How to get to Tottenham Court road.

Getting there:

5 minute walk from my house to Flitwick train station.

Buy a return ticket from Flitwick to St Pancras station: £19.50, it will take 1 hour 17 minutes.

Walk from the station to the bus stop, 2 minutes.

Bus from station: £3.50 return to Tottenham court road.2 minutes.

Getting back:

Go back to Tottenham court road, from there you can catch a bus, they come every 30 minutes, get a bus back to the station, 2 minutes.

Get on the charring cross train to Flitwick, this will once again take 1hour 17 minutes.

Walk back to the house, 5 minutes.
 

The dangers of opening an email

Receiving and opening Emails can be dangerous, Emails from anonymous strangers can contain viruses. Viruses such as Trojans that can be used to steal your personal information, this could include password and bank details. Emails can also be used as phishing techniques; they work by fooling the user into entering their password by making the Email look like it was sent from a certain service. For example, a fake Facebook account activation that will request for the user to enter their password, some people will be fooled by these and will give out personal information. So be careful when opening Emails, always make sure you know who the sender is, and even better, run a virus check on Emails, that will check the email for any unwanted malware.

Some viruses that could potentially infect your pc are:

• Mass mailing worms, also known as "e-mail worms", these can spread rapidly from user to user, often before people are aware of what is happening. These worms might unintentionally come from people you know, and, once unleashed through an attachment, begin sending themselves to people in your address book. If you are not expecting something from a friend or relative, check with him before opening the message.
• Some attachments might cause mildly annoying effects, but others are especially harmful, such as the Trojan horse. This malware disguises itself as a helpful program to gain trust and get inside your computer. Once inside, hackers get the remote access they need to attain information for their own personal gain, such as identity theft. Protect yourself with antivirus software such as Norton to prevent any damage.
• Another attachment is the malicious executable, which is known for causing serious damage quickly. These attacks seek to acquire sensitive information and render your system inoperable. Like other malware, this executable can be sent from someone you know and contain seemingly innocent subject lines, such as "You have received an E-Card!" or something similar. Again, take care not to open attachments that are not expected, and regularly run virus protection applications.

Always check your emails for viruses before opening them, many free virus software lets you scan your emails before opening them and therefore you can be sure you're safe.

Example of a free virus protection software.

Amazon.co.uk and its uses

Amazon is an online marketplace that has recently become a digital distribution service, from the kindle books and pc games that it sells. it is one of the biggest online market places on the internet, it allows for small shops an companies to sell their stock and also sells its own. The website is very user friendly and is targeted at an age range of any age, as long as you're old enough to order from the website, it sells just about anything for anyone. The website is very secure so there is no need to worry about your bank details, you are able to use paypal which is an even safer method of payment. This website can be compared to Ebay.co.uk, which is an online auction house, I personally prefer Amazon over Ebay as Amazon is more reliable, and a lot of the time you can find a great deal on something without having to go through the hassle of bidding. And a lot of the time on Ebay you can run into problems with payment, just the other day when I sold some old electronics on Ebay, the payment was never made to my account, I had to go through the hassle of contacting the buyer and questioning him on the order, turned out he had no money in his account at the time of purchase, it took me 3 weeks to get the money through. There's also the problem of scammers, they will often sell fake products or find ways not to pay you for your items you're selling. These are just some of the problems I have with Ebay and why I prefer Amazon over any online marketplace.

5 day weather report.

The predicted weather this for week for flitwick is:
Monday: Cloud and rain, 14-9°C
This prediction was very accurate, throughout the day it was very rainy and did stay at around 14°C
Tuesday: Cloud and sun, 15- 9°C
This weather forcast was also very acturate, once again it was very cloudy but there was no rain, the temperature for this forecast was also correct as it remained at around 15°C
Wednesday:Cloud, rain and chance of sun, 15-10°C
While there was a lot of rain and cloud there was no sign of sun, although they were correct on saying that there was a chance of sun. The temperature remained accurate throughout the day.
Thursday:Cloud and rain,14-9°C
Fairly accurate prediction, although there was a small amount of sun during the day and the temperature did rise about 14°C, so this was probably there most unreliable prediciton, even though it was still correct for the most part.
Friday:Cloud, 14-9°C
Once again they were correct, it remained cloudy throughout the day, with a temperature around 14-9°C.
These predictions can be found here.
I had the choice over two different websites, http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ and http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/mk45, I much prefered BBC's website as it gave a direct link to accurate weather predictions for my local area. Whereas metoffice.gov.uk's closest location was London and therefore wasn't as accurate.

Office of National Statistics, internet access.

According to the Office of National Statistics, 45 per cent of Internet users used a mobile phone to connect to the Internet, and 21 per cent of internet users didn't think that their skills were able to protect them and their personal information. You can find out more here. Some other interesting statistics are the usage of the internet in certain countries, for example, in North Korea, only 625 internet users. More about that can be found here.

First IT lesson

Today was my first day of IT, we have been given the task of creating a blog using Blogger.com. I will be putting all of my IT work on this blog from now on.