For those of you that haven't heard, Kevin Mitnick, the most famed and feared hacker from the 90s, is out of jail and once again allowed to touch computers and the Internet. So is anyone else as amused as I am that his company's website got hacked?
That's pretty much the jist of it. I hate passwords. There are far superior technologies and it's about damn time we used them. This message caused by the incompetence at the Washington Post which is telling me that my username is incorrect, even though I just called them to confirm what it was.
If people ask me what my plans are for the future, I hope they can be something like what I'm experiencing right now. I'm sitting in a chair on the beach in San Diego. It's an hour or so after sunset. I'm connected to the Internet wirelessly, sitting here with my laptop and not a care in the world. What am I doing? Coding. And editing my blog. Scratch that. I want it to be just like this, but with my family here alongside me. That would be perfect.
This NPR story discusses how Pakistanis are leaving the US in droves, rather than risk the required registration with the US Government and possible detainment as their country-mates in Cuba... Kinda makes you wonder...
The weather is beautiful here. I'm staying at the Catamaran Resort Hotel while I'm here at the NDSS Conference. If you're lucky, you might spot me on the webcam.
I highly recommend you download Windows Media Player 9. Then you can be able to witness a neat streamed film about the mission to the moon, called For All Mankind. (56Kbps version) It's worth a watch.
Here I am sitting near a power outlet at BWI Airport. $6.95/hr but at least it's wireless. Completely insecure, I sure hope nobody's sniffing my blog password...
Do yourself a favor. Get Trillian. Then uninstall ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and AOL Instant Messenger. You won't need them. ICQ, Yahoo, and AIM can all be taken care of with the Control Panel. To remove MSN Messenger, go to Start->Run and type
rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %systemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
And yet, I'm not in bed yet! What gives? Ack. The internet is just too big. And Laura's game seems to be a little too addictive.
OK so I had to share my most recent theft from Staples. I saw on XPBargains that you could get this Compaq Computer for $271 after a $200 coupon code (34573) and $50 rebate. I wasn't satisfied. I headed over to eCoupons and found a coupon code for an additional $50 off $200 (79169), as well as a coupon code (75601) to get duffle bag and 5" B/W TV for free as well. Even I was impressed.
OK so there's a new Strong Bad email today. If you haven't seen Strong Bad, or Homestar Runner yet, well... you're missing out. As the folks on Slashdot said, their site is a good justification for Macromedia Flash.
Does anyone actually click on banner ads? I'm thinking that people that click on banner ads for one of two reasons:
OK, so I now have my own blog. Whoopee. Who knows, perhaps it will take over the world. Or bring me fame and fortune. Most likely it will just be a place to store random thoughts and links.
