Here is an article on computer viruses, spam, and the new portal for which I was interviewed for the Spectator, the university student news paper. Josh Stone Campus computers are getting sick from e-mail viruses and spam, but Information Technology staff members say they have medicine to fight the problem. “We can’t really eliminate them, but we…
Dependencies sux… knew IMP required the Horde Framework, PHP, MySQL, and Apache. Horde requires MySQL, gettext, and mcrypt (don’t find out those last 2 until one reads the directions for installing it from the download cause they are not on the site). So get all the Horde stuff done. Ready for IMP, right? Oh, wait… you…
I find myself wanting to give Netscape the benefit of the doubt and give it another try. The browser offially sucks now in my opinion. Now, I do not have by any means a slow machine at work:Â 1.4 GHz, 256 MB RAM, Ultra ATA 100 7200 RPMÂ hard drive. On this machine, the browser crawls.…
Sorry… just got up off the floor from laughing so hard. Got this in an email: “Explore the world of beautiful Russian woman Browse FREE PICTURES submitted by Lovely young Russian women seeking love and a better life. Everything you’ve dreamed of Unspoiled, Available, and Eager. Think of the world through the eyes of beautiful…
Never, ever trust technology. No matter how “easy” they claim it will be, there is always a “gotcha”. Just to be clear, a gotcha, is a user-defined misconfiguration. Frequently they are a default configuration the user is supposed to change, but not clearly noted in the documentation. So much in technology is an afterthought. The only reason…
My answer to the emails whose subject line is “How Smart Are You?”:Â Â Smart enough to know not to open this email <delete> Admittedly, I am becoming very lame. Feel like I should be honing my shooting skills instead of doing this mundane thing called work. Must… resist… buying… $500 in games!
Gotta love spam… “Ezra, we guarantee that you will stop smoking!” I can guarantee it too… I don’t smoke. I even try not to get second hand smoke! WTF? Gonna go home and take a nap. Definitely will take some allergy meds. Tired cause I’m not getting enough oxygen (racing heartbeat and sich). Birthday parties are weird.…
Sometimes I wonder why people do the things they do. Other times I wonder why I do the things I do. Think my interest in Psychology was attempting to figure out answers to those questions. When I took Learning Theory it answered so many of my questions that I really did not feel a need pursue…
Hard geeks are probably aware of this b.s…. the rest of you, especially the free software pirates and MP3 traders, better be afraid! Very Afraid! A little chip on your motherboard under the pretenses of encrypting your transmissions with the outside world could also make you a sitting duck by the RIAA, MPAA, and BSA. ITworld.com…