Fire Walls...

at the start of the year i got a new job working for a software company that makes facilities management solutions.
as such i have spent most of febuary away in holland, and it is here that i write from.

i have been staying in a hotel in wijchen near nijmegen; the oldest city in the netherlands.
its a nice place but compared to brighton its quiet.

i spend my evenings making music on my mac and watching bbc1 and bbc2 on the tv.
the hotel has a hardwired broadband connection and it works like a giant network.
this means that i can see everyone elses pcs thru my mac.

i am amazed how many people do not secure their pcs and leave them open for people such as me to browse their contents.
out of 6 pcs last night only one blocked me looking thru their my documents and hard drives.
if i were an evil person i could quite easily delete all files.
its also got me thinking about what i would do if i found 'dodgy' material on them.
most people have photos on their pcs so i would be able to know who to stare at during breakfast.

so word of advise - use your firewalls. as i may be looking.

at the end of this week i will be back in uk for a few days before going skiing.
i am looking forward to the middle of march when i am back for longer than a week.

the nice thing about being away is that i have been able to work on a number of my amongst the pigeons tracks.
the album is coming along nicely and will hopefully be fully finished by christams.
so you can have pigeons in your stockings this year.