The bottom feeders of the internet.

Blog abuse is a common phenominon and it always takes place in replies to an original article or post. There are several methods that are used to accomplish this. The most common are pingbacks and trackbacks which allow comments to be made remotely from another source, sort of a “long distance ” reply to an article or post on the blog in question. There are varying goals that drive these bogus comments and a pandora’s box of methods.

Web attacks from internet attack sites. An oldie but goodie.

An intrusion attack is an attempt by malicious code to access protected parts of your computer. The ideal for an attacker is to insert code that will take over a persons computer without them knowing it. They can then steal data, log your keystrokes, even use your computer to launch attacks on other computers.

I don’t need to secure my wireless connection. I’m not paranoid.

Reality; People become targets when they are unaware of their environment, and don’t take precautions to avoid being a victim. Never underestimate the potential of being senselessly harmed by a stranger.

If you don’t understand this, you are at best, naive. If you choose to ignore it, you do so at your own peril. This isn’t paranoia, it’s the world we live in. It’s why we have policemen.

Right of adults to access p0-reN outweighs harm to children

In a shocking opinion lacking common sense, the unanimous court ruled that the government’s interest in the welfare of children did not justify the reasonable regulations COPA placed on commercial po-nogr-phers that required proof of age before a user could view highly offensive s-xually-explicit material.

YouTube is having technical difficulties

The Video Playlist players on TeamTuxedo are not working properly at the moment, and I think I know why. YouTube is having technical issues they are currently working on. There was a small announcement in a corner of the help files that sort of amounted to a “sorry about that” note.

Bullet proof your firewall - use a router

Internet security has become a major issue over time, and even non technical folks are beginning to think in defensive terms. Firewalls have become standard equipment, and when it comes to firewalls, a router is mans best friend.

System Rescue CD

SystemRescueCD is a must-have free open source system rescue disk that provides crash recovery regardless of operating system.

Do you love Starbucks? Your plants do!

I love plants, and I especially like potted plants because I can put them anywhere I want and move them whenever I like. It’s fun for me to go to the garden center of the local home improvement store and just buy an interesting looking potted plant. Then When I get home, I start looking [...]

I’m Blessed

I’m blessed with many things I rarely give much thought to. I think that may be the case for many of us. It’s easy to lose sight of the true gifts in life, those things that are really precious. Painful adversity so often assaults us in force.

Show me your Joomla! Page

I would love to see your Joomla! Website!