From the archive

2005

1,626 posts

An amazing Story of how Stupid people can be!

I am going to warn you the story you are about to read is one that will make your mouth drop open and pray that the person that is being talked about is not your daughter. Identity thieves do not need to dumpster dive just hang out in a product return line. [Lockergnome]

Windows Users 0 day vulnerability on the Loose!

Fully patched Windows XP SP2 machines are vulnerable to a new attack under way and there's no known fix as yet. If you are a Internet Explorer user you will be infected by simply viewing a page that contains an image with this new exploit. If your a Firefox user you will be infected if you download the image. It

Sprint EVDO In Hawaii

Ok I have been playing with a Sprint EVDO card this evening that is activated and on a 14 day trial. The Sprint sales representatives did not have any Maps but a person I met a couple of weeks ago said the two areas I need coverage in are covered. It appears that the first location which is close to

Media RSS!

The referenced article on Media RSS got me to thinking and I was literally smacking myself in the forehead, because earlier in the year when this was announced, I thought that's cool we could do some neat tricks with that. It triggered what I was considering before and I am sure when my good friend Angelo wakes up in the

CSS Menu Generator

Want a quick way to design a menu template in CSS check out this online tool. [www.webmaster-toolkit.com]

Podcast Sandbox’s

The land rush to continue to hack away vertical markets in podcasting continues. With some proclaiming their space to be the official this, or the official that. I suppose the creator of a site can call it whatever they want, as there is no Olympic committee deciding which company can use "official podcast site for (place subject here) in their

Bloggers are becoming aware of Attention

I have seen a variety of post over the last couple of days that have resulted in some discussions about Bloggers having their content stolen and re-posted on other sites with that discussion morphing into how various sites and services are getting rich on the aggregated content that they are pulling from bloggers sites and essentially re-packaging. But if you

A blogging network by Microsoft?

Microsoft has put together a community that is in its early stages. They are looking for anyone who blogs about Microsoft technology so they can get your blog added and available. [The Working Network]

Social Bookmarking. What is it?

A group of people can share there bookmarks and can stay subscribed and be alerted for changes in the things that interest you through RSS. Sounds totally cool, especially to share technology resources. [Social bookmarking - Wikipedia]

Reset Your Digital Watch, Saturday Night

The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERRSS) will move time backward one second on December 31, 2005. An extra second will be added at the end of the year to to account for the slowing of the Earth's rotation. The IERRSS recognizes that our planet's pace of rotation is unpredictable, and will institute the first leap second in seven years. Normally the leap second is a nearly annual event.

Hey Microsoft give Mac Explorer to the community

Don't worry I hear all of you laughing from here. The BBC has a call out to Microsoft to give the Mac Internet Explorer to the community. Personally I think it will be a cold day in your know where before Microsoft did that. For the simple fact that the underpinnings of the application has to have ties to the

RAR Password Cracker

If you have a RAR archive that needs to be unlocked check out the referenced site they may have a solution to get into a RAR archive that has been password protected. [www.rarpasswordcracker.com]

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