Last night, I watched a 60 Minutes episode on CNBC which explored the danger foreign hackers pose to the US, especially to the banking industry, the government, and the power grid. The story (which seemed to be pieced together from stories originally aired on 11/08/09 and 3/27/09) highlighted the rapid spread of the conficker worm, [...]
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Why The Media Ignores Linux
September 19th, 2011 
Tim 
Posted in Internet, Linux, Microsoft, News, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Technology 
Comments OffStupid Things #1 – Changing Amazon Email
August 8th, 2010 Tim I decided to start a gripe list. So here is the Stupid Things item for today.
Changing Amazon Associates email is incredibly convoluted and stupid. At every other site, you change your email by logging in, changing your email, and verifying the new address (with a notice sent to the old address).
Virtual and Real Currency Exchange
March 9th, 2010 Tim I had an idea several years ago for a web site that acted as an exchange for real and virtual currencies. I was never an avid gamer but, after discovering Second Life and IMVU, I realized how many people were spending (and earning) money in these 3D virtual worlds. While there are some companies (IGE [...]
Posted in Finance, Future, Internet, Virtual Worlds 
Tags: currency, currency connect, cyber, exchange, FaceBook, fund, ige, imvu, money, myyearbook, network, paypal, second life, social, virtual, Web Comments OffBlackle – Green Google!
February 25th, 2008 Tim Every now and then I read a post and smack myself in the head, saying “Why didn’t I think to blog that!” I’m sure we’ve all had that experience. Today, it was this post from Green Colibri. I’ve been using Blackle as an eco-friendly alternative to the Google home page since last year. There were [...]
Darkness Grows: Microsoft stalks Yahoo!
February 1st, 2008 Tim source: CNNMoney You don’t think Google is making them nervous, do you? The problem with this deal is that Yahoo is now an old school company. They’re stale, trying to keep up rather than leading the way. And what is this deal going to do for Yahoo? You don’t find any company staler and more [...]
GenMo? The Mobile Generation
December 6th, 2007 Tim I’ve been hacking on personal computers since 1982 and on electronic toys since I built my first AM radio as a boy (196?). That means two things: I’m old, and I know a thing or two about technology. But I must admit, I’m somewhat overwhelmed by the crop of youngsters who are growing up with [...]
Posted in Communication, Internet, Mobile, Privacy Tags: blog, cell phone, Communication, conspiracy theory, GenMo, IM, Mobile, paranoia, Privacy, SMS, t-mobile, Technology, Twitter, Utterz, Web Comments OffA LAMP Unto My Feet!
November 26th, 2007 Tim The title of this post is a reference to the way Free and Open Source software in general, and Linux specifically, have shown the way to escape the prison of proprietary software and the concept, perhaps, of intellectual property.
