http://stephen.gielda.us/blog The ramblings of Stephen K. Gielda Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:51:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I overheard a conversation in a store between a couple of college age women.  It was apparently over leaving school to do something so they would not wonder "what if" later in life.  I remember thinking like they do.  Now I know differently.  No matter which choice you make you'll ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=93 One of their drivers hit it while it was parked in my deeded parking space.  Destroyed the front bumper cover and right headlight.  They did leave a note and phone number to call.  Verizon's insurance will also pick up the damages.  Unfortunately, only the factory can make paint stick to ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=91 I know, this is actually slow and I could do it faster using Packetderm bandwidth, but I'm at home and fifteen years ago this would have taken me over a day.  That is progress.  Even ten years ago when the first invocation of cotse was made it did not have ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=89 I went shopping the other day to buy a few necessities and saw that the grocery was getting rid of some rose stock.  Two dozen, all colors of the rainbow, for only $10 (score!).  Being a practical man I saw an obvious benefit to an inexpensive and unexpected two dozen ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=88 Justice Department Wants Phone Locales Without Warrant The article above should alarm you.   Must everyone be reminded of three truths? Laws go on books much easier than they come off them Governments and power structures change.  A benevolent one now does not mean the same holds true for the future. History repeats.  Abuses ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=84 This is covered completely on our VPN pages, but I want stress it clearly that PPTP should only be used as a last resort.  Even then, it should be used in conjunction with SSH tunneling as additional protection. PPTP has major flaws.  It's encryption uses the password as the key and ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=83 I cover helpdesk because I actually like it and it keeps me "in the know" with what users are saying and how they are using the service.  Granted, when things are running well, helpdesk traffic is very light (we have good docs) and so it is easy, but even if ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=76 The is a followup to "Brrrrrrrrr" I did find stickers that say Scooter Mom. They are secretly going on the back of his truck as well as his bike.   Hell, I'll stick it on the back of his rig next run he makes if I can coordinate being there before he ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=69 By Stephen K. Gielda (sorry search engine seeding) The web never forgets, however the big problem with this lies in the fact that everyone gets to record their voice on it.   I suppose it was inevitable, my daughter running a web search on my name. She quickly stumbled ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=67 We've got a bruiser of a storm headed our way. So last night I decided that I had better get my bike over to a friend's garage or I would not see it until spring as it would be frozen in ice. Sixty five miles an hour, nine ... http://stephen.gielda.us/blog/?p=66