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Category Archives: General
Coolest dining room table ever
As I contemplate the purchase of a house, I’ve been giving some thought to what kinds of furnishings I’ll need to make into my home. For my dining room table, I think one of these will suffice. I have no … Continue reading
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Paying for crappy jeans
Okay, I will admit that my fashion sense is somewhat boring. Those who know me know that a polo style shirt and broken-in, but nice looking jeans are very common wardrobe essentials for me. But try as I might, I … Continue reading
Spyware screenshot
This is a screenshot from a system I had to clean of spyware a few weeks ago at work. (Click the thumbnail for the full-size image.) You’ll note that not only does the system have three different spyware search toolbars … Continue reading
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Spyware solutions
Mike Healan of Spyware Info fame is becoming my hero when it comes to fighting spam and spyware. More on that in a couple minutes, though.
If you’ve never had to perform a spyware exorcism on a PC, consider yourself lucky. If you have, you know what a major pain in the ass the process has become recently. I’ve run into systems at work which required three different removal programs and nearly an hour of my time to clean completely. It’s a waste of my time and department resources, a waste of the users’ time, and it’s only going to get worse unless something is done soon. Continue reading
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Date and time standards
I’ve been asked a couple times why the dates on my site are displayed the way they are. I use ISO 8601 for writing dates because it removes any ambiguity and eliminates confusion between the various common regional and international … Continue reading
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My PDA history
This is a list of the various electronic organizers and PDAs that I’ve owned over the years. (Hey, judging from some peoples’ forum post sigs, some folks are interested in this kind of stuff for whatever reason! 
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AAAAARGH! Stop opening attachments!
Alright, this one goes out to all the idiots out there who seem to feel compelled to open and run each and every damn e-mail attachment they receive. Stop it! Stop. It. If you open and run an infected e-mail … Continue reading
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Microsoft doesn’t e-mail patches!
It seems another Trojan is making the rounds via e-mail disguised as a critical security update for Windows XP. I can’t repeat this enough: Microsoft never—ever—e-mails patches or updates to anyone. They may send e-mails about a patch, but will … Continue reading
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Want to write like an AOL user?
I saw a link to “The English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator” on someone’s blog this evening and thought I’d pass it along. If you ever need to write something that will make you look like an AOL subscriber, just use this free service … Continue reading
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Windows XP’s brain-dead searches
A few minutes ago I tried to search a folder for .php files which contain a certain text string. I know with 100% certainty that at least one of the files contains the string, yet Windows XP found nothing. Nothing. … Continue reading
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