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Keep your blogs updated!
This past week was a particular nasty week for WordPress users who do not keep their software up-to-date. If you’re Worpress installation is before 2.8.4 and you haven’t been hit by the worm circuling the globe, please update ASAP! You can get the latest version at http://wordpress.org/download/. This worm used a known and patched SQL [...]
Twitter and Facebook DoS attack
I’m sure everyone knows by now that Twitter and Facebook both suffered from a Denial of Service (DoS) attack yesterday. For those who don’t know what that means, a DoS attack is any kind of malicious attack against a server or service that causes that server to become unavailable. In it’s simplest form a DoS [...]
My BoostBerry: Boost Mobile on a BlackBerry, with Browser and MMS working
Being budget-minded (read tightwad) I was excited to hear about Boost Mobile’s $50 unlimited plan. That’s unlimited voice, data, and text for $50/month. The only drawback is that it is slow, using Nextel’s IDEN network, and not the more modern 3G, but it’s definetly usable. Most of the phones available through Boost aren’t that great, [...]
I’m on twitter
OK, I’ve been on twitter for a long time, but I’ve only recently started using it regularly. Last month I went to MinistryTECH and EVERYONE there uses twitter, and it seemed to be one of the most discussed topics. The reason I didn’t use it before was (1.) I couldn’t get any of my friends [...]
RAID fail!
So right after we installed Windows on our Servers, a hard drive on one of the RAID sets died. So I replaced it, and a week later the replacement died as well. This made me think something other than the hard drive was the problem so I ordered a new RAID controller. However… We recently [...]
Not a series of tubes…
I love this scene from the IT Crowd. Moss and Roy let Jen borrow “The Internet” for a speech… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRmxXp62O8g And then there’s the speech… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTBsm0LzSP0
TenDuotrigintillion.net is live
Yup, that’s right. Whatever you may be missing you can find at http://www.tenduotrigintillion.net!
TenDuotrigintillion.net
Introducing TenDuotrigintillion.net! The real-life search engine. This search engine does not bother searching puny website, but instead searches space and time to locate physical items you have misplaced, such as your keys, or the remote! This site is currently in beta, in fact, I haven’t registered the domain name yet, but it can be found [...]
Words of Wisdom from Douglas Adams
A commom mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. [...]
