It is unfortunate that the Taliban decided to destroy any non-Muslim artifacts in Afghanistan. Some fairly recent photos at Yahoo show that they destroyed 2 giant Buddhas thought to be over 1500 years old. I don’t quite understand the need to attack others that are different. For those of you that do not have it… I recommend…
Don’t I feel silly… boought this book Web Client Programming With Perl for about $15 on the bargin table. The recommended price is $30. The publisher has made the book available under their Open Books Project. A few good books are available there. Okay… I admit it… I am an advertising junkie. I don’t watch TV for…
Security Focus article titled Evaluating Anti-Virus Software for Home Use . Looks like a great reference on protecting one’s computer from viruses. Updated the movie list… apparently I am quickly approaching the 400 movie mark. Sad, isn’t it? Need to come up with a very scaleable storage solution. Right now I only have a 100 count…
Just checked to see if I qualify for DSL… low and behold, sure enough, I do… yet people who are closer to the central office than I cannot get DSL. Go figure! Lots of stuff to troubleshoot today. Can’t wait to break this message board thing… 🙂
Something I guess I intuitively knew, but never really considered is that online communities are exactly that… communities. Consider that these places have areas for interacting with other members. People do the usual thing like talk to each other. I think the key is the results of the conversation… they argue, aid other, seek info,…
Some interesting security articles… AIM Is Insecure (duh!?) and some details of the Microsoft October hack tell-all.
Due to some email server issues, my home page at this time is not available… Should be back some time this morning. Everything is cool now… *whew*! Here is maybe my new favorite site… Science Fiction and Fantasy World with a review of the start of the A Song of Fire and Ice series A Game of Thrones, A…
Hmmmmmmm… only 44 people short of having 500 visitors to my personal VSU web site. According to SiteMeter’s prediction based upon traffic over the last week I might be able to achieve 500 visitors in a little over a week. Not too shabby I guess. Guess I should respond more to email lists? Seems like a…
Ever want to know just who is linking to your web site? Well, these tools will tell you… Popularity by AddMe checks who links to you from Hotbot, AltaVista, and Google. The WebTrends Network: Site Popularity Check! compares your site to other sites on AltaVista. Of course there are lots of other sites that do…