Entertaining CNN tech story… weird
Top ten stars that will get you a virus. And not by being a fan at their hotel. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/24/celebrity.computer.virus.biel/index.html
Category: Mindless Blather
Terminal services console mode
To connect to the console of a windows box: start> run> mstsc.exe /console /V servername
DD-WRT Anchorfree hotspot does not work and should be removed
There is only so much space in your firmware for crap. Anchorfree’s hotspot software seems like a good idea. but it isn’t. It didnt work in v24, v24sp1 and it sure doesn’t work in v24sp2, it reboots my 2 test aps. I have 4 different models of wireless ap I use with DD-WRT. I love [...]
Mac vs win-PC article on PCworld nails some good points
Priceless- http://www.pcworld.com/article/163836/eight_reasons_your_next_computer_should_be_a_pc.html There are many many other reasons the cycle won’t be broken. Macs are cool, just not going to dominate. Home users tend to buy what they have at work. Mac refuses to support old OS and software choices. Too many businesses get stuck in a rut where they run an old Windows OS [...]
1066 DDR2 runs at 800MHz out of the box
I have a friend complaining about ram that is rated to run at 1066 out of the box on a motherboard that supports 1066 out of the box running at only 800 when put together. You have to manually set the timing in the bios. I’m not sure if I’m on the manufacturers side or [...]
Skype Bandwidth hog fixed with Netlimiter
On a T1 with a good webcam, skype will gobble up 60-80% of the whole thing. I have firewall graphs and logs to prove it thanks to smoothwall and this new fun tool named Netlimiter. I cut the bandwidth used by skype to 25Kb/s and it seems to be pretty good quality on a 22″ widescreen.
Google Adsense revenue
So far windowsnerd.com has $16.81 in a google adsense account after being up for over a year. I think that translates to around 50 cents an hour. Maybe I need a different type of content. Movies? hmm.
7-11s getting knocked off by a klingon
Saw this on the news today. Funny funny stuff. I hope the next idiot robbing 7-11s has fake plastic feet, a cape and a sword named sting. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18637190/detail.html
Macs get spyware. Surprised? I’m not.
It isn’t really a question of IF a mac can get owned but instead it is a big when question. The story I read on Yahoo about some spyware installed on macs through a torrented iWork file show that social engineering works on any OS. Most of the Windows problems I see are from socially [...]