby] got another call from “Microsoft” because we “have a malicious virus”. [He] said I’m running Linux, and the guy goes “That’s Windows too”. And I’m clapping like a tard in the background. Soooo funny.
- Me on Facebook

Don’t you hate scammers? Particularly the ones “from Microsoft” that say there’s a virus on your computer and they need remote access to it so they can fix the problem (therefore having control of all the information on it).

The husband’s been fortunate enough to get these calls and it’s great because he’s a computer geek by profession so it’s just a big laugh to us. The time before this he let the guy think they were getting what they wanted, and instead of giving him access to everything on our computer, he only allowed him to view Notepad on which he typed a special message. The guy hung up as soon as he read it.

On a more serious note, don’t get fooled by these scammers. You’d know if your computer needed fixing.

In the meantime, I’m thinking about what I would do to these idiots if I had to take their call…

Domo-kun keeki

I asked the husband what cake he wanted for his birthday, and we went through the usual “Ummm, I dunno… uhhh”. (It’s kind of like trying to get him to choose baby names, or make any decisions that require creative thought actually. He says that’s my forté.) He’s a geek, so we thought about doing a robot, ipad, motherboard, and other various typical geek things. He had bought me some Ninjabread men cutters because he wanted them at the party, and I said if he wasn’t going to choose something then I’d make a harpooned whale with ninjas doing scientific research on it.

He must’ve had an epiphany or something, and said “Ooh! I know what we could have – you know that furry monster thing on the motivational poster about God killing kittens whenever someone masturbates?” – ok, maybe not an epiphany but he decided that’s what he wanted (because of the Internet meme association, not because of the fate of kittens). We’re talking about Domo-kun (we weren’t geeky enough and had to Google for that).

The Domo cake

He also wanted a red velvet cake and ended up baking the cake himself (yay) and I decorated. Things worked out really well because the cross section of the cake looked as if we had given Domo an autopsy.

Mmmm meaty

And the cake was delicious. I hadn’t tried red velvet before, only heard about it, usually in the form of cupcakes. We tried the Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet recipe – it’s a perfect density for decorating and the bonus is that it tastes good and isn’t dry (and pretty easy to make).

Will definitely make red velvet cake again – just got to remember to get lots of red food colouring each time!

Tags: baking, birthday, cake, decorating, geek

Take that biatch

Last night I dreamt about having a meeting with the stupid Ditzy Dumb Ass of a manager we have at work.

It was all about our web presence and how crap things were. I was shaming her out by  telling everyone all the stupid things she’s done that go against W3C guidelines. She went all red and flustered like she does, trying to make excuses.

I know in real life doing something like that wouldn’t make any difference, but it was a great dream.

What a geek I am.

Tags: geek

Fez Wins

Thanks to Fez for breaking out of his fort and chewing through my laptop cable, I am in the ‘computer room’ with no TV to watch, no coffee table to rest my drink and feet on, and no comfy couch to be comfy on. Fez however is compensating nicely for the lap warmth that my laptop would otherwise be giving.

Never underestimate the determination of a puppy! This is the third fort that Fez has broken out of. When I say ‘fort’, I mean a makeshift enclosure in the lounge for the night, while we are still toilet training him. (He still has his doggy door so he’s not trapped in one spot.)

Being a geek married to a geekier geek, we have five computers in our house. Two of those are laptops. Now I would be perfectly happy using the hubby’s iBook, but Fez chewed through that charger several weeks ago.

The Mac is always claiming superiority over the PC, but chuck in the never-discriminating Fezinator, and he will crush them both.