As reported by Netcraft in US Government Security Site Vulnerable to Common Attack, The U.S. government site that tracks cyber security risks was recently found vulnerable to cross-site scripting, a technique commonly used in hacker attacks and web site spoofing. Several security sites have published a demonstration of the security hole in the web site […]
Travelling with VOIP
I am on the road this week, working in Syracuse, NY. I recently replaced my desktop computer with a laptop to facilitate this sort of trip. My phone system is VOIP (voice over internet protocol) based so, in theory, it should have been easy to take it with me. This ended up being significantly more […]
Enneagrams
My friend Alyce (I hope she doesn’t mind if I call her that, since we have never met, but we have talked on the phone so much and exchanged so much email, that I think of her as as friend almost as much as I think of her as a client) wrote something interesting on […]
Human rights inquiry into airline policy
The report that men are not allowed to sit next to unaccompanied children on two airlines (Air New Zealand and Qantas) is so ridiculous (and infuriating) that I thought it was a joke when I first heard about it. Unfortunately, as reported by Stuff, it is not. In Human rights inquiry into airline policy, Stuff […]
Sony BMG’s Costly Silence
BusinessWeek online reports in Sony BMG’s Costly Silence SLOW TO ACT? Sony BMG is in a catfight with a well-known computer-security outfit that became aware of the software problem on Sept. 30 and notified the music company on Oct. 4 — nearly a month before the issue blew up. F-Secure, a Finland-based antivirus company that […]
Carson Williams’ Amazing Christmas Lights
Ever seen 25,000 Christmas lights in action? I just stumbled across videos of the most amazing Christmas light displays that I have ever seen. One is set to Wizard of Winter by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the other sounds like a Barbra Streisand piece. (Both are WMV files so you may need the Windows Media […]
General Aviation Economics 101
If I offered to sell spare time to you for $10 per hour, would you buy? I have a confession to make. Like most people, I used to view flying small planes as an expensive hobby and general aviation as an overpriced form of transportation. As a pilot, that’s quite a mouthful. Two things have […]
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beerholder
It may be old news but it is new news to me. The "beer goggle effect" has been quantified by academics in Scotland, as reported by BBC News back in August 2002: They found that men and women who have drunk a moderate amount of alcohol find the faces of the opposite sex 25% more […]
Sony BMG Replaces Invasive Music CDs
In case you are not aware, Sony BMG recently released over 50 music titles with some anti-piracy software on the CDs. The software, dubbed XCP, silently installs a "root kit" on a Windows computer, opening up some nasty security risks. The only difference between XCP and the stuff the you buy McAfee VirusScan or Norton […]
St. Charles to Madison — Conveniently
Yesterday, Candy, David and I flew to Madison, Wisconsin for a cousin’s bat mitzvah. Marian did great and was properly celebrated on this step into adulthood. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting her and reconnecting with cousins whom I have not seen in ages. This was one of those trips seemingly designed for a small plane. Had […]
Transitioning to Greener Fuels
If only we could stop using fossil fuels, polution levels would plummet, colicky babies would be cured, my Husky dog would shed less, and world peace would prevail. Hydrogen, solar power and electricity offer tantalizing alternatives to gasoline, natural gas, and coal. There are lots of problems with switching to hydrogen, including the cost of […]
Flying High
We got it! Yesterday, Candy and I picked up our new baby, 1968 Piper Arrow N7430J and flew it home to St. Charles County Smartt airport. To say that I am thrilled would be an understatement. The radios, including the GPS, worked flawlessly. The flight from Kentucky back to Missouri was a joy on a […]
How Low Can You Go?
If you are one of those people always trying to get a little more gut thumpinig bass out of your audio system, you might consider the Model 17 from Eminent Technology. This beast does not even have an enclosure. It just uses your house. Want to hear what 5Hz sounds like? A new woofer technology […]
MySQL 5 Arrives
eWeek writes, MySQL 5 Arrives Three years in the making, MySQL 5.0 was finally released on Monday. MySQL AB delivers new, and long-awaited, ANSI SQL features in this latest version of the popular open-source DBMS. These new features include both read-only and updated views, stored procedures row-level triggers, both read-only and non-scrolling server-side cursors, and […]
Bank Shuts Down Web Site After Phishing Attack
Would you like to lose all of the money in your bank accounts? Fall for a phishing attack. These are web sites which are cleverly designed to look like your real bank’s web site but which actually collect your personal information and hand it over to crooks and thieves. Here is a short story about […]
Highly Recommended: OpenOffice.org 2.0
The long anticipated version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org (the $free Microsoft Office "replacement") was released yesterday. OpenOffice.org 2.0 is the equivalent of Microsoft Office Professional: Access, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint plus a drawing program which Office does not have. Additionally, OOo can create Adobe Acrobat files, which Office cannot. Did I mention that OOo costs nothing? […]
What Computers Do At Night
Ever wonder what your computer does at night while you are sleeping? This movie will show you. Oh… and turn up the volume on your speakers before you click on that link.
Free Database Software
MySQL 5.0 Database software, such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, can be tremendously expensive, often costing more than the rest of the entire computing system (hardware, operating system, and application software). It looks like this equation may be changing. The Register reports in, MySQL destined for ‘majority’ market share MySQL is fast approaching majority […]
The Top 5 Reasons Your Home Office Is Not Working Out
As a home office worker, I about fell out of my chair when I read this list from TopFive.com Unlike your co-workers, your kids are smart enough not to buy your cover story of “naughty copier elves” when they find your butt-scans. Every office has at least one total a-hole, and you’re the only one […]
Doctors challenge baby feeding myths
A large sense of skepticism rises in me whenever people start to tell me how babies and children “should” be raised. I figure that we humans have been around for a long time and most of us got reared to adulthood without parenting books, classes or guidelines created by medical or governmental committees I am […]
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