I have been happily working at a consulting firm for some time and am dismayed by how much the world relies upon Microsoft software. It seems as if no one realizes that, more often than not, there are very good alternatives out there. Many of these alternatives end up being better than Microsoft’s offerings...
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Have not updated site for a while
I have not been blogging much as of late. Life has been a bit busy and hectic. Soon I will start blogging again. Meanwhile Comcast is providing crappy customer support. I kind of expect it now after the whole CableCARD saga. Should I just give up on them and move to satellite? I might....
History: Mac Mini RAM installation… Apple’s confusion
This is a look back in history. The events happened about a year ago and have been resolved since that time. Apple’s response at the lower levels was completely unacceptable. Quotes are taken from what I wrote at the time in these two threads at http://www.dslreports.com: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,13716128 http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,13769295 The story begins when I take...
Article on port knocking
The article here: http://www.ducea.com/2006/07/05/how-to-safely-connect-from-anywhere-to-your-closed-linux-firewall/ Describes port knocking and how it may be used to increase network security while still allowing one to keep ports closed at the router.
Good Post on Job Hunting
There is a good post about job hunting entitled The Job Hunt: What I Learned on the Information Wants To Be Free blog. The author writes about what she learned from her job hunt. I have not written about my job hunt on this blog. It has been a long drawn-out process. The main...
Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Wilma has been extremely trying. This has not been a major disaster like Katrina was for New Orleans; however, it has been quite difficult. My home is still without power since last Monday when the storm struck. My neighborhood was lucky. We suffered from downed trees, and no power; however, there appeared to...
Stop getting as many preapproved credit card offers (U.S.)
I found out about this a while back and wanted to see if it would work: If you want to eliminate junk mail offers, call 1-888-5-OPTOUT (1-888-567-8688) to eliminate your information from direct mail marketing lists from all 4 major credit bureaus. (In the US.) It’s been about 4 months since I did this,...
No Wonder I have Satellite Radio Now
I have been frustrated with radio for the longest time. Once Clear Channel started gobbling up our spectrum, the end was near. We went from goofy semi-spontaneous radio to controlled playlists and constant concert and ad hawking. Now Zeta 94.9 in South Florida is no more. To be honest, Zeta had been pretty bad...
SocietyGuardian.co.uk: Ecstasy Trials for Combat Stress
SocietyGuardian.co.uk, a website that I have never visited before today, has an interesting article on a trial of Ecstasy on American soldiers. The US food and drug administration has given the go-ahead for the soldiers to be included in an experiment to see if MDMA, the active ingredient in ecstasy, can treat post-traumatic stress...
My Introduction to the World of Blogging
I had been hearing quite a bit about blogs as of late, and I knew I had to eventually create one of my own. As an outsider looking in, I did not understand how interconnected blogs can be. My Previous site was just an island in the vast expanse of the Internet. It was...