Crouching Vista, Hidden Telnet

I use the command line a fair amount of time because its a quick and easy way to perform small tasks with different input. Like DNS lookups using dig, or FTP just to grab a quick file without having to configure yet another FTP profile in my FTP client. Telnet is one that I truly […]

April Fools on the Internet… so last year.

Sorry to disappoint, but there’s not enough fodder on the web to post much. Thinkgeek.com has their annual April fools wares, but other than the typical fake news stories most of the offenders last year have been straight. Google… I was expecting so much more this year.

Apple’s Safari Push Backlash

Windows users who installed and use iTunes are familiar with the Apple Software Update. This is a great utility to ensure everyone stays up to date with the latest bug fixes and security updates. This week Apple has decided this would be a great way to push down their web browser to Windows users, regardless […]

Vista Service Pack 1 Released (again)

Vista SP1 was released this morning, but didn’t show up anywhere except on the tech news channels. A visit to Microsoft’s site had nar a mention of it anywhere – not even their Vista area. After some digging, I finally found it. Choose the x86 version or the 64-bit version depending on your version of […]

Happy Π Day

Yes, folks, it’s Pi day today. 3.14 people… enjoy the Math geekery today. P.S. (notice the post time for this… 🙂 )