Ric Alston
ricalstoncambridge.bsky.social
Ric Alston
@ricalstoncambridge.bsky.social
Vegan piano playing biz computer whizz
The joy of tidying up data is what you find from a decade ago
September 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
July 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Reposted by Ric Alston
Politics?

Not in my pub!
July 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Once in a while someone with a gift explains. Cisco have done a grand job here. Everyone should read this.
www.cisco.com/c/en_uk/prod...
#cambridge #computer #cambridgecomputer #computertechnician
What Is a Social Engineering Attack in Cybersecurity?
Social engineering attack isn't a cyber attack. It is when bad actors gain the trust of their targets, so they lower their guard and give up sensitive information.
www.cisco.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Windows 11 upgrades still keeping us busy. We've enjoyed navigating changes to BIOS like enabling TPM & UEFI boot and command line tools to change old MBR partitions to GPT
#cambridge #computer #cambridgecomputer #computertechnician
July 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Anyone got a Dell OptiPlex GX 620 Pentium D Tower PC in the loft... or shed!? Could be probably be confused for a step or oversized door stop. #cambridge #computer #cambridgecomputer #computertechnician
May 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Ric Alston
A hateful thing to say. People whose approach to life is not faith-based have done enormous good, majority non-religious societies have been some of the strongest proponents of human dignity and solidarity. Why is the BBC just printed this unchallenged? If it's "news", it should be balanced.
May 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The law fights back against deepfake abuse

Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey. Perpetrators can get jail time & are open to lawsuits from the victims

www.cnbctv18.com/technology/n...
New Jersey criminalises AI-generated deepfake media under new law - CNBC TV18
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a law making AI-generated deepfake media a crime, punishable by up to five years in prison.
www.cnbctv18.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A fabulous perk from sorting out a cloud sync problem! The home of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_De... has a new piano,one of six made by the architect en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_L... I get to listen to Beethoven and Chopin by played by a master on a piano from history.
John Deathridge - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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If you ever, for a second, imagined you were wrong to close your Twitter account - here's Elon Musk reminding you that you made the right decision.
January 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hello Bluesky! Goodbye X and its far right associations. It is a beautiful winter morning in Cambridge. Bright sunshine through the windows and a passing dog walker with an extraordinarily bright white dog and equally bright green trousers.
January 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM