Sorry for the silence. I have been working hard on an important project. Such is the life of an indie software engineer. Projects need to be done yesterday and then once you are done you have a slight break while you hustle for the next job.
But if you have been concerned with all the privacy issues that have in the news about Facebook, and you use Firefox as your browser you might want to use the Facebook Container add-on found here – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container/
While the add-on helps, not all functions will work on Facebook if you use it and not all information will be blocked. Anything you do while you are on Facebook is still recorded. Read the “About this extension” for full details.
And if anyone else has any suggestions for other browsers, questions, or just privacy suggestions in general please leave a comment and let us know!
I was really sad when I read this post from Yvonne Hertzbergerabout her losing control of her domain name. I really hate it when people are taken advantage of and that she had problems with the eNom company as they used to be quite legit. Since my paying job title is Software Engineer if you have any technical questions that you would like help with, let me know in the comments below. Who knows, perhaps you will even give me some good ideas for posts. Otherwise, caveat emporium! Also if you are looking to buy a domain name I recommend namecheap.com. I don’t get anything for mentioning them, I have just used them for many years and haven’t had any problems.
The initial response to the question of who owns your domain name would likely be, “I do”. In most cases, you would be correct. That’s what I thought, too, when I received a renewal notice last August. As it turns out, I was wrong – sort of.
If that sounds confusing, you have it right. There is nothing straightforward about what I am about to share with you. The situation has only now been resolved, though I am still awaiting confirmation that it has successfully been transferred to a more reputable company. I am still in some confusion as to everything that happened. Here’s the short version.
I’ve had the domain name yvonnehertzberger.com since 2009, when my first website was initially set up and my first book published.
That website was set up by a friend of my daughter’s . I had no idea about websites and domain names and had been told that he was a genius with computers, etc. in spite of being seriously eccentric. For lack of personal experience, I had to trust that all was correctly done. To this day I believe he thought so, too. And, for the next years, until this past summer, all seemed to be fine.
Sorry for the silence. I have been working hard on an important project. Such is the life of an indie software engineer. Projects need to be done yesterday and then once you are done you have a slight break while you hustle for the next job.