> > . . . your New Year's Eve celebration consists of a cup of hot chocolate (with some Bailey's Irish Cream for good measure) in front of a computer hacking together JavaScript and XML.
> >
> > Happy New Year's, my fellow geeks!
> >
> > La"Come on, you, work, dang it!"Zorra
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> I guess I'm not a geek. I spent New Years Eve trying to get into my Facebook account. Their geeks keep telling me that my password is incorrect and my email is invalid. Story of my life!
> Howard

I hate how password- and email-driven everything on the internet is now. I understand it's important for security and keeping spam out, but it's getting a little crazy. Passwords must be this long and include both numbers and letters and can't be a derivative of your name or a pet's name or the place you grew up or anything else you might actually remember.

Some places don't even let you choose a password any more. I've been applying to grad schools recently, and most of them assign PIN numbers instead. I have to write the number down and put it somewhere I won't lose it. Of course I always lose it. I end up having to take advantage of the "Forgot your email/password?" links that email you your information. Sometimes the email takes half a day to actually send, so I have to put off whatever I was going to do until I get it.

I hope you get your password figured out! You should join the Rinkies Facebook group when you do. There are a bunch of us on there.

La"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"Zorra