Defend Microsoft in one post, post a link to a new vulnerability in Windows 98, 98SE, ME, NT, and 2000 in the next. The sad thing is, with everyone at work using NT and me testing XP, I have to go find an NT box to test the patch. Guess I’ll go ahead and setup that new employee’s box a bit early so I can use it to test. (link also via Online Blog.)
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I finally got some time to watch the first two episodes of the IT Crowd over at BBC4. It’s pretty funny stuff and while most of it is farce there’s just enough truth to it to make your typical IT folks nod with familiarity. When Moss asks Roy “Did she continue talking to you AFTER…
I just posted an update to the News Aggregator Showdon article today. Here’s what I added: “Additional followup: Upon further investigation, I discovered one major flaw with Newzcrawler, the permalinks don’t seem to work on many blog RSS feeds.It’s not enough to sway me to the other choice but it’s troubling. I also tried, on…
This is why it’s important as an IT worker (especially if you do desktop support!), to have a bottle of anti-bacterial hand wash in your office. I try to use mine as soon as I return from dealing with someone else’s machine, especially if I had to use the keyboard or mouse! Follow these topics:…
Just a couple of notes about things going on at Friends in Tech. First, Douglas Welch, host of Career Opportunities, one of my favorite podcasts, got himself on local TV out in L.A. this week. You can download a clip of him explaining the technology behind podcasting here. Secondly, George Starcher has done a fine job of…
I wanted to say something more about the haloscan trackback that I was talking about yesterday. I don’t know that trackback is that big a deal. Simply put, I think it’s just not quite there yet. I can’t, using Blogger and many other tools, automatically ping a post on another blog. I have to go…
Yesterday was Nature Photography Day, and between a full work day and an evening meeting over at the library, I was in the midst of the concrete jungle downtown. (OK so Columbus isn’t exactly the concrete jungle, but there’s not much in the way of nature to get photos of downtown.) On the positive side…