Monthly Archives: September 2006
Sing Your Snores Away
A few years ago I was on a camping trip. We had planned the whole experience down to the last detail. The surroundings were beautiful, the food was incredible, and the company was awesome. It was early morning when we finally went to bed the first night. Once people started nodding off, I knew I … Continue reading
Data Recovery
It’s your worst nightmare. You don’t have a backup and your computer just died. And it had 5 years of contact information on it, 3 years of tax information, and other crucial financials that you can’t live without. Maybe you didn’t backup or maybe your backup is also bad. Whatever the case, you are incredibly … Continue reading
Blue Light Kills Bad Breath
Man, have you ever been around someone who’s breath is intolerable? Or maybe you are the one with the bad breath. It makes conversation really painful. You can practically taste those noxious fumes coming out of their mouth. And forget about kissing someone with bad breath. Nir Sterer and Osnat Feuerstein of the Hebrew University … Continue reading
Face Transplant Technology
When the news first broke about a French woman receiving a face transplant, most people were really shocked. But transplant technology has been hurdling toward this type of procedure. And, in fact, bionics have started appearing, with a woman receiving the world’s first bionic arm. But that is for another post. Actually, most of the … Continue reading
RaySat Mobile Satellite TV & Internet
Just imagine this. You have your online business all set up. Now you’re dreaming of what to do with your time. I know, it’s rough. Then it dawns on you. Why not get mobile satellite tv and internet and hit the road? Sounds like a good plan to me. Your mind starts dreaming of traveling … Continue reading
Tranax ATM Hack
There is a story circulating about an apparent ATM Hack. This is not a remote hack, but rather one where the culprit is using an admin interface to reprogram the ATM. This allows the thief to reprogram the ATM into thinking that it has all 5 dollar bills instead of 20 dollar bills. That’s a … Continue reading
RL1000 Robotic Lawn Mower
How would you like to have a lawn, but not have to cut it? Yeah, you could pay a lawn service to do that, or you could invest in the RL1000 Robotic Lawn Mower. I just might do this for my next lawn mower. As an aside, I was reading a recent report from Progress … Continue reading
Internet Explorer Extremely Critical Vulnerability
vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer which could allow a malicious person to exploit a vulnerability. This would give the person remote access to the vulnerable machine. Secunia has therefore given the vulnerability an extremely critical rating. The exploit takes advantage of an Active X exploit from specially crafted HTML page.
HemCon Blood Clotting Bandages
Stephen was riding in the back of a HumVee. He was part of a convoy that was escorting Abrams tanks to their next checkpoint. They were afraid of some close range ambushes and wanted the HumVee’s along for quick response. The Abrams tanks rode sandwiched between two HumVees. Riding in the HumVee behind Stephen were … Continue reading
