zeroasterisk blog – alan blount & friends
Posted in geek on Aug 29th, 2008
A recent reportfrom Don Jackson at SecureWorks (dated March 20 2007) examines a newTrojan and provides some alarming insights on Internet Identity Theft.It is worth reviewing this case carefully to understand howsophisticated modern identity theft schemes have become, and howdifficult it can be to investigate and prevent them.What makes thisTrojan interesting is that it:
is installed [...]
Posted in anita on Aug 28th, 2008
Anita has been going to school for her whole life. She’s 28, and she’s gone to school k-12, and then college for 9 years after that. She got her PharmD from OSU and became a Dr. of Pharmacy… but all of that is for naught without passing a national board and a state [...]
Posted in political on Aug 21st, 2008
US Contractors in Iraq’s motto: “What happens here today stays here today.”
The Most Privatized War in US History.
Blackwater USA: The US State Department pumps $700 million worth of security contracts into the soldier-for-hire company of a major Republican funder. Meanwhile, Paul Bremer signs Order 17 granting immunity to private contractors in Iraq, “effectively [...]
Posted in geek on Aug 21st, 2008
Why You Should Turn Gmail’s SSL Feature On Now
Let’s talk security and why you should take advantage of Gmail’s recent SSL feature, and why you might want to be careful using other non-SSL webmail services.
But first, make sure your connection is secured using SSL.
How do you know a connection is secured by SSL? [...]
Posted in penelope on Aug 18th, 2008
Poppy is growing up way too quickly. Anita cried a couple nights ago
watching her sleep, and I can certainly understand… She hasn’t
technically doubled in size, but she seems like she is at least twice
as big as she was at birth and many hundred fold more
capable/developed/skilled/aware.
She’s babbling a lot, starting this weekend and [...]
Rwandans look to Louisville for interfaith model
The Rwandans invited the center’s executive director, Jan Arnow, to visit their country, where in May, she conducted workshops and discussions with a group that included various faiths, from Muslims to Catholics to Quakers to Pentecostals.
During that visit, she said, group members told her, “We want to do what [...]
Posted in penelope on Aug 7th, 2008
Poppy is a feirce 6 months now. She is sitting and crawling and talking a lot (though still mostly in vowels only).
What’s funny is to see her grab ahold of something (anything) and shake it.
“What does this do? How about if I beat it against the floor for 5 minutes? [...]
Posted in geek on Aug 6th, 2008
Here’s a list of computers being shipped by Dell with Ubuntu… decent savings, good systems, and pro linux… makes me really happy.
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