Archive February 2002
Things I Have To Laugh At
My sideburns won't go away. No matter how hard you try, you cannot resist them. They 0wn you. You shall succumb to their will. Do not taunt my sideburns – you will lose. They are tired of people sending the JavaScript clock to them via e-mail. They have faced the threat of a thousand electric [...]
Shoot The Messenger
I work in several primary schools, and needed a way to stop kids from installing Messenger on all the Lab PC's. We don't have 2K/XP everywhere (yet), so group policy wouldn't help me, and I don't like locking the pc's down 100%, since I like giving the kids a little bit of freedom in exploring [...]
URLs in Spoofed Files
“ItÂ’s been discovered that embedded URLs in spoofed multimedia files (such as .MP3 and .WAV) can be used to “hijackÂâ€? users to malicious web sites. Web sites can be automatically opened when users click on MP3 or WAV files. A hacker can use file extension spoofing in order to trick users to open these files; [...]
Damage Through US Mail
“The CompactFlash Association (CFA) announced today that semiconductors used in electronic systems, including CompactFlash and CF I/O cards, would be irreparably damaged if subjected to the irradiation process that was being used by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to sanitize the mail. Such damage will not only cause loss of data stored on the cards, [...]
Blog Pioneering
I have been thinking along these lines. And I will do a blog or two. Despite the fact that I seem critical of this phenomenon, I am, in fact, supportive. It's just the nutty aspects that annoy me. Also there is a belief that these people are pioneers. I have one more column coming up [...]
Banana Creme Blog
Hey, I'd like to remind everybody that Ev will be on Call for Help this afternoon. Get those TiVos ready. Plus, Cat tells me that she's going to be featuring The Red Kitchen in her segment. She baked a banana creme pie from one of the posted recipes. I'll have screen shots later on this [...]
Blogger Trott
Okay, so I lied. I actually did have the opportunity to sit down with both Ben and Mena not long after their appearance on TechTV this evening. Here's exactly what happened – verbatim. So, Ben… Mena… do you think that Blogger.com is the end-all, be-all blogging service? I see. And what about that Dave Winer [...]
My Evil Twin (Inbox)
(Lisa, Hot Springs, Arkansas) “PLEASE DO NOT GET A MULLET! No matter what the poll says! Keep your hair the way it is! Your hair is what makes you you! Ok, thanks bye!” [You have restored my faith in humanity.] (Bobby, Queens, New York) “I love your show and love when you fill in as [...]
Shoot Me Now
Okay, I'm the unluckiest person on the planet right now. I had the opportunity to meet the Movable Typers face-to-face, and I got pulled into a pitch meeting at the last minute. Well, to be truthful, the meeting was pre-scheduled – I just can't manage time very well. To make up for this scheduling oversight, [...]
Nightswimming
I get to meet Ben and Mena tomorrow – they're going to be on TSS! I just wrote about MT in an upcoming CPU article on blogging (along with Radio, Blogger, LiveJournal, and Greymatter). I looked at it again a few minutes ago and it seemed a little too negative. Oops. Movable Type will get [...]
Lotus Of Borg (Inbox)
“I was reading your column today and saw your comments in the GnomeTIP section regarding Lotus Notes… I have to admit, I used to think just like you. A few years back, I was employed as a Network Administrator for a local reinsurance company. Coming from a Microsoft consulting company, I took one look at [...]
New Moxy Fruvous Song
“From Sharilyn (02/24/02): The majority of my Fruhead card stamps were earned in '97, the same year I moved from my comfy home in Winnipeg, Manitoba to cramped college dorm room in Welland, Ontario. My favourite line is the reference to the West End Cultural Centre, the venue Fruvous always plays in Winnipeg. It's *my* [...]
XP Home Domain Fix (Inbox)
Normally, Windows XP Home Edition cannot join network domains, simply peer-to-peer workgroups. However, there is a fix which can solve the problem and allow WinXP Home Edition to join a domain. Microsoft wanted to cripple Windows XP Home Edition so that it could not be used on domains, which would force many to upgrade to [...]
Where T-Shirts Go To Die (Inbox)
“Tonight, my 15-year old went to Goodwill (Urbandale High School's favorite shopping place)… and he came home with a bag full of shirts and T's. He starts pulling out items of clothing and says, “You gotta see this t-shirt… it's so cool…” and he holds up one of your lockergnome.com t-shirts. I nearly died! I [...]
Random Identity Theft
DONZ Panels. A DONZ 3-screen display system can display 3840×1024 (3.9 million) legible pixels, and a 5-screen display system can display 6400×1024 (6.5 million) legible pixels. Such high legible resolutions are impossible to achieve on any single CRT monitor. [For those who don't have everything, but want to see everything at the same time.] Episode [...]
