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Friday, November 14, 2003

It's national Teddy Bear Day!

Give your Teddy a hug.

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Thursday, November 13, 2003

Just a quick note today of a site I have found to be very valuable. Howstuffworks has been around on the web for a long time now. They have built up a large array of just about how everything works. You can get info on computers or just everyday things, like toasters and toilets. When I want a quick overview of something it is the first place I check.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2003

I signed up for Mailblocks when they offered 2 free years extra. It seemed like a good idea to try out the "Challenge System" to weed out spam. I added two of my accounts to Mailblocks and then waited to see what would happen. As of today I'm not very impressed. For every message that arrives a message is sent back and the sender asked to go to a web page and enter a few letters/numbers. If they do that, their mail is immediately delivered to my in box and all is well. They never have to do it again as their address is marked as a good one and future mail is passed right through. The few contacts I have that have used the system had no problem.
But it hasn't cut down on any spam. It doesn't reach my in-box but it still accumulates in the the holding folder. The main problem I have is that the challenge is sent out with a reply address of me@mailblocks.com not me@the_real_address.com. This means that honest spammers keep sending me messages that my name has/will be removed using the me@mailblocks.com. That is not the address I want removed. Bad spammers don't even get the challenge as the address has been spoofed anyway.

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Monday, November 10, 2003

If you like Linux and need a good smile then check out The Grinch Who Stole Linux

Every GNU

Down in GNU-ville

Liked Linux a lot...

continue..

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Friday, November 07, 2003

Search company Google is testing software that lets people navigate the Web without opening up an Internet browser. You can get it at Google Labs. The Deskbar cuts out the browser for search tasks. Instead of launching a browser, the Deskbar will display results in a small window in the lower right of the screen. Features such as a global command key ("control, alt, G,") that lets people search a term they have highlighted in a Word document, e-mail or within a browser page and searches to Google News by using the command "control, N."
I've just installed it and already it looks like Google has gotten another toehold in my life!

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Thursday, November 06, 2003

This news is EVERYWHERE. I know it's probably being commented on by everyone too. But, Microsoft it seems is set to put it's money where it's mouth is and offer a $250,000 reward leading to the arrest of whoever was responsible for 2 recent viruses.
Five million in all is available to be used to pay for arrest and convictions of virus makers. A very good gesture and one that I hope does at least impair the exploits of some. It is suggested that this will break up to networking between hackers and virus makers. I'm glad that Microsoft is doing something, I just wish that they would also pay people who find the bugs in their existing software.

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Wednesday, November 05, 2003

With the daily assaults happening to our environment groups, like the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, are one element that is trying to do their best to educate the public and save our heritage. Give them a visit. Check out their current campaigns.

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Tuesday, November 04, 2003

If you have nothing better to do, check out Webexhibits Daylight Saving Time pages. You will learn more then you ever wanted to about our annual right of passage. Someone has gone to a lot of effort to amass more information then I could image on Daylight Saving Time.

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Monday, November 03, 2003

I, mainly, use two anti-virus engines. I pay for eTrust from Computer Associates and I also have AVG Anti-virus which is free for home use. Both seem to live together in harmony.

I get, almost, daily updates for eTrust. AVG seems for the most part to update weekly, but sometimes, like this week I have received three. I presume that it has something to do with the newly rampant email virus reported in todays paper.

Of the two AVG, usually, seems to be the first to find problem files/data. Both have reported problems that the other didn't recognize, but did on subsequent updates. It just makes me glad that I do have both. 99% of the time the problem is attached to some spam and I would never have opened anyway. But, that 1%, is enough to warrant running both.

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