Links, links and more links!

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Things I’m looking at more closely:

Hackers Manipulating Internet Explorer Add-Ons

Apparently, there is going to be an MT-Blacklist compatible with Movable Type 3.0 I’m still not completely convinced that I’ll be updating the child abuse blog to 3.0, but it’s nice to know I can take my favorite tool with me if I do, and I won’t be forced to using TypeKey to keep out spammers.

Webgrid, a freeware site. Can’t ever have enough freeware sites! (via Geek News Central)

The Rise Of Gadgets Mean We’re Working Even When We’re Playing -If you work in IT, you know this is true. If you’ve just followed along here for any amount of time, you know this is true. I planned my Memorial Day vacation stops around hotels with internet access, so I could keep up with what was going on at the office. I made a tech support call last year from Denver, CO to order a replacement part, using my PocketPC’s copy of our hardware inventory to get the serial number so the part would be in house when I got back from my vacation. I regularly catch up on tech news, security/virus alerts and various other internet resources from home when my work days are too busy to read it all. This is life in IT!

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