Lately, I’m get a browser update almost everyday:
And of course, my Google Chrome updates come every time I open it since it’s part of the development channel!
The Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition (TBSC) has joined BlueServo in a public-private partnership to deploy ‘Virtual Community Watch’, an innovative real-time surveillance program designed to empower the public to proactively participate in fighting border crime.
The TBSC BlueServo Virtual Community Watch is a network of cameras and sensors along the Texas-Mexico border that feeds live streaming video to BlueServo.net. Users log in to the BlueServo website and directly monitor suspicious criminal activity along the border via this virtual fence.
How cool is that?
KnujOn (nûj-ôn) (“no junk” backwards, pronounced “new john”) has figured out from millions of junk messages collected over the past year that nearly 83% of all Web sites advertised through SPAM can be traced back to just 10 domain name registrars.
Brian Krebs wrote a great article on this, so if you want more info, I recommend checking it out on the Washington Post website.
With all the job searches going on nowadays, are you careful with your 3rd party website profiles? Better yet, are those 3rd party websites careful with YOUR profile? Apparently not…
As is the case with many companies that maintain large databases of information, Monster is the target of illegal attempts to access and extract information from its database. We recently learned our database was illegally accessed and certain contact and account data were taken, including Monster user IDs and passwords, email addresses, names, phone numbers, and some basic demographic data. The information accessed does not include resumes. Monster does not generally collect – and the accessed information does not include – sensitive data such as social security numbers or personal financial data.
Maybe the WSJ just doesn’t like all the traction Google News is getting, I don’t know and I don’t care, but hearing from the horse’s mouth is always the best recourse, so from the partially-quoted scholar Mr. Lessig and his own blog this morning: The made-up dramas of the Wall Street Journal.
For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, here are some snippets from this morning’s online version of the WSJ:
Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have withdrawn quietly from a coalition formed two years ago to protect network neutrality. Each company has forged partnerships with the phone and cable companies. In addition, prominent Internet scholars, some of whom have advised President-elect Barack Obama on technology issues, have softened their views on the subject. Obama one year ago at Google HQ’s: “I will take a back seat to no one in my commitment to network neutrality.”
My 4×4 Magic Square web page isn’t the prettiest one I’ve ever built [sic], but it sure is fun playing. I thought I accidentally deleted it awhile back, but luckily, I found it the other day.
For those not familiar with Magic Squares, I included some brief instructions and a Wikipedia link on Magic Square history. If you wanna change it’s color theme, I included an option for that too.
One of these days, I’ll get around to an online chess or Sudoku game – now that would be a challenge. Have fun! 
Like everybody else on the web, I often receive messages from somebody who is responding to an earlier email – whether it be mine or someone else’s. Even if I’m the original author, I don’t always remember what the 1st message was about, especially if it’s not answered immediately.
For example, when I receive, “I don’t know who that is! It looks like you caught him while he was blinking.”, I assume it’s referencing an image from an earlier message – but which message?!
So, if you’re not going to reply with the original attached file, which totally makes sense in order to cut down on bandwidth concerns (although it usually doesn’t apply anymore, but still feels good to keep internet traffic short & succinct), at least include the name of the image, video, etc. you’re talking about in the subject line or body of your message. That not only saves even more bandwidth, but also time and confusion for the receiver.
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