Author: Mike McBride

  • Hasta LaVista Baby..

    This should be about the last blog entry before we take off for Boston. Our flight’s at some ungodly hour (6AM), which with airport security being what it is, means us at Port Columbus around 4AM. Needless to say, there will be no time for an online presence this evening. But here’s a short list…

  • Misc Stuff.

    Informative stuff here, a comparison of different desktop firewall offerings. Jevon in response to Scott Andrew’s suggestion that blog tools “talk” to blogtrack instead of it going out looking for changes: Scott: we would love if everyone would talk to us and tell us when they have updated, but until that happens; we talk to…

  • Morning news

    Klez worm Variant is back -yet another variant of the Klex worm is running loose. Seeing as how it takes advantage of a year-old vulnerability in Outlook, it really makes you wonder about some people. I’m sure you’ve probably seen this one around, but here it is anyway. Using the back button in IE can…

  • Tip for today

    Not that I was the one looking, but if you’re going to be surfing for a new job while at your current job, don’t go to the Bank One Careers page! On top of adding nothing to the page, the Flash animation comes complete with a soundtrack. Your co-workers, or even your boss, might stop…

  • Add another organization to the hate list.

    The list of stupid business practices got one longer yesterday afternoon, when the Small Business Survival Committee (SBSC) decided that since one person who works here signed up for their newsletter, it would be perfectly acceptable to scrape our website for email addresses and send it to everyone. Have you ever seen what a 3MB…