Buh-bye, Avast!
So, remember how I installed Avast! antivirus software a few days ago? I’m ditching it. I’m returning to AVG Free….
Geekery
On the nature of viruses and anti-virus software
In yesterday’s post, I talked about my latest adventure with three different anti-virus solutions. I mentioned that Avast caught a…
Anti-Virus Software
Fahim is constantly trying out different software. The last couple or so weeks, he’s been on an anti-virus/firewall binge. He…
What is your bandwidth speed?
We have internet through SLT, and we’re supposed to have download speeds of 512 Kbps and upload speeds of 128…
Kitten Cannon
For you sick kitten haters out there – and you know who you are cough Fahim cough, here’s the game…
The problem with forwarded emails
You know those forwards your aunt Helen or best friend Rob sends you? Sometimes they’re sweet and sappy with cute…
Where do spammers get your email addy anyway?
The general assumption seems to start with you, the generic, nonspecific you, signing up for a newsletter on a website…
On spam, and no, I’m not talking about that canned boiled pig product
First question, which really has nothing to do with possible solutions, is how you quantify a lot? Do you whine…
Blog aggregation… Like it or not…
Your blog could be showing up on another site without you even knowing it. Consider ChronicNews. They pick up an…
Eavesdropping the agoraphobic’s way
I laughed when I read this blog entry about sites for eavesdroppers and then followed the links… 😀 From Overheard…
Fahim’s Wobbler Army
When we went grocery shopping a week ago at Arpico, we picked up two of the extra large boxes of…
Organic Art
There’s a cool little flash thingie that you can plug a URL into and it’ll create a funky little… plant…
More on Paranoia, AKA Data Backups
If you haven’t already, please read this article this article on backups. There has been some publicity and comments about…
The Frozen North
One person’s comment about Ice Highways in the frozen north of Canada and the US: I think I saw a…
More on data backups . . .
In all honesty, I have my autosave set to one minute. I have a very, very low pain threshold. I…
Data Backups
I’m gonna get all geekie and anal on everyone here. I’m also going to preface the rest of this with…