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Feb 21 filk acoustic-one-take comedy folk-pop it
My day job is IT... and there are certain phrases that keep coming up day in and day out.
This is a single acoustic live take (I seem to be making this live tracking a habit), except for one added part at the end that I felt I needed to try.
There are villains out there
With too much time on their hands
They could be hiding next door
Or far away in foreign lands
These misguided miscreants
Do not find it hard
To wreak digital havoc
With your credit card
There are so many schemes
So many ways they will try
So please take this reminder
From your friendly it guy
Change your password
Change your password
Please make it strong
Don’t leave it lame
We really don’t care
If it’s got your dogs name
It just needs to change
So it does stay the same
Change your password
Change your password
Now
You have worked so hard
On that cool document
Then you hear a click
now you don’t know where it went
It could be that it’s deleted
Or just been renamed
All that really matters
Is that something changed
To try to recreate it
Is too much time and cost
So please take this advice
Before your work is lost
Back it all up
Back it all up
Make a copy to the cloud
To tape or to CD
Think you’ve got it done
Time to make copy three
You won’t want to pay
For data recovery
Back it all up
Back it all up
So lets review
Change your password
Change your password
Back It All Up
Back It All Up
And don’t forget
Shutdown and Restart
@philkmills Feb 23
That sounds about right.
(Oh, and people who send you email with "I Love You" as the subject line usually don't.)
@billysea Feb 21
Ah, the old shutdown and restart ploy. When I first became an IT guy in the Navy and on a ship, that is the first thing I learned and the thing that worked more times than not. Funny (but true) story telling. Luckily, these days I'm more into IA than IT dealing with policy enforcement so don't have to yell at people to change their passwords and back up all the things. 😀 Great song Eric
@the3queens Feb 21
Funny! I can't believe how easy it is to hack considering I can't remember my own passwords! Especially love the counter melodies at the end. Good one!
@tspoon Feb 21
thanks for the reminder. So is it Ok to have it on a post-it note on my monitor?
@ductapeguy Feb 21
That's it. Can this be played on every morning wake up show on the planet.
@joefahey Feb 21
Yes, I think you have a hit on your hands. A PSA jingle for sure.
@andyt13 Feb 21
Oh I laughed and laughed. Well done