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• The opt-out from hell

  One problem with making your email address available (which I will continue to do, don't worry) is that folks with something to sell assume you're interested in their stuff. To wit, let's consider an email I received today (copied, headers... Posted Sep 16 2008, 02:22 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Advertising, email, spam, public policy, things that make me angry

• Blamestorming

  So, let's recap the sequence of events: The Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauderdale accidentally republishes a six-year-old news story about the bankruptcy of UAL. It wasn't on the home page, but instead buried somewhere inside the web site... Posted Sep 12 2008, 01:03 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: public policy, things that make me angry, false claims, threats

• [OT rant] Are there any home WiFi routers that DON'T SUCK?

  Warning: rant ahead, and names named. When I'm not traveling, I like to work from home some days rather than endure the trek from Seattle to Redmond (although it's much better now that our own employee transit service has expanded into my neighborhood... Posted Aug 22 2008, 07:12 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Networking, things that make me angry, Wireless

• another test

  boy i'm really getting tired of this Share this post: Read More... Posted Jun 26 2008, 03:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: things that make me angry

• FaxBox: the latest in password scams

  Looks like spammers have found yet another way to worm (ha ha) themselves into the computers of the unsuspecting. In my junk email folder this morning, I saw this message: From: Question It [mailto:question_it@fanboxapps.com] Sent: Monday, January 07... Posted Jan 07 2008, 01:09 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: email, spam, things that make me angry, things that make me worried, protection, passwords

• Fantastic: all the homeland stupdity you can stomach

  Just discovered this cool site today. While I love reading this kind of stuff, I gotta admit, a continual diet of these stories is probably not healthy for anyone's disposition :) Especially love their "Homeland Stupidity Threat Advisory System": Homeland... Posted Jan 09 2007, 05:11 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: security theater, public policy, things that make me angry, things that make me worried, things that make me laugh

• America, wake up: stop being "security sheep"

  OK, I need to complain a bit here. Yesterday I went to Best Buy to get a new digital camera. I already knew which one I wanted, so I found a sales guy, pointed to the display unit, and said, "I'd like one of these." "Sure," he replied. He found the keys... Posted Jan 02 2007, 01:49 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: security theater, public policy, things that make me angry, things that make me worried