Slashdot | Security Statistics and Operating Conventional Wisdom. kev0153 writes “Microsoft Windows is more secure than you think, and Mac OS X is worse than you ever imagined. That is according to statistics published for the first time this week by Danish security firm Secunia. “Secunia is now displaying security statistics that will open many… Continue reading Slashdot | Security Statistics and Operating Conventional Wisdom
Month: July 2004
Kerry Embraces Former Rival, Citing 'Courage and Conviction'
Kerry Embraces Former Rival, Citing 'Courage and Conviction'. “I have chosen a man who understands and defends the values of America,” John Kerry told supporters in Pittsburgh this morning. By DAVID M. HALBFINGER and ADAM NAGOURNEY. [The New York Times > Home Page]
How a browser really really works
How a browser really really works. David Hyatt, lead developer for Apple's Safari web browser talks about how Safari and Mozilla renders web pages, and the algorithms it uses to render partially downloaded data. Interesting if you are a HTML jock. A few tips I gleaned: Only use one CSS file and make sure that… Continue reading How a browser really really works
Bush Flunks Math – Logic
Bush Flunks Math – Logic. President Bush this holiday weekend is speaking before groups around the country flaunting his lack of capacity for math and logic. In Charleston, W. Va. President Bush is reported by the Toronto Star to have said that America is safer because Saddam Hussein is in a prison cell. This is… Continue reading Bush Flunks Math – Logic
Announcing my Latest Project! (Well almost…I need some help first)
Announcing my Latest Project! (Well almost…I need some help first). I'm a categorization junkie. I have always been that way. If I'm interested in something I go out and research ad-nauseum, and then create exhaustive categorized and cross-referenced lists. I think that's why I like databases and XML and data-driven websites. There's something fundamentally satisfying… Continue reading Announcing my Latest Project! (Well almost…I need some help first)
Teen blog scene has become the social equivalent of the shopping mall
Teen blog scene has become the social equivalent of the shopping mall. Letting acquaintances and strangers digitally snoop into one's life is common among today's techno-savvy teens. Along with e-mail and instant messages, blogs are fast becoming a fixture of their life. According to a research by Perseus, 52 percent of all bloggers are teenagers,… Continue reading Teen blog scene has become the social equivalent of the shopping mall
SitePoint: “Making the Case for ColdFusion”
SitePoint: “Making the Case for ColdFusion”. Eric Jones, CF columnist for SitePoint.com, has posted a column entitled “Making the Case for ColdFusion”. Eric is an experienced PHP developer, who was “asked to switch from my happy PHP world to the dark side of ColdFusion”, and learned that by using ColdFusion he could “do things faster,… Continue reading SitePoint: “Making the Case for ColdFusion”
Time
Time. A slick promotional video from Zarqawi, Iraq's most prominate venture capitalist of violence. It could be entitled, “global guerrillas gone wild” given its raw footage of attacks. This video speaks of a danger more organized than the one viewed through the snippets of the intelligence and glimmers of insight the public previously seen. It… Continue reading Time
Documentation & knowledge
Documentation & knowledge. A oft repeated question / assertion in KM is the link between explicit documentation and knowledge. The point I'm trying to make, is documentation alone does not = knowledge. To retain knowledge against attrition you have to have a community that can appreciate the context, understand the issues, talk the language, adopt… Continue reading Documentation & knowledge
A Better Voice Mail Greeting
A Better Voice Mail Greeting. I change my voice mail greeting everyday, so that it references the current day. Why? Because I want people to know that I am on top of my messages and their message is important to me. Whenever I discover a recurring activity like this, I try to “template” the process.… Continue reading A Better Voice Mail Greeting