chriswoodartist

Yesterday was I was 73. I had one birthday card in the post and 65 people sent online felicitations so perhaps a sign of the times  ! I don’t feel any older, I don’t look any older than I did a week ago. I am beginning to think that in my own little corner of my own little digital world, I have aged this week ! The march of time continues and life goes on.

I received an email, over the weekend, urging me to look at some updated documents on my “platform” – so I duly went to login, entered my user id, and password and the algorithm said my I D  didn’t match the password and would I like reset my password – so foolishly, I clicked yes and this lead to two days of frustration and a lot of language that the BBC wouldn’t approve of !

I spent this morning sorting out my dilemma and I am now exhausted ! Did I mention “annual accounts” ? I am doing them at the moment so in between “chatting” to a live chat line to overcome my password issues, I was fiddling with a spreadsheet ! The wretched chat line  kept timing out or giving me false information that didn’t help. I had to jump through the same security hoops, typing in countless facts and figures, over and over –  which is fine but after the fourth time it becomes a little tedious ! Fortunately I am a patient fellow or my tablet would be in several small pieces, having been thrown through the window ! My accounts are still in limbo but that’s another story !

I hate passwords and whilst layers of security are there to protect us it can be very frustrating when you forget them. PIN numbers are also “all well and good” but they can be hacked. If we have the technology to read our iris and or fingerprint, why can’t that be a universal form of security ? Most of us also have mobile phones but they can be stolen so that’s not a good method of verifying your ID but the banks seem to have overcome many of these  problems so why do others’ lag so far behind ?

So that’s life, PIN numbers and passwords dealt with, next on the agenda is frustration – whilst I am quite patient, I’m afraid I don’t  suffer fools gladly – so if you are a fool – don’t approach me today !

PS : The Image of Rodin’s Thinker seemed appropriate  !