Yearly Archives: 2005

Hey everyone, This is a post highlighting some of the things I’ve discovered this past weekend. I found a few programs that will accomplish my goal of ripping MY CD’s into mp3’s for my computer. K3b (KDE’s ripper), Grip (Gnome’s ripper) and RipperX are just a few of them. In […]

Well, I woke up today, with an error and a dilemma. Last night, I installed Apache webserver. But, I couldn’t get it to see my site, and then I couldn’t get it to restart properly. So, I went to bed, thinking that I was going to have to live without […]

Hey everyone, I started my Linux experiment tonight. Currently, I’m writing this blog on Firefox, running on Xandros Linux (free-version). And, I have Kopete running, so I can keep in touch with my friends on MSN and Yahoo. So far, it’s been an interesting experience. I’ve learned a few things […]

Hi there everyone, In the next few weeks (starting sometime in December), I’m going to experiment with Xandros Linux. There is a free version available that I’ve already installed on another hard drive. The main thing I’m waiting for is Kahuna (Hotmail’s new format) to be properly supported on Firefox. […]

Your mail is here, come and get it! The “Kahuna” or Live Mail team announced a sneak preview of what’s to come. Spell Check as you type. As Imran Quareshi pointed out, no other free-webmail service (or paid webmail service as far as I know) has this feature built into […]

Publication of Zero-day Exploit in Internet Explorer prompts SANS to change the status of the Internet to Yellow today. http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=877 Mike Poor, an incident handler for the SANS Internet Storm Center, has changed the status of the Internet’s Security from Green to Yellow.  This is due to the publication of an […]

Microsoft is expanding their pool of beta participants for the Customer Experience Validation Program and the MSN Beta Program. If you are already a MSN Butterfly there is no need to sign up for CEV or the MSN Beta Program since you are already enrolled. What is a Customer Experience […]

In the past couple of weeks, a lot of information has been coming out about Sony/BMG’s use of a “rootkit” to hide their XCP Copy Protection programs on your computer.  In one of the online communities that I manage, I called for a boycott of all Sony/BMG products.  Here are some reasons […]

Hi everyone, If you’re even somewhat interested in using Open Source, whether it be at your home or your business, I highly recommend you read the latest edition of the Enterprise Open Source Journal. Their website is located at http://www.eosj.com/index.php. In the latest issue, they tackle the subjects of Integrating […]

Hi everyone, It’s been a little over a week and a half since Hurricane Katrina struck. Normally, I try to stay away from Politics and issues like that in here (since this is a computer-related blog), but this is one time that I’m digressing. I’ve been watching the news on […]