There's a battle brewing in my hometown (Ridgefield, CT) that has been nothing short of divisive. The division lines are drawn upon whether the town is experiencing an overpopulation of deer and what to do about it. Judging by the letters in the town paper, both sides have become pretty militant in trading barbs and — Continue reading »
Fighting DDoS - Part II
📆 May 22, 2006
One of the first things to do when faced with DDoS is to make certain that the servers are actually under attack. Sometimes misconfigured code or other errant programs could soak up server resources, and while such conditions could lead to denial of service, they certainly do not constitute an external attack. If possible, in — Continue reading »
Credit card's big swindle
📆 May 13, 2006
I just received a letter with a generous offer from my credit card company. Yeah, right. Here's how it starts out: "You can earn an additional 2% cashback on purchases you make in any month you choose to carry a balance of $500 or more." Some people may view credit cards as a blessing. A — Continue reading »
Credit card's big swindle
I just received a letter with a generous offer from my credit card company. Yeah, right. Here's how it starts out: "You can earn an additional 2% cashback on purchases you make in any month you choose to carry a balance of $500 or more." Some people may view credit cards as a blessing. A — Continue reading »
Canada geese
📆 May 3, 2006
Ah, spring time. Longer daylights, warmer weather, budding trees, and new families. Living in the wooded area, we are used to seeing lots of animals roam the area. Just about every year during this time we are witnesses to new additions in the animal families. Here is a family of Canada geese, proud Mom and — Continue reading »
Oil and the nuclear charade
📆 April 26, 2006
With oil prices at record levels, and therefore anything else that is remotely connected to it getting expensive fast, I recently began to wonder about the reasons behind the meteoric rise. Geopolitical issues are certainly at the top of the list of culprits, and zooming in on those, the Iranian nuclear ambitions tops the rationale — Continue reading »
Fighting DDoS – Part I
📆 April 22, 2006
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack starts by the attacker recruiting an army of computers on the Internet ready to strike at a moment's notice. Recruitment involves luring the unsuspecting computer owners around the world with weak safeguards into visiting sites or opening emails that would result in a malicious program being executed leaving — Continue reading »
Windows file search and desktop search
📆 April 15, 2006
When it comes to searching for files, the standard Windows file search seems to be good choice, until you realize that it doesn't always deliver. I'm not sure why this utility, that has probably been around since Windows itself, has never done a good job. Windows also comes with another utility known as Index Server. — Continue reading »
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