michael coates, a pragmatic evangelist
March 30, 2008 Leave a comment
Thanks to Connor for pointing me to a YouTube video about how inmates in a Philippine prison get their daily exercise, set to American music and dance:
The prison does a few other numbers, including "Souljaboy" and "The Hustle".
March 30, 2008 Leave a comment
I had some fun with the Windows Live Photo Gallery over the weekend:
The photo compositing ("stitching") is pretty fun.
March 4, 2008 Leave a comment
These suck.
As described by Windows ITPro Magazine, a "Drive By" download is:
a situation in which a computer becomes infected with some sort of malware when its user simply visits a Web page. Such infections typically take advantage of vulnerabilities in browsers, browser components (typically add-ons), and OSs.
This means you can get infected by simply visiting the page, or via a pop-up redirect from a malicious page. A team
The key points: "vulnerabilities in browsers, browser components and OSs". Legitimate software companies and application developers will issue security patches for detected vulnerabilities to ensure their code is secure.
Patch your systems, people. There is no excuse except to maintain a safe computing environment.
Windows ITPro: "3 Million Malicious Web Pages Plague the Internet".
March 2, 2008 Leave a comment
A South Park-style chat, starring Mac and PC:
http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf?mediaId=333678&affiliate=101932
Here’s the sequel, co-starring Linux
http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf?mediaId=704011&affiliate=101932
February 26, 2008 Leave a comment
.. it a mutually beneficial merger of two first-class organizations resulting in a synergistic harmonized experience for our mutual customers.
I didn’t write it .. but, I couldn’t resist.
February 26, 2008 Leave a comment
.. as seen on a recent walk:
This is someone who simply didn’t want to move .. and asserted themselves to the point that they built their new building around the property.
February 8, 2008 Leave a comment
Spotted this beauty whilst touring the auto floor at CES a few weeks back.
Note the smooth lines ..
.. the European styling ..
.. fast, even while standing still ..
No, silly. The car .. not the booth bait.
She raced into the frame and posed while I was setting up the picture.
February 6, 2008 Leave a comment
I posted "Subjunctive Identity Theft .. From American Express?" back in September.
In the post, I detailed a reality where a cardholder would respond to a phone call or voice mail and start talking with someone on the other line whose first question was "what is your account number?"
Gawd.
While my interaction with American Express was legitimate, Netcraft reports the scam is out there in "Fraudster using phone numbers to receive authentication details".
January 20, 2008 Leave a comment
What’s going to crash into the Earth and when?
What the big picture? Check out the NEO Program Impact Risk Page.
January 13, 2008 Leave a comment
Word salad from the label on vanity-labeled bottle of wine from a major purveyor of wines (some edits to preserve the identity of the sender), titled "A wine experience for discriminating tastes":
Impeccably chosen, cultivated in quality, fermented in spirit and matured in excellence, characterizes this collection.
A superlative wine, distinguished by varietals of consistency, excellence, delivery and longevity.
With its delectable smoothness, mingled with notes of exquisite finesse and robust complexity, (the wine) gives mouth-filling richness, excites the taste buds and stimulates the intellect, making it the perfect accompaniment for any dish.
From the first luscious taste to the sumptuous long-lasting finish, this wine promises to leave you in delicious winning satisfaction.
By the way: the wine wasn’t bad at all. It was free, and drank like $2. 😛
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