Breaking Windows Lockdown

With hopes atremble,
I clicked the button and was rewarded with your typical Windows File dialog box.
One thing that is nice about this dialog box, is it is essentially a miniature
version of the Windows Explorer program. This means unknowingly I was given
full access to the computer! Something had gone un-noticed during system lock down.
Or, they [...]

Big Backup made easy

Drives like the LaCie – Big Disc FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 Triple Interface Hard Drive are quite likely the way to go in the future for some of our backup projects. Fancy tape jukes that can store data equivalent to a 500GB drive are far beyond the reach of small companies, but [...]

Guide to wireless standards

This is not a definitive guide (read the specs for that), nontheless, this guide by Mocom Systems is quite helpful in explaining the different 802.11 wireless specifications.
After some friends told me they were going to implement a 108 Mbs wireless network I began searching for information on that spec. Turns out its 802.11a in turbo [...]

New Internet Term: Winer Effect

At this date I would like to propose a new term that impacts blogging: the Winer Effect. Similar to the Slashdot Effect the Winer Effect occurs when a blogger makes an entry about Dave Winer: a rush of people flood the blog, posting comments dissecting Winer. For evidence, or demonstration purposes, I present an entry [...]

Spam: yet one more slice

Spam is the big problem everyone knows about. Many people do care about the problem spam causes (time, resources wasted, etc), but the real issue is what to do about it. Alan Graham recently published the blog entry:
O’Reilly Network: Fwd: STOP SPAM & ADULT EMAIL di mzwzrcvt [Oct. 07, 2003]. Therein he proposes an ‘International [...]