Because you can observe a lot just by watching.
Personal Note: Link to list of TCP and UDP ports.
I tend to search on the blog for this link, but I can never find it. That is because I never linked it here. So, here it is.
Wikipedia listing of TCP and UDP ports.
I usually expect to find it on the post about using a different Remote Desktop ( RDP ) port: Changing Remote Desktop Port.
That should be enough key words for my searches.
Update: Etherpad is Dead as of April 2010
I have been far behind in my posts. I have been intending to post this one for more than a month now, but today is the day.
Ever heard of EtherPad? It came out of private testing in early February and I heard about it through a Technometria Podcast recorded in late January.
You can create a page and by sending the link out to others they can all join in immediately without registering. They have paid options with more security and options, but if you just need to get a project done this is great.
I wrote my Florida Church IT Round Table notes inside the wiki for the schedule so they could be shared. However, I think it is a good idea to keep my own copy of notes like these. Since this blog is my notepad, I might as well copy them here.
I use this blog for personal notes that I can refer to in the future, but also so I can share them with others.
Shortcut to Norton Symantec Antivirus Rapid Release Definition Updates
Direct link to symrapidreleasedefsi32.exe
Also of interest, a link to the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool. Someone just handed me a laptop that is 7 months out of date.
We have been extracting the last of our data from SignUsUp.com today, but their site is still announcing that it is alive and well. I am attaching a PDF printout from the email we received last week.
My guess is that it is a “Last person out turrn off the lights and shut off the server.” It will be interesting to see what we have going on tomorrow.
UPDATE: SignUsUp.com is now a GoDaddy.com parking page
I heard part of the inauguration on the radio, I saw part on television, and now I have seen it through the eye of a satellite. Clicking on the image above will show you the view of the Mall from 423 miles up at a half-meter resolution.
This made me think of Isaiah 55:8-9:
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
There are vast opinions out there, even in the Christian community alone, about what happened yesterday (1-20-09), but the one I hope wins out is the view from they eye of God from the distance of eternity with the resolution of every persons heart. Obama is not the second coming of Christ, and I am going out on a limb and saying he probably isn’t the Anti-Christ. He is a man with a job to do and a country to lead, and as Christians we need to work with him to accomplish God’s desires.
I have been playing around with Windows 7 on a couple of computers. I have it on a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop built for Vista Home Premium and on a Dell OptiPlex 170L barely built for XP. It runs very well on both.
Today at CompUSA, I was looking at their systems on the clearance shelf and one of them caught my eye. Yep, it’s running Windows 7. Someone there has a quirky sense of humor.
I was also next door at Circuit City to see the beginning of the end. They must have had some good sales in there last week because the stuff I was looking at is way over priced now. That Lumix DMC-T4Z I have been looking at went from $219 to $279 – %10 = $251 which keeps them under Ritz Camera and Best Buy, but nowhere near Beards and Hats or Abe’s.
They are probably going to be selling the carpet squares before it gets to the prices I am looking for.
UPDATE: Before reading the original post below, I have information about the site working again in a forum post: OSMinistry Forum Working Again.
And Now for the old info:
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I have been having a terrible time with the OSMinistry forum lately.
Something went wrong in the server move, and I am trying to figure out if it is an error in the database or an incompatibility with the new server setup.
The Forum software is a 4 year old copy of Invision Power Board and updating is not an option. It may become necessary to just let it die and install a newer system.
I’ll keep people posted here.
Every once in a while we hit an annoying issue with Adobe Flash. Some can be fixed with a quick reinstall of the Flash plugin, but others are much worse like this one with Flash 8 nearly 2 years ago.
In the past month we have had 2 computers come down with the same problem. Sites with Flash content don’t run, so you go to Adobe and try to update Flash. That doesn’t work, so you try a regular uninstall and a then a drastic attempt with Adobe’s uninstaller.
Just before doing a privilege escalation hack on XP pro to uninstall and fix permissions I discovered this succinctly titled page at the Adobe site: Download SubInACL from Microsoft to fix permission issues that prevent the Flash Player installation.
I downloaded and ran the SubInACL Windows Resource Kit tool (which I find to be very interesting), and the I extracted the reset script and ran with it. This time the install worked and life was closer to its standard level of happiness and contentment.
Now I leave this here so I can use this info again in the future.
So, after a late night conversation I did some brainstorming to get myself back into posting, and here it is.
Ten Signs You are Truly a Computer Geek
1. You regularly, unselfconsciously, and without a hint of intentional irony refer to your available time for projects as “Bandwidth.”
2. Same goes for referring to availability for thinking about a problem as “Processor Cycles.”
3. When you have trouble remembering something you complain about fragmentation and bad sectors.
4. There is a deep and unspoken need to have someone “Talk Nerdy” to you.
5. Your favorite jokes are best expressed in ascii
6. You have been seriously late for something that meant a lot to you because you “just couldn’t get that one piece of code to work right”
7. The cumulative time spent researching, trying, and shopping for your current set of computer peripherals is greater than that spent on your last car or home purchase.
8. You regularly bore your loved ones with news about price drops in cutting edge technology and comparisons to the price and function of the first item of that category you bought.
9. There is ancient technology laying around not because you don’t want to waste it by throwing it out, but because deep down in side you are still emotionally attached to it.
10. It’s not a nap, it’s a soft reboot.
There are several more “Ten Lists” available for your enjoyment.
Note: Thanks to my White and Nerdy friend Jack, I have changed the title from “Ten Sings” to “Ten Signs.”
