Nope, it was Gmail and I know it’s the correct account because I have other emails regarding that account going back a few years including confirmations and a password reset.

I did check spam at the time. I really tried to give them the benefit of the doubt but all I can figure is my account slipped through some weird crack. It’s likely I never would have even known if it weren’t for my kid asking me one day if we could play together.

Doubt all you like. I checked multiple times after opening a ticket to make sure I hadn’t missed something. I would actually be a lot less annoyed with them if I had.

So did most of my friends, but I checked multiple times and confirmed that I had nothing. I would have been a lot less annoyed with them if I had received an email and missed or ignored it. For whatever reason, the notifications never made it to me.

I’m one of those people. I haven’t played in years. I may never have played again. I only found out because my daughter is now at an age where she asked if we could play together. I received no notice from Microsoft and I don’t do social media so it was a complete surprise to me when I couldn’t log in, then find out through their support that I had lost access to something I had legally paid for.

I never even received an email. I haven’t touched Minecraft in years, probably never would have again, but my daughter is getting into it and I thought it would be fun to play with her. I found out about the migration when trying to troubleshoot why I couldn’t log in.

I tried to contact support and they told me that they had “widely communicated the migration through email and social media” and that because I had missed the migration window, I would simply have to buy a new copy. I double and triple checked. No emails regarding the migration and I’m not on social media.

One of my favorite managers once told me while I was struggling with a severe case of imposter syndrome “if you’re faking it well enough that others can’t tell, you might not be faking it as much as you think.”

Firesheep!

That plugin and others that came after, was one of the things that finally got websites to start using https on everything, not just the log in page.

There’s a couple of short story collections on Kindle called Space Eldritch. It’s been years since I read them, but I remember enjoying them. A little on the pulpier side, but fun.

I love Takis. One of my guilty pleasure trash snacks is a bag of Takis and a couple hazys.

You just reminded me of a rental place I used to frequent. Insomniac videos. It was dark and musky, and the staff all had an encyclopedic knowledge of the weird and unknown or cult classics. Those were also the only movies they carried and they were next to the cheapest pizza place in town. My roommates and I at the time would often checkout something the staff recommended and load up on junk food on the rare occasion we all had a night off together. Good times.

I used to do penetration testing and only got to dabble in physical penetration testing a couple of times. Hell of a lot of fun.

For anyone reading this chain and interested in hearing more, this is a pretty fun interview with someone known for doing physical presentation testing.

https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/134/