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Posted by tightbeam
Mar 12, 2018 at 08:28 PM
Installing Ad Blocker or UBlock Origin ought to solve the problem. I’ve never seen an ad on this site. According to my UBlock Origin stats, Google Syndication (an ad server) is blocked. That’s undoubtedly the source of the ads that Daly objects to seeing.
Posted by Chris Murtland
Mar 12, 2018 at 08:44 PM
Ah, okay, I usually browse the site on a desktop. I will take a look at the mobile layout, which needs to be updated in any case.
Paul Korm wrote:
Chris, what I see when I look at this site on an iPhone is that the ad
>that normally appears in the green sidebar instead appears in the middle
>of a random posting. (I.e, the ad appears to be part of Andy’s post,
>but I know that’s not the case.)
Posted by kjxymzy
Mar 13, 2018 at 12:53 AM
washere wrote:
>TreeSheets (free) is quite good at multi use, can pretty much create any
>chart or card based system, etc. Most play a little while but give up as
>the basic commands are unusual. But only need a few to get going.
Thx for sharing!
>emailing oneself photos of passports, tickets, documents etc before
>travel is good. Can password protect in a zip file for safety.
Email as file repo is surprisingly robust.
Posted by Andy Brice
Mar 13, 2018 at 07:43 AM
>Email as file repo is surprisingly robust.
When I am travelling I keep a USB key on a lanyard around my neck. Any sensitive files are encrypted into self extracting .exe files using Axcrypt:
http://www.axantum.com/AxCrypt/
These files self-extract when you double click on one of the .exe and supply the correct password. That means they have strong encryption but you don’t even need AxCrypt to decrypt them.
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
Posted by MadaboutDana
Mar 13, 2018 at 08:42 AM
Sorry, yes, it hadn’t occurred to me that Daly might be talking about external ads—I use ad blockers of various kinds on all my browsers, so I rarely see ads!