Random Thoughts
In with the cloud out with the box.
Nov 21st
I haven’t ranted in a while but after installing the Chrome OS on my laptop I just had to rant. So here goes…..Its amazing how old school software vendors and their press minions can turn reality into fantasy. Stories with headlines like “Chrome OS no threat….” are nonsense. Applications and even whole operating systems running in the cloud are the future. Rich applications on the desktop are going the way of the dinosaur. Any and all cloud based applications are right this very moment direct threats to their desktop counterparts. Old school software vendor and their fan boys will continue to fight it out over next few years but tight budgets will logically lead organisations to the cloud. The desktop is dead…long live the cloud.
A fine description of Cloud Computing in Plain English can be found at the Commoncraft website http://commoncraft.com/cloud-computing-video
Random Geek Thoughts
Sep 17th
Why in the world is Rogue/Fake AV so successful?
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7144
Hey Mozilla good job on that new Firefox flash checker its apparently working quite nicely 
http://www.h-online.com/open/Firefox-Flash-check-working–/news/114258
How would you like to make a free PDF from a collection of articles on Wikipedia? Head on over to the links below to learn how.
http://lifehacker.com/5339852/generate-pdfs-and-multi+article-books-from-wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books
As always, don’t forget to do your updates and have a nice day
Random Geek Thoughts
Jul 10th
Nukes, Missiles, Hackers and Zombies oh my http://www.h-online.com/security/DDoS-attacks-with-zombie-computers-North-Korea-s-powerful-hacker-army–/news/113736
Windows XP, Internet Explorer 6 and a “please hack me” sign…lets see…yup…all set.
Rouge Anti Virus applications and their ability to get people to enter credit card info absolutely amazes me. You visit a site and it says you have like 523 viruses and they need you to enter your credit card number to buy their great virus removal tool. Why in the world would you enter your card number on an infected computer???
Mozy Twitter Free Account Friday! http://mozy.com/blog/announcements/mozy-twitter-free-account-friday/
Random Geek Thoughts
Jul 1st
Normal Geeks use Linux http://www.osnews.com/story/21739/_Do_Any_Normal_People_Use_Linux_
Firefox 3.5 seems kind of popular http://downloadstats.mozilla.com/
Next up in body protection: Cement armor http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-10276162-42.html?tag=mncol;title
Random Geek Thoughts
Jun 29th
Firefox 3.5 coming out tomorrow http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=2D1BF3CD-1A64-67EA-E45BF07CDDC3DED2
The UK continues to spread the Open Source love http://www.h-online.com/open/Downing-Street-working-to-secure-full-open-source-commitment–/news/113626
Berlin loves art and Linux http://www.h-online.com/open/Berlin-art-colleges-switch-to-Linux–/news/113619
