Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
DarkBASIC | The Ultimate 3D Games Creator
DarkBASIC - Home: "DarkBASIC allows you to create your own games, demos, slideshows, even business applications using the easy to understand BASIC programming language. Even if you've never coded before, just follow the in-depth tutorials and you'll be generating results in minutes! Harness the power of Direct X and make 3D objects come to life in just a few simple commands."
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bathsheba Sculpture
Bathsheba Sculpture "Welcome. I'm an artist exploring how math, science and sculpture meet, and this is my gallery and storefront. My work is about life in three dimensions, symmetry and balance, and always finding beauty in geometry."
Micro Center Online - the center of .computer shopping
Micro Center Online - the center of .computer shopping
Cool site that offers discounts and coupons like Fry's!
Cool site that offers discounts and coupons like Fry's!
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
BackTrack 2 | The BEST Live Linux Ever!!!
BackTrack2 is the result of the merging of two Innovative Penetration Testing live Linux distributions: Whax and Auditor Combining the best features from both distributions, and paying special attention to small details, this is probably the best version of either distributions to ever come out.
Based on SLAX (Slackware), BackTrack provides user modularity. This means the distribution can be easily customised by the user to include personal scripts, additional tools, customised kernels, etc.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Cool Open Source 3D Program | Blender
blender.org "Blender is the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback."
The Colts Do it Again! GO COLTS!!!
The Official Website of the Indianapolis Colts
The Colts won again against the Baltimore Ravens 15-6! They're going to the SuperBowl...oh yeah...they're going! :D
Friday, January 12, 2007
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Project Looking Glass: LG3D Core Project
lg3d: LG3D Core Project: "What if your desktop was actually a 3D environment? What if your CD or movie database became a 3D jukebox? Project Looking Glass is based on Java technology and explores bringing a richer user experience to the desktop and applications via 3D windowing and visualization capabilities. It is an open source development project based on and evolved from Sun Microsystems' Advanced Development division. It supports running unmodified existing applications in a 3D space, as well as APIs for 3D window manager and application development. At the moment, existing application integration is supported for Linux and Solaris x86 platforms. The platform for 3D application development is available for Linux, Solaris and Windows platforms."
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Civil Netizen Official Download Site - A free, personal file transfer program for your large files and folders
Civil Netizen Official Download Site - A free, personal file transfer program for your large files and folders
Very cool encrypted mozilla based file sharing proggie! Transfer files up to 4gb!
Very cool encrypted mozilla based file sharing proggie! Transfer files up to 4gb!
Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire
Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire
MediaFire is the first 100% free and unlimited file host. Unlimited uploads, unlimited downloads, unlimited bandwidth, multiple simultaneous downloads and no sign up required.You can also easily access your files from anywhere with a free account and your own "My Files" page.
MediaFire is the first 100% free and unlimited file host. Unlimited uploads, unlimited downloads, unlimited bandwidth, multiple simultaneous downloads and no sign up required.You can also easily access your files from anywhere with a free account and your own "My Files" page.
Friday, January 05, 2007
Sandboxie - Front Page
Sandboxie - Front Page: "Tired of dealing with rogue software, spyware and malware?
Tired of spending countless hours removing unsolicited software?
Try Sandboxie."
Tired of spending countless hours removing unsolicited software?
Try Sandboxie."
WIRELESS: WEP vs WPA vs WPA2
Ultra High Security Password Generator
Brute force time to break encryption:
WEP < 10 minutes
WPA - 21 character password > 4x10-20 years
WPA2 - more ...
The long answer starts in 1999 with WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), the oldest Wi-Fi protection standard. It failed to live up to its name. It sticks with the same key, making it relatively easy to break. Nowadays, WEP can be cracked in a matter of minutes.
The Wi-Fi Alliance developed WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) in 2003 to address WEP's weaknesses. Improvements included TKIP, which changes the encryption key for each data transmission.
The choice between TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a choice between old and new technologies, respectively. So the short answer to your question is that AES is more secure.
WPA is compatible with many older access points and network cards. In most cases, only an update is required.
However, WPA was a stopgap measure. At the time, the Wi-Fi Alliance was working on its 802.11i standard. Released in 2004, it is commonly known as WPA2.
WPA2 uses AES for encryption. It is stronger than the RC4 encryption scheme shared by WEP and WPA. But AES requires modern hardware.
WPA2 should be your first choice. That includes AES. I have general instructions for a complete WPA2 setup on my site.
If your computers' networking components (Wi-Fi cards or USB adapters) don't offer WPA2 options, switch the setup to WPA. On your access point, that means TKIP. If the adapters on your computers allow only WEP, look for updates online.
Both WPA and WPA2 offer good security. WPA is theoretically breakable, but can be secure on a practical level. With a strong password of 21 characters or more, a WPA network can withstand an attack for years. Unfortunately, most people don't use strong passwords.
In either WPA or WPA2, your password is the weakest link. Make it as strong as you reasonably can.
Brute force time to break encryption:
WEP < 10 minutes
WPA - 21 character password > 4x10-20 years
WPA2 - more ...
The long answer starts in 1999 with WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), the oldest Wi-Fi protection standard. It failed to live up to its name. It sticks with the same key, making it relatively easy to break. Nowadays, WEP can be cracked in a matter of minutes.
The Wi-Fi Alliance developed WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) in 2003 to address WEP's weaknesses. Improvements included TKIP, which changes the encryption key for each data transmission.
The choice between TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a choice between old and new technologies, respectively. So the short answer to your question is that AES is more secure.
WPA is compatible with many older access points and network cards. In most cases, only an update is required.
However, WPA was a stopgap measure. At the time, the Wi-Fi Alliance was working on its 802.11i standard. Released in 2004, it is commonly known as WPA2.
WPA2 uses AES for encryption. It is stronger than the RC4 encryption scheme shared by WEP and WPA. But AES requires modern hardware.
WPA2 should be your first choice. That includes AES. I have general instructions for a complete WPA2 setup on my site.
If your computers' networking components (Wi-Fi cards or USB adapters) don't offer WPA2 options, switch the setup to WPA. On your access point, that means TKIP. If the adapters on your computers allow only WEP, look for updates online.
Both WPA and WPA2 offer good security. WPA is theoretically breakable, but can be secure on a practical level. With a strong password of 21 characters or more, a WPA network can withstand an attack for years. Unfortunately, most people don't use strong passwords.
In either WPA or WPA2, your password is the weakest link. Make it as strong as you reasonably can.
Hard Drive Healthy?
HD Tune
Hard drives have a lifespan of three to five years. But I've seen some die after two years. I have a few that are still chugging along after 5 years. There's really no good way to judge how long one will last.
There may be signs, though. If you hear a popping or a cat-like sound, your drive may be failing. Problems starting Windows may also be caused by a failing drive. I had a drive that would disappear and then reappear in Windows Explorer. A few days after this started, it died.
Programs are available to monitor the health of hard drives. They use the drive's self-monitoring tools. HDD Health and HD Tune are two such utilities. They're free.
Advance notice is always helpful. But I wouldn't count on it. Back up your data. Remember the other kind of crash–when your laptop crashes to the floor. Those crashes come without warning. So, there's no substitute for backing up.
Monday, January 01, 2007
XP Unlimited
XP Unlimited: "XP Unlimited turns your Windows XP Professional System into a full blown Terminal Server, without any limit. XP Unlimited gives you eXtra Productivity when using Microsoft Windows XP Professional.
* One license per server. One fixed price per server.
* Unlimited, multiple concurrent remote desktop sessions, without any additional costs.
* Unlimited performance, using the Load Balancing of our Farm solution.
* Application Control and Publishing. Give your users only the applications they need.
* Small version and Enterprise version available."
* One license per server. One fixed price per server.
* Unlimited, multiple concurrent remote desktop sessions, without any additional costs.
* Unlimited performance, using the Load Balancing of our Farm solution.
* Application Control and Publishing. Give your users only the applications they need.
* Small version and Enterprise version available."
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