To anticipate and prevent
Apparently passwords are no longer in style. One of our loving friends at Micro$oft posted this blog entry. To summarize, he says “use pass phrases”. Apparently Windoze 2k/XP/2k3 all support 127 character ‘passwords’. So instead of one pseudo-random password that’s only 8-10 characters you should have a 30 character pass phrase, because after about 14…
For a media player I use iTunes, very simply because I a have an iPod (20gig). I currently have it in “Party Shuffle” mode, set to play higher rated songs more often. This is fine and dandy, but while I’ve been listening to my music for the last few hours, I have heard serveral songs…
So I was requested to setup a NetMeeting here, that didn’t go so well seeing is how M$ doesnt support it any more. Regardless, I needed the client. The download page on MS is just for 95/98. It also says 2K come preinstalled (easy to find, its in the start menu, accessories, communication). But what…
About the time I really started to get into the net (by that I mean, have my own server and sites), was around the .COM bubble. Man thoes were the days. You could goto LinkExchange, or any number of sites and get banner ads that would pay 10cents a click (sometimes more, sometimes payment just…
Now I personally belive that Firefox is a far superior browser to all other out there (including Mozilla, which is might be a bit odd, but I just like the look and feel of Firefox). I am well aware of the fact that there is no malware for it yet, because it doesn’t have enough…
To start I have to say, I really hate Microsoft, but I do enjoy my XBOX. I know its hard to play games on a computer running a modified NTFS kernel, but, they didnt do a half bad job. Also seeing is how I can buy this console for about $180 now adays (new), and…