Catching up, Python and Facebook security
February 8th 2011 21:02
I'm finishing up in my current job in about a month and a half, and because I'm already past retirement age, am debating whether I want to keep on working full or part-time - or at all. (Not at all might not be an option, depending on the income flow.) My geek son suggested I might to do a little software development on the side - hence the suggestion about Python. Things have turned around for us: when I was a younger, and computers were first appearing on the general scene (as opposed to being available only in businesses) I taught myself very basic programming on a tiny computer that could only hold one programme at a time. Frustrating, but intriguing.
Then we got an Amiga, and programming became a whole different ballgame, with Amiga basic. I learned it roughly, but never got my teeth into it. My son, who was then nine or ten, took hold of programming with all his energy, and would copy vast lines of text into the computer in order to make something happen. As a result he learned how to program, and now does it for a living. Nothing quite like the self-taught man.
That wasn't really what I started out writing here today. I meant to make a note about The Facebook Setting You Should Change as Quickly as Possible.
Ryan Tate writes that Facebook has finally provided a way to keep any random jerk in the café from hijacking your account. But you have to go out of your way to enable this protection, and you might have to wait. Still: Jump on this.
I'll let Ryan explain the details, since he's a good deal better at it than I am. Check out the link for more information.
[Photo by Arno Meintjes - Python the programme actually has more to do with Monty Python than snakes...]
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