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Going through Leyton this morning behind Mr Hipster on his rear-brakeless single gear. Made brief comment at the lights to the effect of 'mate, you really oughta have a rear brake for that setup, or get a fixed gear and some foot retention'. Total blankness from my floppy-haired friend. Then saw he also has in-ear phones and not a clue what I'm saying.

In the words of the great Essex philosopher Jamie Oliver 'Oh my days.......'

Have you checked them out yet.........

Nailed it: call it 'work', work-related cycling is tax deductible at 20p/mile. Do the 100 miler and HMRC pay your entry.

#theresalwaysaway

That really sucks. So sorry for you. Have retweeted, but my follower count is pitiful. Hope you get it back soon. On a different topic - why belt drive rather than real world metal for this trip?

Wiggo playing it careful at the start... This is going to get interesting.

Ha!

Cancellara looks like his suit is mighty thin over the buttocks.

Sorry to miss this one. Love the Strava plot showing a good amount of the ride was done subterranean, even taking into account the tunnels.

Another dreadful piece of news. My condolences to the family. R.I.P. cyclist.

The first post on this page is still the best.

I just booked a trip to Dublin for the new wife and me. I'm stupid and just absentmindedly booked using her new, married, name forgetting that her passport is still in her maiden name.

Flying with Ryan Air and it looks like they want £110 to change the name on the ticket (2 flights and hotel for 3 nights was only £220 total)! Am I screwed and have just wound up paying over the odds for a cheap, shoddy city break or is there some thing I can do, or some way around it?

I'm looking into the possibility of updating the passport, but the flight leaves on 23rd and in order to arrange that, we'd probably need to pay extra and get to a passport office (if we could get an appointment) and that's likely to work out to be too much hassle and probably more expensive (though at least part of that expense would need to be incurred at some point anyway when she changes the passport later).

Take marriage certificate to airport with you and also any official docs in her old and new names. Might be worth trying to contact Ryanair ahead of time and trying to get it sorted, too.

Or more likely they'll tell you to go away and use your comletely understandable oversight to prop up their rightly decreasing share price.

Ryanair are awful. You have my sympathies.

Zoncolan??

Tragic. R.I.P.

David Frost. RIP.

^or a larger frame.

No, madness is posting detailed instructions on hijacking the physical documents on the Internet. So long as you don't do that you'll be fine :)

Thank goodness I wasn't foolish enough to do that then. ;-)

Unfortunately it's not me that decides on how secure it has to be. These are confidential records/files/images and I would be a lot happier if they were encrypted whenever transmitted over, or secured on, the internet. As Tester said, passwords are not secure, no matter how apparently tricky they are to solve. A physical (eg dongle-based) key available to those permitted access would be ideal.

Of course the irony is not lost on me is that the current level of security for these files is a blue folder in my bag, protected only by Bob Jackson's finest steel, or alternatively a short walk into the office and a threatening conversation with a co-worker of mine.

The powers that be are of the mind that the internet is a dangerous abd subversive place to store information, but an open office and clearly-visible files is all just cool. Now THAT'S madness.

Thanks people. The idea of having files encrypted but stored online, password protected (eg. Dropbox) and then the encrypted version accessed and unencrypted by a person with a (perhaps physical/dongle) key for working on would be ideal as I see my co-workers regularly, but am tired of biking across town to deliver confidential documents late in the evening. If anyone really wants to access the files, there'll be easier and quicker methods than having me killed.

Email would then be surplus to requirements as all I'd need would be an unsecure email saying 'I've seen the documents, please access and proof-read'.

BTW
Incrypted - stored underneath a church? ;-)

Lovely bike. If only I had the cash. Just my size, too.

http://xkcd.com/949/

The Snowden files are moved around on encrypted USB drives, and those people know what they are doing.

...and it worked out so well. Maybe I should invest in Hired Goons for added security (insert Simpsons clip here).

I'm trying to avoid physically transferring drives etc. An alternative might be some gizmo that encrypts stuff at source, then transfers to unsecure cloud-based storage, then collected and unencrypted by second user at different location using same unencryption key.

Is this madness?

Secure email and storage:

I am in no way a tech person. I need to have a secure way to store and transmit confidential information (in my case, personal records and business records). I have been looking at stuff such as egress.com , but wondered if there was anyone out there with other thoughts.

I need to:

1. Be able to send files over the internet encrypted.
   
2. Be in control of who can access and un-encrypt files.
   
3. Be able to store files in the cloud that can be worked on by other (permitted) people.
   
4. Not have to pay too much for this service.
   
   

Any thoughts? Opinions would be much appreciated.

Yes.

PM me.

does anyone have a log in for the which? website i can use please ?

In.
1.Velocio +jersey +race
2.jonny + jersey
3.Kirth +jersey
4.Emyr +jersey +race
5.Ramaye +jersey
6.Sam_w +jersey
7.EEI + jersey + race
8.edscoble + jersey
9.HatBeard +jersey
10.WjPrince +jersey +race
11.Tyrrell +jersey
12.villa-ru +jersey
13.howard +jersey
14.Soul +jersey
15.middleofnowhere + jersey
16.cliveo + jersey
17.CheBeef + jersey +race
18.Beseku +jersey
19.Indra +jersey
20.O'Shane +jersey +race
21.'brows + jersey + race
22.dry +jersey
23.bothwell +jersey
24.Lynchman+jersey
25.upstart +jersey
26.ap8006 +jersey +race
27.Drewzy +jersey
28.Temp + Jersey
29.wools + Jersey + absolutely zero intention of racing
30.roboto +jersey +race
31.Finger Jockey +jersey +race
32.ncjlee + jersey + CTT racing if such a thing exists
33.steves + jersey
34.Hairnetnic + jersey +race
35.rogan +jersey
36.BlueQuinn +jersey +race
37.Scoot +jersey +race
38.Chris_tim + Jersey + Race

1. BGA + Jersey
   

Great ride. Had to bail early to fix a puncture just outside MI5. Couldn't quite make contact again, so the great man Dicki rode back with us to the east. Thanks Dicki - great to meet you (and all the rest).

Hope the head wound heals well.

In. Kids to bed, then heading into town.

1. Dicki
   
2. Ramaye
   
3. MA3K
   
4. Temp
   
5. Wakamuaka
   
6. Blandosa
   
7. Indra
   
8. conker
   
9. PQR
   
10. Tommy
    
11. YAL
    
12. Jakowlew
    
13. Sweats
    
14. Parapandereta
    15.eBasta
    
15. Hairnet
    
16. Billybob
    
17. HairyChris (provisional!)
    
18. starfish and coffee
    
19. Snake Fist
    
20. Maurice D
    
21. Apollo
    
22. JAH tim
    
23. Pete
    
24. Yankee Shit Bag
    
25. noiser
    
26. Clockwork_killa
    
27. xSVCx
    
28. HORRO
    
29. Mo79 +2
    
30. veLLo +2
    
31. HatBeard
    
32. BGA +1
    

R.i.p.