Still busy
My new job is keeping me very busy. I have been working around 50 hours a week and with the drive time I am away from home for 12 hours a day. My class has been going well. I am almost done …
Author: Patrick Talmadge
I began programming in C++ when I was in college. Odd for a business major, but hey I am a Dork. After college I got a job as System Administrator. As a System Administrator I was in charge of web administration. My journey as a PHP web developer had begun. Since that time I have gained an in depth knowledge of CSS, Javascript, XML and MySQL. With changes and advances to technology I have also began learning AJAX. I started Blue Fire Development to do freelance work in my spare time.
It has been a while…
My new job is going well. It is keeping me very busy. I am really enjoying the work. The last few days I have been sick. I seem to be all better now. I am looking forward to getting a …
Principle of Least Privilege
The Principle of Least privilege simply put requires that in a computing system every process, user, and program must be able to access only information and resources that are necessary to its job duty. The principle of least privilege was …
It has been a while…
It has been a long time since I last posted. I have been very busy. I got a new job as a support engineer for a large company in Redmond, WA. I am enjoying the new challenge and can’t wait …
IE Chart
Here is a great chart that show the Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities in 2006. Weather you are a IE hater or a lover this is a very interesting chart Check it out. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/technology/daily/graphics/index20070104.html
Secure Passwords
These two comics are a very good example of how people do not pick very good passwords. Thank you Dilbert.com
Tagged with: Security
SHA-1 cracked
An article in the Epoch Times (a Chinese newspaper) about a brilliant Chinese professor who has cracked her fifth encryption scheme in ten years. She and her team have cracked the SHA-1 scheme. As a result, the U.S. government and …
Tagged with: Security
Netflix Watch Now
I am a huge Netflix fan. I watch and return my movies the same day most of the time. Now it gets even better. I found this video on hackingNetflix.com that shows how the new Netflix watch now system works. …
Tagged with: Netflix
Great video of coke and mentos.
This just made me laugh so I had I add it to my blog. Hope you enjoy it.
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Vista media play back crippled
I stummbled on this article from Peter Gutmann explaining the copy protection built into Windows Vista. The article states that Vista will down grade video and audio reproduction on protected media if Vista can not protect the media. Vista also has …
Tagged with: Windows Vista