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Cake day: May 30th, 2024

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  • okay - i can’t quite confirm this, as i am not in front of my home computer right now, but if i am wrong, i am certain someone will correct me.

    • use the admin account on the computer to install the game for all users, that way no matter what account is logged in, they will have access to the game

    • you will need to create a Microsoft account for each kid. best to use your account as the parent account, and have them as users/family members

    • if you have Xbox Live Gold, there’s a good chance the game will be free for you.

    • you should play too! it’s a ridiculously fun game, and there’s so many different ways to play it.

    if i got any details wrong, i apologise. (except for the part where i said you should play too!!!)












  • i am gonna jump in and say that it depends on how deeply “non technical” you are. if you are already running your own website, then you could likely handle doing your email the way i do. there’s all kinds of info online, that will show you how to do it.

    i did check out addy.io, and it seems simple enough to use. looking further into it, there are other services out there too, that offer a similar service, like forwardemail.net.

    have a wander around the web, and see which solution feels right for you.


  • some interesting points in this article, but none that are dealbreakers for me continuing the way i currently handle my email. the one example of : “your email is Hilton? do you work here?” typically no employee actually cares enough to ask that question. i have been running my email this way for 20 years (ish), so my sample size is large enough to suggest my results are reliable.

    still great food for thought, though!




  • i own a domain, and have a catchall account which forwards to a single address.

    any time i sign up for a service, i use their business name as the prefix.

    for example : i decide to go shop at a store called Mold Gravy, and the clerk tells me i can save 15% on today’s purchase by giving them my email address. i tell them it’s moldgravy@mydomain.com.

    this keeps my actual main email account from getting polluted, and also if i notice an increase in spam, i can see which company either sold my fake email address, or were compromised, and the i can simply block it.

    it costs $10/yr for a domain name, and another $5/month for hosting. well worth it.

    ETA : there’s a lot of really great suggestions here, not only in response to me, but also in this whole thread!