Paul W. Baker

Microsoft

Hi guys I just wanted to express my frustration at one of the most successful companies ever to exist in or on planet Earth.

So about February 20 2024 my email account was hacked by an unscrupulous person that obviously did it for either fun or financial gain. As soon as I was hacked I drove quickly home informed my bank and other important places of the hacking so that this unscrupulous person had no access to money or anything else of value.

As soon as I finished those phone calls I tried to contact Microsoft to advise them of hacking so that they could block the hacker and assist me in recovering the account as there was so much information within my email with places such as the US embassy in London.

I was on the phone and talking online to members of staff within Microsoft on many late evenings and was promised that the process had been escalated to a team that would assist in the recovery of my email account. Sadly I heard nothing for ages but decided today to contact Microsoft again to see if they could assist me still as they promised me at my last time of contact.

Today they tell me that my email account was closed permanently and was therefore unrecoverable due to their processes and to protect my data. As much as I am grateful that my data is not available to the unscrupulous person that did the hacking I am extremely frustrated after all these hours on the phone they take the easy option and close and delete an account which is now totally unrecoverable.

This obviously means that I now have no access to any of the emails between myself and the US embassy and other places that I have had to contact over many years.

You would think that a $1 trillion company would be able to assist people in simple things such as recovering an account and removing these people that continue to inconvenience, profit, hack those of us that work and honest day for an honest living. They are obviously another company they just want to make money and their customer service does not stretch out far enough to assist those in their hours of need.

I would suggest that with the money that we pay for the services that they provide this is simply not good enough. I have nothing more to say other than I am very disappointed and actually quite angry with their lack of ability, professionalism, empathy with problems brought to them.

Thank you for reading

#microsoft #hacked #hacking

Paul W. Baker

Smashing

A chaotic turn of events unfolded yesterday when a gust of wind violently slammed the door shut as I stepped out of the van for a mere 10 seconds to ensure the camera had survived a brush with a passing pallet truck.

To my dismay, the keys, my phone, and everything else— except for the timelapse camera—were locked inside the car.

Just when I thought I might be stranded indefinitely, a group of skilled workmen appeared on the scene, their tool belts brimming with equipment. After a futile attempt to pry the stubborn doors open, I resorted to a drastic measure: I swung a hammer with all my might, shattering the window like a scene from an action movie, and finally gained entry!

Now, with the dust settling and the adrenaline fading, my next mission looms large: finding a company to replace the broken glass. You’d think that would be a straightforward task, but it’s proving to be anything but! Stay tuned, as I’ll share an update once the glass is replaced and this chaos is behind me!

You can watch the timelapse I wish I didn’t make below:

Paul W. Baker

New pages added to the website

I have added a few new collections but here are some links to some of those pages:

Each of the pages have a link to my YouTube channel, and the video where those images on the pages were taken, do please consider subscribing to the channel (it is FREE) and help me get to the 1000 subscribers.

And remember to look around the site, you may have missed some of the photographs.

Paul W. Baker

problems

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to get out again this weekend due to a serious issue with the van’s suspension.

The vehicle is currently with Ford undergoing essential safety checks, but the outlook in terms of timing is not encouraging.

As the van continues to age and the mileage mounts, keeping it safely and reliably on the road is becoming an increasingly uphill battle. If these ongoing issues continue, replacement may eventually become unavoidable — a decision I am doing everything I can to delay.

Thank you again for your support.

Paul W. Baker

Latest Vlog

The last vlog I did was created just before Christmas and released on Christmas Day, clearly a mistake on my part as it has not had too many views.

I visited The Broadlands Lake near Southampton, just off the M27. What a beautiful place to photograph but on this occasion it was the wrong time of day.

Link to location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1mRXtjaws6k5xzou9

Map

I was granted access for which I am exceptionally grateful, I hope to be able to return again soon..

Here is the Vlog :)

Paul W. Baker

Lets Walk

As I have been a little under the weather of late, I spent three days of last week out walking. To make those walks somewhat more exciting I took the OSMO 360 with me on its stick and videoed the walk around and within the grounds, including the Church and Keep, of an old English Castle.

The castle is located in Portchester (Portchester Castle) and has a lot of history to it. I have tried to share some of that history in the video to add a little more interest, well not everyone will be able to get here to look at the castle themselves.

The finished video is now on my YouTube channel, you may find it interesting?

Here is a link, please leave your thoughts: https://youtu.be/RT7sz3XUpW8?si=0g5ACDDtLWp0N87n

Paul W. Baker

Wall completed

Well it is done! I had one of my images printed onto wallpaper and I have spent most of the past weekend putting it onto the wall I put up in the ‘out house’ which now acts as a partition from the storage area and work/rest area.

Looks pretty good to me but I’ll never be employed as a decorator.