Will the Real Hacker Please Stand Up

Recent remarks by our regular commentor, Catweasel, suggest that the recent hacking of the Old Heatonian may in some part be related to another rumour doing the rounds – namely that a local ex-sewer rat may be responsible, given that he has recently (according to rumour) taken up a Home Study Computer Course…

I would hope not. Catweasel went on to propose that if this were indeed true, we may be facing imminent Armageddon – as per the popular 80′s movie ‘War Games’.

Conversation about the state of the website in the Kings the other night led one member of the bar staff to suggest that, while he played no part in the matter, he would be capable of doing so.

So, in the interests of future security, I would ask him to please, pretty please with sugar on top, hack this version of the Old Heatonian, and explain to me the steps that he took to do so, so that I can fill those breaches.

That is, unless he’s just full of it…

It Never Ceases to Amaze Me…

…the pure nonsense you hear when you’re sat quietly having a lager in the pub.

Take for example the recent conversation overheard on Saturday between a prominent local business man and his drinking buddies:

‘Hey! You know McDonalds? Their eggs have never even seen an egg! They make ‘em from chicken fat!’

I managed to supress my guffaws of hysterical laughter for a few seconds in order to retort in no uncertain terms, and enquire why he thought this was so:

‘Well, just look at the yolk. You’ll never dip a soldier in that! Them things have never seen a bloody egg. Or a frying pan. Them chips have never seen a potatoe potato either’!

Not one to pour unnecessary scorn on the opinions of my peers, I nevertheless present to you a home version of the machine that they use to cook your McEgg:

Back…Sort of

The lot of anyone who runs a website, particularly one that offers any level of user interactivity (such as allowing comments), includes a constant battle with ne’er do wells who insist on trying to circumvent the measures put in place to block content that is considered unsavoury at best.

Unfortunately, we lost the last battle, which has resulted in a trashing of our original website.  Fortunately though, we haven’t lost much – I’ve got quite good at backing up the database regularly over the years!

I have a lot of work to do to get the site back up and running properly, but for now we’ll just camp out here until I find time to get the work done, and relaunch the new, improved, shiny Old Heatonian.

Thanks for your patience – Phil