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Computers 1302 Security 571 General Web/Tech 367 Software 353 Tech Support 231 Linux 202 Windows Tech Support 152 Viruses 148 Windows 147 Windows Software 145 Linux Software 134 Networking 130 Linux Tech Support 122 Hardware 122 antivirus 119 Rogue Security Software 114 Windows 105 General Site Info 103 Linux 91 malware 90 Spyware 80 Uncategorized 69 Google 58 Web Hosting 54
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  • RSS feeds
    Jul 18, 2005

    Of course, it appears that wordpress comes with support to generate rss feeds for the articles and comments listed here. I was curious to find a way to include a syndicated news feed in the site and …

  • Crossroads
    Jul 18, 2005

    At this point, I doubt anyone is seeing this as the wordpress test install is not live to the public yet, but... I'm opening this one up for comments. On the old site, I had accumulated a bit of cont…

  • Migration to new CMS
    Jul 18, 2005

    As you can see I'm in the midst of a migration to a new CMS tool. Right now I'm using wordpress which is normally considered a blogging tool. Frankly, I was reluctant to look at a blogging tool in pa…

  • Considerate Computing
    Jul 18, 2005

    This may cover a fair amount of ground, but here goes.... Today I was looking at a system to see just what software was in use, evaluating the possibility of linux as a replacement. Office, of course…

  • The basics
    Jul 18, 2005

    Well to start out, this might should be crosslinked in the computer security section, but I'm putting it in commentary primarily to catch those who might not typically look at computer security. Firs…

  • Introductory post
    Jul 17, 2005

    After about 12 hours of tinkering this is shaping up nicely in some ways. I haven't yet dug into the templates. I like the distinction between pages and posts. That is clear and seems to work. I am a…

  • More on the virus/trojan front
    Jun 4, 2004

    I have a couple new things to post. One, in my futher investigation of the server logs, from the last big topic.... (read the entries below.) I've discovered at least one MAC, so this should be a war…

  • Progress...
    May 28, 2004

    Well, things are shaping up a little better today on some fronts. My webhosting provider apologized for the offensive tone of the subject of their message to me. (Given that they provided the script …

  • I'm just a bit ill at the moment.....
    May 27, 2004

    Yesterday morning I started the day with a check of email ---0-- 1100 messages... ?? Yes 1100. Most of them were filtered into a folder I set up for delivery failures some time back. (about 950), (ab…

  • The connection between Spam and Viruses
    Nov 13, 2003

    After comparing MANY of these delivery failures (a fraction of what has gone out with my domain name forged I'm afraid...) They are all advertising essentially the same site (sometimes different gate…

  • Junk Mail
    Nov 12, 2003

    In the last hour or so I've received a TON of bounced emails to various fake addresses at averyjparker.com Just in case anyone has come here thinking I'm sending them out, I'm not. Some junk mailer h…