Not that the newsletter isn’t always useful, but I just read the latest Spyware Info and I highly recommend it. It’s got a little bit of everything, including bits about RFID tags, fake spyware tools, SBC’s appalling behavior in California, and a good argument for privacy rights in general. Good stuff.. Update: There’s been an…
I spent over an hour helping one of the tenants of our office building with an email problem. He explained to me that he couldn’t send email, even though he was receiving email just fine. Figuring this was a server issue, or a simple settings issue, I agreed to go over and check all of…
As many of you know, over at the child abuse site, I use Movable Type, and I have often raved about how well MT-Blacklist works to keep out comment spam. Well, thanks to a pointer from Christine, I see this morning that there is a bug in the latest version of MT-Blacklist. The rather simple…
Just a few notes, Kevin has created a In The Trenches listener button that you can use to help promote his podcast for sys. admins. He’s also set up a CafePress shop to promote the show, and help defray the bandwidth costs. Meanwhile, Chad, who has recently started a podcast of his own, setup a…
It seems my laptop battery is on it’s last legs. I can only get about 15 minutes of time before it shuts itself down. It comes right back up, with plenty of charge, so I know it’s not a charging issue, it just seems to think it’s not charged and shuts the laptop off. HP’s…
Been another crazy busy day today, but I think I’m in good shape as far as being pretty well caught up so that I can tackle the stuff that I know is coming my way when I’m back in here on Monday. We’re off after work to visit the in-laws in the land of dial…