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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Songs & Such: "Revolve" by Poor Old Lu
This week, we bring to a close the music of Poor Old Lu with a track off of their last CD, The Waiting Room. Released just six years after what was suppose to be their final album, The Waiting Room easily contains some of the best Lu songs to be recorded and released. What is interesting is not that the songs are well written (they are) but the overall sound and feel of the record shows a band that moved out of their early twenties and was pushing thirty. Do not mistake this as something that is a bad thing. You can really hear that the band and the musicians involved have grown up. Continue reading
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Securing Your Digital World: Encryption (Part 1)
Lets review real quick. Passwords, check. Secure passwords, check. Preventing phishing, check. So by now you are secure right? Probably not completely. Here is a real quick question. Are you sending emails? Are you sending those emails via encrypted means? If no, then anyone can read your email. If you did not know, I will tell you now, emails are sent in clear text. That means that anyone who packet sniffs a network that your email is flying across, can read that email. Same is true for most instant messaging applications. Your messages are sent out in the open and anyone with the correct software can read them as if they were the one sending them. Continue reading
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links for 2007-10-10
http://downhereintexas.com/text/AdviceTX.txt (tags: humor Texas)
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Goodbye Adsense
Yep, that’s right, I have gotten rid of Adsense. This is for a multitude of reasons but the primary one is that after over 1 year, I have only earned a small amount. This is probably due to the lack … Continue reading
Power of Information 2007-10-07
This week on the Power of Information, Derek and I data encryption. Why do you need it, what you should encrypt, and what are some disadvantages to encrypting your data. We will go over, SSL Windows’ Encrypted File System, and programs like PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and TrueCrypt. Also Derek continues his talk on Social Engineering. All this and more on this week’s Power of Information. Continue reading
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New Zunes
Last week, Microsoft announced the latest generation of their Zune media players. While the devices themselves are nothing to quickly write home about, one thing definitely was. One fact stood out above all the rest in the announcement of the new Zunes, and that was the fact that the original 30GB Zunes will get a software update that gives them all the new features of the newest generation. So the original Zunes will have podcasting support, as well as support for the updated video codecs. Continue reading →