Month: April 2003

Former hacker warns lawmakers about dangers to personal financial information Kevin Mitnick, whose federal probation on hacking charges ended in January, said businesses need to better protect their computers from newly discovered security flaws and train employees to spot the tricks of identity thieves. [SignOnSanDiego]

I got some shares of “l:dane”‘s weblog today too. And I’ve definetely got the Blogshares thing figured out.

WHAT IS XML?. Here’s some background on XML or extensible markup language. Office 2003 is supposed to be rich with features for using… [Rodent Regatta] You know, I really like XML. I was having the damnest time trying to explain to “l:dane” why the other day. That’s the thing about smart friends, deep theoretical and…

I’m thinking of redesigning the banner of this site again. I really like how the banner over at Campin’ Guy.com came out. So, send me your thoughts and suggestions. I want to see what other people think.

Waiting on my copy of MS Office Beta 2003. “l:dane” got his 2 weeks ago and says it’s got some pretty cool crap in it.

Posted: Keep Off Company Network. A court appeal by an ex-Intel employee hinges on whether his e-mails to ex-colleagues constitute trespass. One court has upheld the company position that it does; now the California Supreme Court has to decide. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News]

So I’m checking out this Blogshares thing. I don’t have enough value yet to go IPO so I’m currently just buying and selling. I’ve already purchased 700 shares of someone’s blog for about $0.55 a share. A pretty good deal looking at their valuation history. Here’s looking at you “l:joe”.

Californians swamp anti-telemarketer site. Web surfers are flocking to a new site that lets residents in the state add their names and numbers to a national “do not call” list being compiled by the FTC. [CNET News.com] This would be because on average we get between 5 and 10 calls per day(!!!) from telemarketers. This…

While the Democratic Party frantically searches the trenches for a worthy candidate is the best man for the job right under their noses? With a healthful project to end homelessness, successful mediation into major crisis world wide including the E3 crash in China, Gulf War II, and a score of others, and a sense of…

Marine Dies Before Becoming U.S. Citizen. Francisco Martinez Flores was to become a U.S. citizen in two weeks. But the 21-year-old Marine, who had moved to California from Mexico at age 3, was killed before he could take an oath of allegiance to the country he died fighting for. Martinez was killed in Iraq on…