Another installment. A light response; was getting warmed up. I’m interested in rational discourse instead of everyone assuming that everyone believes in what they do; maybe get people to think …

Here is another open letter installment. I have had several in the hopper recently… -Jason I would be interested more in which of the specific points below people actually believe in. I …

I have thought for a while about publically posting my responses to these kinds of emails that come my way and are often filled with lots of misinformation, vitriol, and seriously lacking in facts or …

Oy vey. Bush should learn what a slippery slope argument is. That’s what he used to convince himself that allowing _any_ stem cell research could lead to eugenics ala Brave New World. And I …

For the home user out there without an IT department or computer science degree it is unfortunate that the software industry has put such a buggy, generally insecure, high-maintenance headache of a …

I noticed that one of the throw-away email addresses I registered years ago for sony style product registration and accessories is now receiving spam. Was sony compromised or did they have an insider …

I have been wrestling with my dspam configuration on Ubuntu for quite some time and think I finally got it set up the optimal way. It took building a custom modern dspam package myself, with the help …

What a great find! “A Guide to Seattle’s Free Wireless Coffee Shops” They even have them categorized by neighborhood and even ones that are open late (it is annoying how much stuff …

Wow, I haven’t been paying close enough attention. Fortunately the problems with smbfs were bothersome enough for me to do some research and find that it is no longer maintained and that cifs is …

From Risks Digest 24.82 This is just like when Starbucks used to redact all but the last 5 digits of your credit card number on receipts. So anyone with a Starbucks receipt + any other receipt could …