Caught this mentioned in the Langa Letter. Grisoft, the company that has offered a “free for personal use” AVG anti-virus for years, is now offering an anti-spyware tool called ewido. Like AVG, there is a version that is free for personal use, and there’s a paid “Pro” version with a bit more functionality. Apparently this…
Since Angela was working a pre-game event on campus today, and had asked me to come and maybe take some photos during the event, and since the event didn’t occur until after the College Game Day show ended, I took advantage of the opportunity to check out the crowd for College Game Day. I got…
Sept. 22, 2001: Angela and I were married in a small town in Tennessee. On this day I know of no higher compliment to my wife than to acknowledge that I am a better man for having been married to her these last 5 years, and I have no doubt that I will continue to grow and improve so long…
It’s easy to lose sight sometimes of how “magical” what we do in tech support can appear to the people we support. Over the last couple of days I’ve had the opportunity to work on a couple of problems for our users that, well let’s just say that the solutions to these problems won’t come…
Just a couple of notes about things going on at Friends in Tech. First, Douglas Welch, host of Career Opportunities, one of my favorite podcasts, got himself on local TV out in L.A. this week. You can download a clip of him explaining the technology behind podcasting here. Secondly, George Starcher has done a fine job of…
If you are still using IE6, or are supporting users who do, you want to take a look at this workaround posted at PC-Doctor that will protect them from the latest spyware exploit, at least until the next patch cycle. Or, you know, you could stay away from those naughty Russian sites. 🙂 tags: Exploit,…