Archive for September, 2008
The World as 100 People
Monday, September 29th, 2008
A video about the world population, if it were only 100 people. Very interesting. The only question I had while watching it was how many people have internet access. (more…)
Tags: Politics, world
Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Steps to a Virus Free Windows: DEP and ASLR
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
For many years Windows has been the primary target for viruses, spyware, and other malware. This is primarily because of the popularity of the system and, to a lesser extent, the flexibility of the system. With two not so new but recently introduced technologies, Microsoft is making significant strides to make Windows (Vista and XP) more resilient to malware. (more…)
Tags: Address Spacing Layout Randomization, ASLR, Data Execution Prevention, DEP, Java, malware, Security, vista, windows
Posted in Computers, Security | 4 Comments »
Rock County Thresheree
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Over labor day weekend one of the local events is the Thresheree. Most of the event revolves around the steam engine, and there are many people from around the area that come to show off their steam engine tractors or other equipment. It’s basically a tribute to technology of the past, and some of these tractors are rather interesting to watch work. (more…)
Tags: Rock County, Steam Engines, Tractors
Posted in Engines and such | 1 Comment »
First Blog Post
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Okay so after several years of avoiding wordpress, I finally decided to give in and give it a shot. After about an hour I had uploaded all the files and had the system up and running. I touched up a few things I wanted to change in the theme(like having my own header) and am now sitting with a fully functional, easy to write to blog that does everything that I want, and more. Granted I’m still using the default theme, but I think that the theme is actually not only effective, but attractive. It’s simplistic and allows for just the right amount of color.
I’m sure that over the next several days I will continue to tweak the look of the blog, but hopefully I’ll be able to start posting my thoughts on what’s happening around the graphic design world as well as the technology that goes along with it.
Tags: first post
Posted in random | 2 Comments »