http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury Ham radio, computer security, soapbox Mon, 26 May 2008 18:30:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I really get turned off when any software tries to change my home page, my search engine or tries to install unwanted toolbars and other crap. Sure, I understand the monetary reasons behind it. A software publisher gets someone's toolbar installed, they get paid a dollar. But at ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2008/05/26/dear-yahoo-please-dont-jack-my-homepage/ You know power prices have gotten pretty bad when you find yourself shopping for a CPU based on power consumption (45W versus 65W) as a primary concern, instead of the usual price vs. GHz vs. multicore madness. I even seriously considered building a 25W mini ITX system (ITX = ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2008/05/20/you-know-electricity-prices-around-baltimore-have-gotten-bad/ If you are interested in computer security you may wish to give this article a read. _ While browsing through the many blogs and newsletters I receive each morning I came across a well-written article by Check Point called Six Essentials to Total Endpoint Security. The article is a bit longish, ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2008/04/23/good-article-on-computer-endpoint-security/ I finally had an opportunity to try out my WordPress Sitemap Generator for Google News on a live, WordPress-powered, Google-Newsworthy website. I fixed the old invalid date format bug, edited the news category keywords list to match the target website and uploaded the Google News Sitemap script to the ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2008/03/19/google-news-sitemap-script-for-wordpress-updated/ Back in July 2007 I bought my Vista laptop and installed Microsoft Office 2003. I found each time I open an Office application I have to click on the the agree to the end user license agreement (EULA) thing. Eventually this became annoying so I did some investigation. ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2008/03/16/windows-vista-and-microsoft-office-2003-eula/ Internet Explorer 8 (download) is now out for your browsing pleasure. As a web developer it is important to check for cross-browser compatibility so today I installed it. Many features look familiar from IE7, some are new. Of course there are others out there posting their own reviews, this ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2008/03/06/internet-explorer-8-beta-out-for-testing/ Yesterday I worked with the Harford County Amateur Radio Emergency Communications during the 2007 March of Dimes Bikers for Babies event. The ride covered 50 miles looping through Harford County, and started & ended at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD. I manned a safety checkpoint at Route 1 and Route ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2007/09/10/2007-march-of-dimes-bikers-for-babies/ Recently I was reviewing a report in Microsoft Word and adding comments and suggestions.  The comment balloons were blue but I wanted to change them to red.  It took me a while to figure out how this is done, but it's easy once you know how. From the top toolbar in Word, ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2007/05/02/changing-the-comments-balloon-color-in-microsoft-word-2003/ Free download: Google News Sitemap Generator for WordPress ** This is not a WP plug-in, but is a stand-alone script for generating a sitemap RSS feed for Google News. UPDATE March 10, 2008 - I fixed the invalid date format error bug. Google announced their new Sitemaps for Google News program on November ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2006/11/22/wordpress-sitemap-generator-for-google-news/ "National Preparedness Month is a nationwide effort held each September to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and schools." - Department of Homeland Security Preparedness is both simple and complex. Think about what you need if the power goes out; you will ... http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2006/08/26/september-is-national-preparedness-month/