I published a Special Edition update of my Terry's Computer Tips newsletter today with updated info on the Katrina aftermath. See the Special Edition in the Terry's Computer Tips newsletter archives.
Katrina Update — Baton Rouge got lucky
August 30, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Katrina has come and gone. Fortunately, east of us and even slightly east of New Orleans. Katrina caused flooding in an estimated 80% of New Orleans. Wind damage was severe, also, but more so in the more-highly treed areas north east and north west of New Orleans. There are news reports of a 200 foot [...]
LILO vs GRUB
August 28, 2005 By Leave a Comment
In a recent Slashdot article, I found the link to an IBM article <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=571&entry_id=130" title="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-bootload.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01LILOandGRUB" onmouseover="window.status='http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-bootload.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01LILOandGRUB';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Boot loader showdown: Getting to know LILO and GRUB</a> that discusses the two Linux boot loaders.<br /> <br /> After a high-level explanation of what a boot loader is, the article continues to discuss LILO and [...]
Katrina comes a’calling
August 27, 2005 By Leave a Comment
South Florida has already enjoyed the caresses and buffets of Hurricane Katrina. Katrina was upgraded from Tropical Storm to Hurricane just about the time it hit landfall in South Florida on Thursday. After quickly passing W-S-W through Florida, it moved into the Gulf of Mexico where it has continued to strengthen. Currently a Class 3 [...]
Anti-spyware | Anti-adware | Spyware Protection
August 26, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I have changed to Sunbelt Software's <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=952&entry_id=128" title="http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/u/hatespam/t.asp?id=3597" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/u/hatespam/t.asp?id=3597';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">CounterSpy</a> for my constantly-running anti-spyware / anti-adware prevention program. and also periodic scanning needs. Sunbelt Software licensed the Giant Antispyware technology before Microsoft did — at the moment, the interfaces of the two products are similar, but the protection recommendations are starting to [...]
Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra
August 23, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Anyone else getting tired of seeing lawyer ads for Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra on the television?<br /> <br /> Well, I guess we're going to see <b>a lot more</b>. The recent jury award in Texas in the first <b>Vioxx</b> case found Merck liable and awarded the plaintiffs $253.4 million in damages, including punitive damages. The [...]
Terry’s Computer Tips newsletter online archives
August 22, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters are now online in a much more friendly archive — standard HTML/CSS pages instead of handled by the newsletter software. The Terry’s Computer Tips email newsletter archives are located at http://www.terryscomputertips.com/archives/newsletter_archives.php . Publication day is Monday each week. The current issue will usually be posted to the archive within a [...]
Home Theater PC presentation
August 20, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Had a lot of fun today at Cajun Clickers. At 9am, I lead the Web Design SIG (special interest group). We had 7-8 people attending. Topics included the free, open-source WYSIWYG <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=562&entry_id=125" title="http://www.nvu.com" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.nvu.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">web design program Nvu</a>, tutorials for Nvu, comparing Nvu and FrontPage, images in web pages, when and why [...]
Web Design & Home Theater PC sessions tomorrow
August 19, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Saturday is going to be a busy day for me at the Cajun Clickers Computer Club.<br /> <br /> At 9am, I'm leading the Web Design Special Interest Group. We focus on web design issue as well as creating web pages with FrontPage and/or HTML/CSS. Tomorrow, I plan to show the free open-source web design [...]
Zotob Worm spreading massively
August 16, 2005 By Leave a Comment
In Sunday's entry, I wrote about the latest worm — I also wrote about it in my <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=556&entry_id=122" title="http://www.terryscomputertips.com/archives/newsletter_20050815.php" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.terryscomputertips.com/archives/newsletter_20050815.php';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">newsletter</a>, which was published on Monday, warning readers to get patched before it was too late.<br /> <br /> It looks like way, way too many folks aren't doing their Windows updates [...]