I thought some of you might be interested in seeing the hacked website in all its total lack of glory. They basically removed all files for the domain & replaced it with a new index.html. Not a big problem as I have nightly backups of all htdocs/, and it was a domain I purchased [...]
I logged into my local webserver admin panel & found that I had, yet again, been hacked. It looks like the damage was very minimal & I’m back to 100% (as far as I can tell), but this hack came from Turkey again.
For those of you that remember my previous experience with crackers [...]
Out of curiosity I googled myself tonight to see what wonders I might find. I was surprised at how many mentions of myself come up. I am directly connected with almost every result for three pages. One that surprised me however was for the AllTray July 6, 2006 changelog:
Jul 6, 2006: Jochen [...]
From the Pete Ashdown for Senate mailing list:
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Saturday July 29, marks 100 days until Election Day. Pete needs our support!
Utah Voters will gather at Washington Park in Parley’s Canyon to show their support. Mix, mingle and join the effort to win this November!
What: Democratic Family Reunion – Support for Pete Ashdown!
When: Saturday, July [...]
Google’s latest project is an open source repository similar to SourceForge. Apparently it is not meant to compete with the SourceForge project, but work in a similar fashion. …however that works.
Google’s goal is to see what they can do to provide an alternative for open source projects. This project is supposed to be specifically aimed [...]
What goes around comes around!
I recently contacted my senators & congressmen concerning the EFF, net neutrality & related. I got, as expected, a few canned email responses from some and today recieved a physical letter from the offices of Orrin Hatch. I wanted to share this and get some reaction. Remember, this is the same Orrin [...]
I know this post is way off normal topic but I’m hunting for some feedback. I hate new-car shopping whether it be thru a dealer or private party, but I find myself in the market again. If anyone has good experiences, feedback, tips, tricks, etc I would appreciate some advice.
Currently we’re considering a Volkswagen Jetta. [...]
Yet another story of Windows Genuine Disadvantage screwing the honest customer:
While Microsoft insists that problems with the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program are much overblown — claiming last weekthat “only a fraction of a percent” of the systems that fail the WGAverification are actually legal — Microsoft’s customers keep sayingotherwise. What’s worse, the WGA false [...]
“The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would make it a federal felony for Webmasters to use innocent words like “Barbie” or “Furby” but actually feature sexual content on their sites. Anyone who includes misleading “words” or “images” intended to confuse a minor into viewing a possibly harmful Web site could [...]
