Today was still a fun day, but the flaws of the conference started to reveal themselves. The source of every problem was the sheer mass of people that inhabited the convention hall. Not that the people themselves were the problem, but there were lines for just about everything, and spilled out of the convention itself. [...]
Archive for August, 2008
PAX – Day Two
Posted in Geek Stuff, Video Games, tagged pax, penny arcade on August 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
PAX – Day One
Posted in Geek Stuff, Video Games, tagged felicia day, pax, penny arcade, sandeep parikh, the guild on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In case you don’t know what it is, go here for the full details. Why should you care? This is the fifth year of PAX and it is only growing in popularity. Several gaming and tabletop companies have started to release new products or exclusive sneak peaks here. Plus, gamers are [...]
88% of IT staff would steal secrets if laid off?
Posted in Geek Stuff, Technology, tagged information security, Technology on August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Survey: IT staff would steal secrets if laid off
A staggering 88 percent of IT administrators admitted they would take corporate secrets, if they were suddenly made redundant. The target information included CEO passwords, customer database, research and development plans, financial reports, M&A plans and the company’s list of privileged passwords.
The research also revealed that, of [...]
Alaska Governor Palin Picked as McCain Running Mate
Posted in Politics, tagged Politics on August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bloomberg Link
In a reverse from previous statements Palin has agreed to be McCain’s running mate.
Palin is less than halfway through her first term as governor of Alaska, a post she won in 2006 by challenging the state’s Republican leadership and vowing to clean up a government mired in a corruption scandal.
“I will be honored to [...]
American Prayer
Posted in Politics, tagged american prayer, Dave Stewart, obama on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s my opinion that any one who follows politics to any significant degree is either cynical or delusional about their party identity and/or opposition party. Can you guess which of the two these folks are? It’s getting a little absurd. I feel like we are going to need to put a quarter of country on [...]
I <3 Ragnar Tornquist
Posted in Video Games, tagged Video Games on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today on /. there’s a link to an interview with Ragnar Tornquist on game story telling.
I’m a big fan of Ragnar’s work ever since I stumbled across his game Dreamfall. What really captured me in Dreamfall was the story. The engine was good, the music was good, the controls were ok. However, the story was [...]
The Watchmen in Trouble
Posted in Geek Stuff, Movies, tagged Fox, the watchmen, Warner Bros on August 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In just another entry into the long list of examples of why our copyright laws are broken, the Watchmen is at risk of never seeing the light of day.
Fox said it would rather see the film killed instead of collecting a percentage of the box office.
Wonderful.
If you have never read Watchmen, I highly recommend doing [...]
Internet Safety: Enable SSL in Gmail
Posted in Geek Stuff, Technology, tagged information security on August 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The cyberwebtubes are full of surprises, many of which are essentially invisible to us normal folk. In a couple weeks a tool is being released that automates the process for stealing access to a person’s Gmail account. The key here though is that the victim is using Gmail unencrypted.
Read More Here.
The solution is to enable [...]
Security Tool: Arpwatch
Posted in Geek Stuff, Technology, tagged information security, linux on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arpwatch is an open-source tool that has been around for a while. It maintains a log of the MAC addresses and IPs of computers that are on your network and alerts you to any changes or strange things related to ARP poisoning that occur. Hence, it is a good tool to use to detect ARP [...]
Russia-Georgia Cyberwar
Posted in Technology, tagged cyberwars, georgia, russia on August 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
These online attacks were done in coordination with tanks rolling into Georgia, so this is a pretty serious issue beyond the usual cyber threat. It’s been a slaughter so far, but Georgia seems to have some serious infrastructure problems that just made it worse. Though several of the Georgian sites listed in this article seem [...]
