Technology

Not Blogging

Well I got some flack the other day about not posting to my blog. I will have to make up for that in the next few days. So get ready for some more strange, rude, and possibly informative posts.

Movie Theaters and Money

I am working with a client that deals in Film and has a business model around film community. I just read a great blog post on how theaters make their money. It was very interesting to me and I thought I would share with the rest of you. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060105-5905.html

Wi-Fi Security Part 1 – what does your computer say about you.

As a follow up to my original post of watching some kid at a coffee shop sniff the wireless network for passwords, I am doing a wi-fi security series. In this post I will show wi-fi users how easy it is to gather information from other computers and users by just sniffing the network. I first must explain what “sniffing the …

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Wireless Network Security

My last blog post last week on Network Intrusion has generated a lot of traffic and emails. It was interesting to know that people actually read what I post. A lot of people responded in emails asking to know some more information on wireless security. I think this is due to the popularity of wi-fi, both in our municipalities and in …

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Network Intrusion / Invasion

Network Intrusion / Invasion I typically stop at a local coffee shop to get some caffeine and use their wi-fi network to check email and surf the web. I am gathering this is not unlike most people out there in the business world. I tend to visit places that offer wi-fi because of their ease of use. But the other day …

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How large is a large database?

I was reading my Information Week magazine and ran across an article regarding Large Databases “Big Honkin’ Databases” was in the Sept 19th magazine (article here). It is a quick glimpse into some of the largest databases. I have seen a 1.2 Terabyte database in action and seen the amount of work necessary to keep that database functioning. I cannot imagine …

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One IM to rule them all

I have finally realized how much I use Instant Messaging. It is not a matter that I did not consider IM a viable means of communication, but rather the fact of how often I use it as a means of communication. Since switching jobs recently I have been able to consolidate my email, contact list, and useful files. The one thing …

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Computer Input device (part 2)

((REVISED – TOO MANY SPELLING ERRORS))) – it may have been too late to post Ok I have switched jobs and currently I am using a Dell Latitude D800. People who know me, know that I do not have much respect for the Dell laptops. There are a few reasons for this. 1. They don’t make them. 2. Why call them …

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Security of the ASMX file

You often hear about security and web services. How they need to be more secure and how they can pass unsecured information. Well, I recently had an issue with a client that felt they were exposing too much information with the web service provided. This web service allows for products to be returned based on some search criteria. Unfortunately the web …

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Computer Input Devices – Touchpad vs Trackpoint

I have been looking at new a new laptops and have been watching how people use them. My reasons for this are simple. I am a firm believer in the trackpoint, the little joystick thing in the middle of a laptop keyboard. Particularly on the IBM thinkpad laptops. The new laptop I will be using is a Dell and may or …

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Coding, working, and running

Well take all the above items and mix them up and you have what I have been up to. I have been coding a lot more lately, trying to get a new version of iisreporter out and also working on some custom dev software for a friend. Work has been very stressful. We have a lot going on and a few …

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Running

Well I have been extremely busy at work, so my posts have been a bit out of sync. I would like to get another pod cast out. I have a lot of material. I keep an ongoing journal of things I want to research, test, and write about. I can use a lot of that information to fill both a podcast …

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News and More news

This week I have been able to see and test a lot of new programs. 1. google earth (earth.google.com) Essentially it is keyhole (a program google purchased) on crack. They added all the great features of google maps to this sat image program. If you have not tried it, go download. It’s free. 2. Google Video player. I had heard about …

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IIS Reporter

Well I have many ideas on how to update and modify the IIS reporter application I have written. I have finally got VS2005 up and running on my machine and will try to migrate IIS reporter over to 2.0. I have a few releases I need to get up to the source server. I also have a web service version that …

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Google – Sitemaps and Search History

Well I finally got around to looking at google sitemaps (googlesitemaps). If you don’t already have a google account (gmail acount also) just register for one. I have been wanting to test this service out. So I embarked on creating a simple xml (sitemap based file) for this site. I downloaded the python script and started to run it. I do …

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