Rats have more honor than the people at Incredifind

Okay, I've not given Symantec enough credit for stepping out into the world of malware and addressing such problems as spyware. They have an easy to read blurb on Incredifind removal. While this is a straightforward outline of how to remove the problem, it is not a tool that can be downloaded. Sorry, you still have to go to a little effort to get rid of this dungware. Again, Symantec says the damage capability is low. Am I possibly crossing into another dimension? I have horror stories about Keenvalue, Incredifind, etc. These snakes of society need to go into deep, deep cover if any of the flamers writing here go to active pursuit. These people are MAD! Don't listen to this babble about being harmless, this junk CAN and WILL screw up your PC. Get rid of it and protect yo'self. Hey Keenvalue idiots! Invasion of privacy is against the law. Remember what the Russians and Americans did to the Nazis. It can happen to you!

Downloading these two utilities will step towards the awesome in protecting your PC from future hijacking. Be sure and read the instructions and install both properly. There is a tutorial with Spybot Search & Destroy and it NEEDs to be read before installation. Just throwing it on your computer does not work. Set it up properly. Don't flame me if you if you can't follow instructions. I've used both these utilities with great success. Do the updates (I do them every day).

So...there it is in living color. Click on the two boxes above. If you have problems with the installation then email me.

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."
-Sophocles

Spring in Paradise? Forecast is occasional ballistics

Today is the Vernal Equinox. If you click the Weather-Saltillo, MS, link you will find that the first day of spring at the beach house is weather positive. Just hope it's not premature to move ferns, palms, etc. outdoors. It will get cold tomorrow night, but don't think there's a chance of frost. Wow, so many things to do. Only one PC to finish this weekend and one drive that needs to be investigated for data recovery.

My yard is infested with moles or voles or whatever. Watched one dig directly into the concrete steps. They are not intelligent animals and definitely in the dark. Have some elephant ears that are so large they are called mammoth ears (no kidding, check your local Lowes). Well, if these are planted in the ground now it will be like inviting these critters to a banquet by the veranda. So the nasties must go. Anyone have any suggestions? Stan and Charlotte have the same problem and they can't find a solution either. May take 1,000 rounds of .223 ammo and spray the yard. Think this would upset my neighbor, the Chief of Police? Okay, that idea is on the back burner. BTW, I have NO qualms about killing the little suckers. Now that that's said, flame on you bunch of "animal rights" nazis! Hope to find a tiger chewing on your liver someday. 'Hell, it's just doing what comes natural!'

Anyone had a problem installing a Hewlett-Packard Photosmart 7660 printer? Creekmonkee has an AMD K6-2 550, 192 meg o ram, 80gig 7200 spin Maxtor HDD, etc. He's running Windows 2000 and things are not copasetic. It wants to blue screen after he installs the drivers from the disk. The latest update from HP may be the answer. If you have input, please comment or email.

Now it's time to begin the War of the Moles. Where is my bayonet?

"Moleshiva, bringer of wrath upon beach house flora. "
-Billy Wobblynife

Once again, Incredifind and other malware

Incredifind, aka Keenvalue or Euniverse, hangs in there irritating the hell out of everyone. How do these people stay in business? I keep seeing 'low harm potential' ratings from different spyware/adware removal sites, but email keeps pouring in about how this dungware has hijacked PCs and drastic measures are needed to restore cyberharmony. Sometimes formatting is the only answer. Been there and done that. The client was not backing up and very disappointed. Why, oh why, do people not back up their precious data?

Here is the Spychecker search engine:

Search Spyware-Guide.com

If you want to see the various nefarious jerks that are spying on you click on 'complete listings' after getting search results. This will list the cretins known to Spychecker in alphabetical order. They don't have the perfect solution, but this service is free (the search engine is free, their software is shareware) and has helped folks find a way to rid their systems of these horrible plagues.

Be sure and check out the links for Ad-aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. If you have problems with the installation of these programs you can email me and I will do my best to help. Laundry Witch did just that today. Spybot S & D is not only installed now, but immunizing her PC as well. Red Green says, "We're all in this together." True.

Speaking of plagues, if you are a John Kerry supporter please try prayer or at least return to your physician and see about a change in meds. Or how about this? Check out his history as a politician. See how he has voted down through the years. Remember that he hails from the same state where certain politicals can drive off bridges and kill people then receive, basically, a hand slap. Ann Coulter has an interesting article about his "international" support. Please research before waving your smarmy liberal flag. It might help you do the right thing.

"Error is to be pitied and pardoned: it is the weakness of human nature. But vice is a foul blemish, not pardonable in any character."
-Thomas Jefferson

Techno prayer with background music

Matchbox 20's 3am song is becoming a way of life. Two machines that are being worked on have been "blessed" with a spoiled child hissy fit that my telco cable modem started throwing yesterday. Please God, help me understand that I am not a patient man and guide me to that most evasive and mysterious place called serenity . Or have someone send valium. Amen. Finally, at 3:15am, I am up and have connectivity. I just know the powers at VistaIIIMedia will make the beach house one of their first stops when doing the two-way rebuild in this area. They are such nice people. And I am glad to have had some form of broadband before anyone else in this area. Wow, I've prayed AND counted blessings. Internet, it does a spirit good! Keep leading the choir brother Rob Thomas! Ima' feelin' better! (be sure and listen to the songbyte under Multimedia if you visit the MB20 site - it's awesome!)

In the words of the godfather of soul James Brown, "Good God, y'all!"

"Out of respect for things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures and my style is directly related to my limitations."
-Billy Joel

'What's your favorite color?' Green dude, green.

Happy Saint Patty's to all! Back at work a day early. Be sure and check out Google. Their header is festive.

Irish Stuff is the site of a second generation Irish American. Lotta' links here and they are diversified. Grab your corned beef and Petersen pipe then browse.

For things concerning this holiday try St-Patricks-Day. Here we have history, Gaelic games, recipes, etc.

Everyone have a pleasant Irish celebration!

"We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry."
-William Butler Yeats

Other Operating Systems and Modem USB Ports

Interesting posts over at Southernphried. Mudslingr has a modem (think internal) with a USB port on it...what's up with that? Modem maker decide to be helpful and just throw in an extra USB connection? Anyone know?

Grasshoppa (another great Southernphriedite) has sucessfully installed Linux SuSe and likes it a lot. We talked about Fedora the other night and want to see it. You can find more info at LINUXISO. Knoppix is also available here. It is CD-bootable and does not need to be installed on the hard drive to run.

Speaking of operating systems that don't need to be installed on the hard drive to run, have you seen Menuet? This actually fits on a floppy and runs from a floppy! It is written in assembly language and has many neat features. Quick, easy download and it's free. Really nice looking interface.

Must mention FreeBSD. This is a very popular alternative OS that is utilized by many websites. This is a true UNIX flavor and uses many applications found in open source software.

Everyone have a terrific Tuesday.

"Cyberspace: A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation."
-William Gibson

I could eat a dozen chocolate covered doughnuts right now!

Probably short entries for the next few days. Trying to catch up on some badly needed rest, incorporate a more healthy way of eating and start exercising. No longer desires. . .but desires that have become necessities. I must become an efficient machine again.

"How long does getting thin take?"
Winnie the Pooh, from the book Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

A time to rest

Amazing what a weekend away will do for one's blood pressure. Had a tremendous time resting and catching up with old friends. Now it's back to the doctor and possibly some needed and deserved rest. I still have a week's vacation left over from last year. Time to use a few days. Stress level will go down by just accomplishing a few things that have been put off for months. This going to work, sleeping, going to work, sleeping makes Dock a dull boy.

Everyone stay active and happy!

"Gladness of heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days."
-Ecclesiastes

Saturday mornin' stuff

GOOGLE ALERT: Did you know that you can go to Google and type in define followed by a word of your choice and it will give you the definition? Is that cool or what?!?! The Web Definition will be at the very top. Don't know about Google? Make sure they've stabilized your electrolytes before you get out of bed after that long coma. Google rocks!

Thank you Kim from Tupelo for the nice supportive email. Neat to know other people are watching and researching John Kerry. C'mon folks, doesn't this guy look like his last name is really Capone or Gotti?

I actually have friends that are democrats, but they lean conservative. As said before, if you are a liberal you have absolutely NO business being here reading anything. Hopefully, voters will look at the political records of both candidates and make the right decision. President Bush is not perfect, but his policy is solid.

Remember, this is NOT a forum. My opinions are exactly that. Mine. I don't care to know about your liberal whinings. Go hang out with Hilary, Bill, ACLU, RIAA, Satan, Rosie, Moe-donna and all others trying to destroy our freedom. We have enough barnyard material in here without lapsing into utterly ridiculous.

Got to check on build progress of latest media PC. BP is now 158 over 97, a really good thing. Chill and stay casual this weekend.

"A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate."
-Eric Idle

U no open attachments in OE? Lookee here!

Sarah emailed with a problem opening attachments in Outlook Express. Here's a possible answer:

Open Outlook Express. Go to Tools (at the very top, 2nd line 4th word over just under the page title bar) left click and open, then click on Options. In Options click on the Security tab and under virus protection unclick "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus."

Microsoft, in a big brotherly fashion of sorts, is trying to protect us. The problem is that Outlook Express seems to indentify ALL attachments as potential virii. Ahhh, what would would we do without Bill looking out for us? LOL. This question, the one about opening attachments, pops up quite a bit.

If you follow this procedure and become infected don't whine around here. Have you updated your virus definitions in your antivirus program today? No? Then do it!! Now!!!

My cable modem is possessed. It knows that I want it to leave and is fighting the exorcism. Not only has the telco upload slowed, now it disconnects at most inopportune times. I know the mighty Vista Express crew will use great diligence and relieve me of this problem when two-way becomes available (is that some techno sucking up or what?!) It'll be like Christmas in Spring at the beach house!

Have to arise early. Working on a media machine that's to be integrated into a THX home theater. It will be delivered tomorrow. Later gator, other reptiles n mammals!

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."
-Steve Wozniak (interesting, coming from a co-founder of Apple)

Wouldn't FDR be proud?

The election is heating up. John 'I spent 4 whole months in Vietnam' Kerry called the Bush administration, "a lying bunch of crooks, the worst I've ever seen." He thought his microphone was turned off. This is from a man that looks like he has just walked off the set of The Sopranos. If you want the truth, look at Kerry's voting record down through the years. It's everywhere on the internet. Since Mr. Kerry called my President a lying crook, then I'll call him what he is; a bumbling, self-centered, no show liberal asshole. Don't like it? Go find a Hilary "we are the President' Clinton fan page. No need coming back here. Kerry, you owe the world an apology. Don't tread on the President of the United States of America.

Now I must go take my new high blood pressure medicine. Have a happy and productive Thursday.

"If pride of character be of worth at any time, it is when it disarms the efforts of malice."
-Thomas Jefferson (one of my favorite quotes!)

A bit worried

Malignant hypertension, "a particularly severe form of high blood pressure, is a hypertensive emergency. Blood pressure is at least 210/120 mm Hg. It occurs in only about 1 of 200 people who have high blood pressure. However, it is several times more common among blacks than among whites, among men than among women, and among people in lower socioeconomic groups than among those in higher socioeconomic groups. Unlike a hypertensive urgency, malignant hypertension may produce a variety of severe symptoms. If untreated, malignant hypertension usually leads to death in 3 to 6 months."

If you had such a problem and read the above paragraph, would you be concerned? I am. Mine was exactly 210 over 120 two days ago. I am now taking medication to correct this problem. It's my own fault. I should have been to the doctor before now. Making appointments and then cancelling is a thing of the past. Damn somebody else's petty reasons for not going, my life is in jeopardy. I am regrouping, rethinking, realigning, reacting. Let me tell you brothers and sisters in the words of Little Feat - "ain't had enough fun."

"Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that."
-D. H. Lawrence, Selected Essays

My shortest post

High blood pressure is running amok. Bear with me for a few days.

853 is the number of The Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams: A play and an old black and white movie with a slim, young Marlon Brando screaming 'Stella, Stella'.

"Anyone can face a crisis, it's the day to day living that will kill you."
-Chekov

Doin' the defense shuffle (and some whining)

If you are using a telco modem that uploads at slower than 24k forget downloading the service pack 4 windows update for windows 2000. It won't work. I've tried this several times and usually end up unhooking the PC and taking it somewhere that has DSL or COMCAST. Then it will update like a charm. Sitting here at 4:30am on purpose because I think traffic will be minimal and watching this thing sign on at anywhere from 16.8 to 21.6 after numerous attempts is frustrating. No use complaining really. I've put my faith in my internet service provider so I'll make an effort to stop whining about it. C'mon two-way!

Chris, from Memphis, sent an email inquiring about Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D. He wants to know, "Why both?" While it's true that Ad-Aware does pick up most all spyware/adware/dungware Spybot S&D does something that strikes me as really important. It lets me know how many times resident applications present a call to upload to the internet. Watch the results of a scan and it may amaze you at all the different things wanting to 'report in'. Microsoft has a number of applications that constantly want to talk to something over the internet as do others. Hey, I don't care what Mr. Gates knows about me, but damn it all, ask my permission!! The XP machine goes really nuts reporting in. Can we say authentication code jitters? Wish Bill Gates had never met Darth Jobs!

I constantly monitor outgoing with ZoneAlarm, the free version. It takes a while to train this program and some people become frustrated with it. Believe me, bear with it and learn to use it. It's a good defense. The Addams Family would be proud of this paragraph.

Well Monday started early. Frustration has the stress level up so I can save money on coffee this morning, LOL. Patience is truly a virtue. Does anyone know the significance of the number 853? It has to do with a writer born in Columbus, Mississippi. Let me know...

"Evil begets evil. Shooting it only makes it stronger."
-Father Cornelius, The Fifth Element

Rude n crude stuff that needs attention

Here's the map of those states fighting to tax you online. The coon asses and bamites are neighbors that are being confronted with this issue. Mississippi is not part of it and our neighbor to the north, Tennessee, is in the clear as well. Why do we have to contend with such drivel?

Just like the damnable people at the RIAA Temple of Doom. I really thought we stomped out goosestepping in World War II. Everyday seems to bring some new malady that seizes our rights online. As Netizens we must become aggressive and eliminate the bullies and mafiosos. The RIAA is nothing more than a pack of thugs raping the music industry and the public. They are fighting for existence to continue their extortion practices. They are taking away your freedom and you sit doing nothing! A pox and plague on all of them. Go to These are important issues. Before long you will be watched by Big Brother ALL the time. Do away with these horrible people. Put a stop to it! Contact your congressmen. Express yourself!

Today's youth should learn manners. Being hateful is just stupid. Recently I had a young female confront me about something asinine. She was out of place and clueless. She's from way way north of Corinth has no manners and probably no scruples as well. I decided to be passive and not call her a dumbass gutter slut. Besides, I've never had much success arguing with a banshee or a shrew. She's in her own world and hasn't even offered an apology. If I am impolite to someone then I apologize and genuinely seek forgiveness. This person has no character and will suffer her rash, hateful ways eventually. Not my place to worry with her, God will take care of it. There, that's off my mind.

"I pity the illmannered fool that gets in my face!"
-Mr. T, The A-Team

Important FREE links and weather ramblings

AVG Anti-virus, Spybot Search & Destroy, and Ad-Aware are important and FREE. They are permanently listed in the links column, but you can click on the words in this paragraph and be directed to the appropriate site. Setting up these programs for maximum protection may be tricky and I will gladly answer any email or comments. Nice thing is that after the initial setup they only have to be updated and run to do their job. If you like these utilities and can afford it, upgrade and donate!

VistaIIIMedia has changed their web site and it is much, much, much better! Anyone in the immediate area should consider their cable service and internet service. Saltillo residents are only a few weeks away from being two way concerning cablemodem. In the past I've been disgusted with upload speed, but these folks are making a good effort and very helpful with problems. They respond very quickly if you are having issues. Besides, they are polite and that's rare. A link is posted.

Stormed across Saltillo last night. We had all kind of warnings, tornado, flood, flash flood, thunderstorms. The neighborhood gravitates towards the stormhouse during such periods and I purposely leave the door unlocked. Am sure the insurance agent and lawyer would disapprove, but if it grants my neighbors solace then far be it from me to deny such. I go in it every few months to check the cleanliness, but don't bother during inclimate weather. Don't get me wrong if I see a tornado coming my butt will make a dive for it. Storms don't bother me that much. Just a 'rider'.

Should be a great day; clear, temps in high 60s (that's F no clue as to C) and humidity low and steady. After the massive rain during the night the ground will be soaked, but still a great day to bask in the sun. Only have to work outside of the shop for about 4 or 5 hours this weekend. It will be muddy, a new home construction site. Used to be fun when others didn't work 7 days a week, but now we all seem to bang into each other. At least I have the supplementary income.

Everyone have a good weekend. Get outside if possible. Catch some rays.

"Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet."
-Roger Miller

Please pay attention to the second paragraph

Can't wait for the internet connection to become two way. This telco modem is the pits. VistaIIIMedia delivers a beautiful picture and is very responsive to any calls. I've discussed the problem with them and must exercise patience. I hope they tell me to throw this thing away when changing out. I will take it out and .223 it to its deserved death.

AVG, Ad-Aware, Spysweeper, Spybot Search & Destroy all have updates available. If you are not updating on a daily basis then you are placing your personal confuser in jeopardy. Symantec (Norton's), Sophos, Trend Mirco (P-cillin) and the rest have updates too. Using McAfee? May the Good Lord help you find knowledge. It still amazes me at the number of people that don't do Windows Updates, or use spyware protection. Tell you what, just leave that garbage on there. Your machine will slow to a crawl because of all the popups and resident evil. Spam will run amok. If you are not running antivirus protection and updating on a regular basis please leave and don't come back. Get yo' head outta there and use it! Update! Update!

"To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil."
-Pearl Bailey, Talking to Myself

Sleepless in Saltillo and old Incredifind news

It's 1:30am and I just finished a post here only to be dropped by my damned telco cable modem. It's gone; into cyberspace never to return. Well, it's late and I am not going to post all those links again. Must pray for patience because I just know the VistaIIIMedia folks are good people and will get us asynchronous soon.

If you will check the archives, last week in February, 2004, several posts are about removing Incredifind. There's even a search engine that's related to spyware in one entry. I understand that the manual removal can be difficult, but I didn't put this garbage on your machine. To the well mannered folks that email and say thanks let me just say that I am glad to help. Seems someone would use the comments.

Back to bed. Have a tremendous Thursday.

"Now we know ... It's Bush vs. Kerry. Please remember the rules of this campaign. You can criticize Bush because he only served in the National Guard. You cannot criticize Kerry because he served four months in Vietnam. OK ... Let's get it on!"
-Neal Boortz

The patio table umbrella is unfurled!

Not a lot of news to post. Just changing some things. I put comments on the page so everyone can instantly respond. Want to know if these colors are better, etc. The header is more reflective of the beach house spirit; laid back, kick your shoes off, have a refreshing beverage, cook some animal on the grill, listen to music, sleep in the hammock and at night, look at the stars. Click on comments fill in the name block and tell me what you think.

"One particular harbor, sheltered from the storm..."
-Jimmy Buffett

Glance up at the Title!

Trying to use a really kewl title header that Chyna Moon put together for me. The page will change over the next few days, so please bear with me. Trying to make things mo' casual. If you want to see really good work, visit her page. Link is posted.

"Laughter can be heard farther than weeping."
-Jason Kuller's Mother, Mildred

One ring to rule them all. . .

Eleven. A clean sweep. Tied the all time record with Titanic and Ben Hur. Lord of the Rings III aka The Return of the King rocked the house last night at the Academy Awards ceremony. About time. The scope of this project is absolutely awesome. Peter Jackson's attention to detail and love of this book have produced a true masterpiece. And the most phenomenal thing about all this? These movies are based on a book (or books, take your pick) about friendship. I find that uplifting.

Nice easy evening, napping and watching the TV broadcast. Wish Johnny Depp would have beat Sean Gooberhead Penn. As a matter of fact this was the only major acting award that was different from the SAG awards. Bed was calling and almost gave in, but glad that I saw LOTR, ROTK win best motion picture.

It's a new month, new week, new day. Everyone have a better than expected Monday.

"There never was much hope, only a fool's hope."
-Mithrandir

It's officially Leap day...wish spyware jerks would leap off the planet

Kephyr offers yet another manual removal of the Incredifind dungware. Windows Support Center has a section dedicated to fighting spyware called The Parasite Fight. SimplytheBest offers insight and help with malware.

I've spent time with Google and found many sights that pertain to spyware/adware. BTW, the Frogs on the Google title are cool (today is February 29th). There are many people that feel strongly about this invasion of privacy. Contact your members of Congress and raise holy hell. In the meantime download and install both Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware. There are links posted for both and even a button for Spybot. Just click and go make these two programs part of your defense. Be sure and update both immediately and use the immunize funtion in Spybot S & D. Also on the same page, check the three boxes at the bottom (be sure you are in advanced mode) that prevent malware from taking over your browser, etc. Just read the tutorial and everything will install fine. Ad-Aware? Use the default settings.

"In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear."
-John C. Dvorak

Incredifind and/or dungware removal

For those still having problems with Incredifind, please understand that the Pest Patrol link is manual removal only. There is no magic removal tool. Scroll to the very bottom of the page and follow the directions. It works.

Search Spyware-Guide.com

Or try using this search box to see if you can glean further information. I may post this as a permalink after some research. Please be very careful about spyware removal tools. Some so called removal tools are actually spyware! Please read today's post over at Southernphried about legislators getting involved in the death of spyware/adware. I really hate this bullsh--, don't you?

"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
-Albert Einstein

Spyware/adware sucks

Adaware, a great program that fights spyware/adware and is a free download, has been updating on almost a daily basis for several weeks now. If you don't update this program you will be flooded by nasties watching your every movement and reporting to slime so they can make your life miserable with popups, spam and God knows what else. Incorporate some type of prevention in your daily regimen of protection. Links are posted.

It's late. Going to crash now. Have great dreams.

"Remember, we're all in this together."
-Red Green

Google, MyDoom.F removal tools, laundry and King Cake

Wired has a really good post about things Google. This is a well written comprehensive look at the best search engine on the planet. It's nice that Yahoo is making strides in this area, but Google is the place to go for an intense search. Besides, I trust Google. Popups and spam seem to hover around Yahoo, yet they have made great strides with spam. If you are using their mail and still getting loads of spam, slow down. sign in and redo your settings.

MyDoom.F is running amok. One big difference between "F" and earlier versions - this one deletes files from your hard drive!!! Symantec has a removal tool as does Sophos. If you haven't updated your virus scan in the last 24 hours stop reading this and go do it now!! Then, run a scan!! Remember, this version deletes files from your hard drive. Heads up people; if you update your virus definitions and run a virus scan daily then the need for removal tools disappears.

Must finish this phase of laundry. Yes Rhonda, I separated the whites and used bleach (everyone needs a Laundry Witch). Verdana and Uncle Snake, the King Cake was awesome and I found the baby, LOL. For those good souls interested AVG, Adaware and Spy Sweeper posted new updates earlier today.

"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months."
-Clifford Stoll

FAT TUESDAY ROCKS!

It's raining in New Orleans and at the beach house. It'll subside here later today, but looks like the 'Big Easy' will get even more rain. Can't wait to get the King Cake my daughter that lives in Louisiana had shipped yesterday. Everyone will have on beads today and that will be fun. Be neat to have Mardi Gras as a holiday. This time next year the SouthernPhried Krewe will be ready to par-tee down! LOL

Peace out and be casual today.

"It is hereby decreed that melancholy be put to route, and joy unconfined seize our subjects, young and old of all genders and degrees...that the spirit of make-believe descend upon the realm and banish from the land the dull and the humdrum and the commonplace of daily existence."
-public proclamation, Morgan L. Whitney, King of Carnival (Rex),1967

Liberal feeding frenzy...they're eating Clint Eastwood!!!

Screen Actors Guild Award show was last night. '57 channels and nothin on' kinda night so I left it on TNT. Lord of the Rings third entry, The Return of the King, won best ensemble in a motion picture which is their equivalent of best picture. Mr. Dude, Johnny Depp, beat out that worm of a human being, Sean Nancyboy Penn, for best actor. Charlize Theron won best actress. Renee Zellweger grabbed supporting actress and Mr. Susan Sarandon won best supporting actor; he's another worm. Idiot Alec Baldwin was onscreen at the beginning and I almost turned it off then. The major disappointment of the evening was seeing Clint sit at the table with Sean. Oh well, somebody has to be the pansy faction and the liberals elected themselves.

Got to run. Everyone have a magnificent Monday excluding Osama, the French and RIAA.

"I think we've all arrived at a very special place. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically."
Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) to Weatherby Swann, Pirates of the Caribbean

Eight days a week...is not enough to know I care

Ahhhhh, the taste of Odyssey coffee, the smell of bacon frying in the pan, the sun shining brightly, TechTV playing in the background and the day is still young. Duty calls so I will spend the better part of the day in the field trying to take stuff off my list. Maybe, just maybe, we need a new day in the week. I think it should be between Saturday and Sunday. Let's call it Casuday. Make it against the law for any business to open except the essentials and Wal-Mart; I've come to understand that Wally World is vital to some people and they'll die if the doors are closed (a shame). People that commit crimes on this day will be shot on site. People that bitch and whine on this day will be shot on site (me suggesting this? LMAO!).

This will be a good day for everyone to mow their yard, take out the trash, clean the garage, wash the car, wash the dog, bathe the cat, take down the Christmas lights, etc. On Casuday C-Spann will have to air Chuck Jones/Warner Bros./Bugs Bunny cartoons all day. This will, for the first time in history, make good use of said TV channel. While were at it, TechTV can not mention Apple computers all day. Make these things law. Husbands have to cook and bring coffee to the wives and the wives will smile constantly throughout Casuday (an equitable trade). The evil children that live at Wal-Mart will have to be polite and not run, scream, yell, terrorize. The parents of these evil children might even collect them and take them home! The parents that don't will be collected and shot on site. The grandparents of these spawns of Satan will be collected and shot on site. After a few weeks things will settle down and violence will be at an all time minimum. Yeh, that's it! That's the ticket!!

Okay, the pain medicine for my back is wearing off. I must go replenish so I can enjoy the day after Casuday. In the meantime everyone have a casual day.

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use."
-Emily Post

It's not just an Elvis song

If you see this image in an email and are thinking about deleting it you are the victim of a hoax that seems to surface every few years. DON'T DELETE IT!!!! Microsoft Knowledge Base explains this in detail. For a friendlier explanation go to Snopes. This is a very good site that has been around for a while and just fun to check out on occasion. Be sure and put this page in your favorites; you'll probably need it again. Other names of the so called 'virus' are Bear virus, JDBG virus, JDBGMGR.EXE virus, yada yada yada. Please ignore this and go on about your business. Once again DON"T DELETE IT!!!! K, one more time DON"T DELETE IT!!!!

"Some things Man was never meant to know. For everything else, there's Google."
-Billy Wobblynife

Crawfishing concerning pomes and a new link!

I am human and make mistakes. Few days ago it was mentioned that apples just plain suck. This is wrong. The machines are actually okay machines, but please understand that they are slower and far more expensive than an up to date Pentium/AMD PC. The claim that they have the fastest computer is just a lot of barnyard material. It's very tiring to hear about these machines on TechTV when people that call in are even making comments on the air about the show time spent on a computer that is only 3% of the market.

Actually, I'd like to own one. This is strictly out of a desire to service the few local print shops, etc. that use them. I certainly don't want to get involved in the home Apple repair business. The reason most people avoid trying to deal with Apple at a service level is the cost of parts and the potential heart attacks that can occur when handing a client the bill. So, I will try to curb my distaste of Mr. Jobs and his pack of orcs. One question, why do Apple people email and cover their tracks? Just curious.

There is a new link posted -->My Adventures with Hypoglycemia. A very well written page with a super layout about a subject we need to know more about. Charles has done his research and presents us an attractive page that is full of information. The symptoms list for hypoglycemia is astounding. Be sure and check out the fun part of the site; This is True link and Which Classic Move Are You (Easy Rider here, LOL). This weblog is a good example of how it's done for those new to blogging.

Have to go smile while being abused this morning because a mechanical device has failed. Human nature never ceases to amaze me. . .

"A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ."
-John Steinbeck

May the port be with you

Love the fact that OSX is based on an open source technology. Virus writers don't fool with apple stuff because it's only 3% of ALL computer users operating systems. Windows is 90%. Linux, Unix, etc., is the rest. FreeBSD is the basis for OSX and is a great UNIX flavor with the exception of the apple twist. The source code for Windows may have been hacked and is out there, but 640+ megs? People, this is not revealing code. When the sissies start hacking Apple we are in deep doo doo.

Darth Jobs or Obi Wan Billy?

"Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable."
-Walt Disney

Mickey vs. Nemo? My money is on the mouse.

Browsing Slashdot, an article caught my interest; Darth Jobs & Disney (my title, not Slashdot's). It's from the Toronto Star and explains how the baddest worm in the apple is thumbing his nose at Disney. His association with Pixar is only enabling his desire to be a demigod. Apple nazis, please read the whole article and especially the last few lines. Hate to keep giving this guy press, but his hateful attitude may do him in again. I hope so.

Looks like the Comcast takeover of Disney is off. Did you know that Microsoft owns 7% of Comcast? Reuters has an indepth article. Funniest thing seen yet about this is the picture floating around the web where Mickey meets Clippy (the annoying paperclip in Microsoft Office).

The world of animation is creating waves. To think of all the joy placed in our lives by some of these films and then realize it has to be coupled with the shenanigans of hucksters is just not right. Go figure...

"No man is great if he thinks he is."
-Will Rogers

Is TechTV changing their format?

Did you know that TechTV has dedicated some of their shows to Home & Garden Television (HGTV)? At least it looks that way to me. Seems all Leo can talk about anymore is apples so I guess they are growing an orchard in the studio. Call for Help is all but useless except for worshipers of Steve Jobs. The Screensavers hour is about 30 minutes apple hoodoo. C'mon folks, this station's major stockholder is Paul Allen. Paul helped Bill Gates build the empire! Why are 90% of the computer users on the PLANET being force fed this apple drivel? Leo never misses a chance to take a swing at Microsoft. Yet, he's promoting a product that is made by a company that is run by a doofus that may be the antichrist!!!! Let's see, let's go on TV and offend the vast majority of computer users. Yeh that's it! That's the ticket. Yep, the abuse will endear them to us.

It's hard to believe that I drove to Birmingham just to meet Leo. All his books are on my shelves. Here's a person that is using a computer based on opensource technology (FreeBSD) that has been made proprietary (OSX) by Darth Jobs and his trolls. Not only that, the technology is old. It's old!!! AND SLOW!!!! Expensive is an understatement when talking about these rip offs that pose as computers. This may be the most overrated product in the history of mankind. Apples just plain suck. You apple nazis can take a flying leap too. Pseudo, plastic, pitiful pomes.

Hope TechTV gets a plate full of good old American competition. They might just cut that orchard down. Maybe save Leo from the dark side. Enough, must do something constructive and forget about this tripe.

"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action."
-Goethe

Weather and Star Trek geekness

I sit beside a window that faces east when computing most of the time. Right now something rare is going on outside this window. It's snowing. Too warm to stick and accumulation in this area is rare. Be nice if we'd get snowed in a coupla' time a year. Snowed more often when I was a child. So peaceful and things slow down. Like, Robert Frost coming to the South staying for a few hours, stopping here...

Lord knows one doesn't need to venture out on the highways and biways when the weather is inclimate. Drivers are bad enough in this area when it's dry. Wish to God Mississippi would adopt a 'bear to right' law. Nothing more frustrating than to hit the left lane in a hurry and there's Grandma and Grandpa Moses out doing the tourist thing at 27 miles per hour. Many years ago I gave up speed; blood pressure and tickets weren't making it for me. Anyway, have to get out today because of work, but the snow will be gone and the looney tunes drivers will rip up and down the roads. Elmer Fudd comes to mind, "Beee vewy carefulll."

Star Trek Enterprise was very good last night. This is the third season and they have not been the best incarnation so far. I didn't watch Voyager until 7 of 9 showed up which makes me part of the general consensus. TNG is still the best since the original and DS9 wasn't shabby. Enterprise is picking up the tempo. Now they just need to visit some of those strange new worlds and have some 'off ship' adventures. Jolene Blalock is a definite hotty. She plays a Vulcan and that whole concept rocks me. Check you local listings.

Must drink more coffee and get ready to work for a few hours. I've seen the Cheat's gold tooth. Live long and prosper.

"Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude."
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Cartoons, Cats and a Vulcan

Both my daughters live with cats. You don't own cats. They hang out at your place trying to escape (once out they proceed to howl n whine until you let them back in) and you feed them. They don't bark when strangers are in the yard and only a few that I 've met wag their tails. I am not a cat hater just neutral. This comic strip is about a strange cat and the name spoke to me -> Schrodinger. Be sure and read through at least to the one where the cat starts talking. Some of this is really funny.

Chili Judge is one of the funniest things I've found on the web. I even have a link posted in the list to this little ditty. Bruce Cameron is a funny guy and his site is fun to read. He also has a great newsletter.

Something about the Duel makes me laugh. My youngest daughter sent this to me last summer and I still go to it every once in a while to have a laugh. It's sorta weird, but funny. Love the chickens.

On the tech side, Start Up Control Panel for Windows 2000 can be found at Mike Lin's Page. This is a great substitute for msconfig. This is a young man going to MIT so leave a tip if you like his stuff. Sharp dude. Hope this helps.

It's Saturday night, Valentine's day and I am waiting for Andromeda and Star Trek Enterprise. I like T'Pol almost as much as 7 of 9. Everyone have a great smoochy/candified evening.

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
-Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Protection, Beach House Style

When on the web I generally use the PC where I am now. It connects to an Intel Fast Express 10/100 switch that is behind a DLink D-704 router. AVG anti-virus is updated every day at 5:55pm and the scan begins at 6:00pm. Spybot Search and Destroy along with Adaware and Spysweeper round out my first line defense. After visiting Black Viper's site I am using his formula for manipulating services. Great job Viper!

Kmail on my Linux machine was the email client and it is being replaced as we speak. The client will be the same or some flavor closely related. I do use Outlook on occasion. Email on this machine is always downloaded thru Mailwasher. Mail is gleaned from several servers. Web mail is used as well. I rarely open attachments and sometimes even phone people about them. NEVER will I reply to a "you HAVE to return this" or forward something in chain letter fashion.

ZoneAlarm runs at all times. I really don't mind its occasional query about programs trying to 'hit' the net. To me, there's a sense of security about seeing this happen. I use a very old popup killer on this machine that is no longer supported. It's called Popup Killer, LOL. Hey, don't fix that which is not broken.

My mornings start with Slashdot, Arstechnica, Google News, Yahoo News, etc, and my daily check of the state of Windows over at the Update site. During weekdays it is very difficult to contact me from 6:00pm thru 7:00pm. My virus scan is set to run at 6:00pm because I am usually in front of the TV watching The Screensavers on TechTV. If they get off on an Apple tangent I may get up for a few minutes and do something worthwhile besides listening to that malarky. Sorry, old and expensive orchard technology bores me. Most of the time I stay for Tech Live which is news oriented.

Building a SmoothWall proxy server may start today. I have the machine and the program. Really excited about incorporating this into my network.

No great voodoo going on here. This combination protects 5 PCs and virus infections have been thwarted so far. I have been hacked twice (my own fault ) with no real damage. I do shut things down unless they are being used.

This machine? OS is W2K Pro, Asus CUV4X-D motherboard, 128meg Nvidia card (forget the model #), 1 gig of 5.4ns SDRAM, boot drive 9gig 10,000 spin SCSI, data drives dual 18gig 10,000 spin SCSI, dual 1gig PIII processors slightly overclocked, Audigy Platinum Sound Card, TDK CDRW, Pioneer DVDROM, ZIP 100, Antec case that has 9 fans total , 2 Jump Drives, etc. So this is not the latest greatest hardware, but it suits me fine for now. It keeps company with several other dual proccessor PCs one of which is a dual Xeon, with Raid 1 boot drives and a Raid 5 array of 6 drives in a Netserver cabinet. That's a story for another time.

Please remember, I scrape by making a living as a "puter tech." This network has come together over several years. There is a new PC in the planning stage that should be built in the next few months. Protection will be basically the same with the addition of the SmoothWall unit. Keeping installed applications and utilities up to date is the most important ingredient in this protection scheme. Pictures of some elements will be posted eventually.

Be sure and read Corinth Chris's latest post over at 'from the mind of a geek wannabe'; a link is posted. K, enough. Need some rack time.

"Who is Paige Fault and why is she screwing with my computer?"
-Billy Wobblynife

Incredifind Removal

Because of the traffic concerning this horror of horrors, I have added a link called Incredifind Removal. It is listed in the links down at the bottom and is in bold type. Clicking on it will take you to the manual removal brief posted by PestPatrol. Hope this helps.

Jammin' to the Hendrix/Mozart sound

Saving nickels and dimes sometimes pays off. Been putting aside a little here and there since this past November and made a purchase this past weekend. Had a get $10.00 off card at the OfficeMax and knew they had only one set of Logitech Z640 Speakers on the shelf. This was the only set in town and taking a chance they would remain shelved another week or two didn't seem feasible. An 8", yes eight inch, subwoofer, 5.1 technology, wall mountable, and the controls built into the center channel speaker for $79.95 SRP!! This is literally a lotta' bang for the buck. It's boogie woogie, rock n roll time at the beach house computer room! Unreal 2003 is a different game! Fraggin' in surround is awesome.

Visited with friends and fellow geeks Michelle and David the other night and heard another good set of speakers that are priced right. Creative Inspire 5.1 are nice speakers. Creative Labs, famous for their sound cards, has put together some speaker systems in various flavors. These were purchased at 'Wally World' for about the same money. They are attached to a PC that is being used as a media machine that will be intergrated into an awesome home theater system (THX no less!). Since the computer is in a different room David wanted good sound everywhere. Nice choice.

When it comes to PC speakers ole' Ashby Rhett Culpepper III has one of the ultimate combinations. Klipsch makes really awesome stuff. This is a really neat site and if you are even leaning towards being an audiophile spend some time here and look around. Transition is a bit slow, but the content is awesome. Look under Products/Multimedia/ProMedia to see their award winning speakers for computer systems. Granted, you won't find them at the local Wal-Mart for around 80 bucks, but these are the best I've ever heard. Ashby has an Alienware machine that sports an Audigy Platinum sound card and that doesn't hurt things either.

Always good to shop around. Having heard the Z640s before I had more or less made up my mind, but I did listen to a lot of different speaker sets. This was fun because of my love of things tech and music. Great addition to the 'booth of cyber'. It's nice to have everything connected to the home theater system too. Might suprise you at the inexpensive cost of doing that. More on that later.

[Added later: Ashby Rhett Culpepper III called and informed me that Sam's Club now sells Logitech speakers. I had just shopped them this past weekend. Bound for me to spend money and find the purchased item cheaper somewhere, LOL.]

It's early n I need another hour of ugly sleep. Have a casual day.

"An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger."
Dan Rather (1931 - )

Links? We got 'em!

Sorry about the misspelling of your name yesterday Robin of Nottingham, NH. Added the Saltillo weather link back to the list. It is second from the top. Thank you for helping me mend another error. When the page crashed due to slow upload speed the link list fubared. I will post the list of software/hardware you requested in a few days.

There are 5 new links posted at the bottom of the list.

1. KarenWare is a really neat site that has some handydandy utilities. Karen has many neat pieces of freeware and she maintains a very neat, easy to navigate site. Nice to see folks that upgrade frequently. She has a good newsletter too.

2. How Stuff Works is a fun and informative site, but get ready to be annoyed by popups. Glad my machines are trained to kill them silently. At least they are not dropping spyware on our PCs.

3. Dr. Speed is actually Aluria Software. When you click on this link it will test the speed of your internet connection. Just that easy. The results will be listed at the top of the graph. Nice utility.

4. Warp2Search.net is a kewl site that has many sections and deals with things computerese. They've been around a while and have been featured on TechTV's Call for Help. Chris Pirillo over at Lockergnome highly recommends this site.

5. Lockergnome was lost in the crash of '03. It's back and if you haven't visited in a while please take a look at this tech savvy page. It has changed format and is wayyyyy betta! Chris did a stint hosting Call for Help last year. He is a geek's geek. This dude is maxxed on the energy buzz and needs to stay away from Starbucks. His drive is reflected in a well produced page.

There's been lot of traffic concerning Incredifind. If you are still having problems please email me or leave your comment and I will gladly pass on any information I've acquired about removing this horrible piece of dung.

Gotta' run. Later dudettes n dudes.

"No one wants advice -- only corroboration."
-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

Babel Fish is in da house

At the bottom of the link list you'll find several graphic links. At the very top is Babel Fish (thank you Alta Vista). You click on one of the flags in the box and it translates this page into the appropriate language. So glad to see people from other countries visit here. Thanks Sal for the recommendation. Being a huge fan of Douglas Adams my language interpretation device had to be named Babel Fish. FYI, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy will be a movie. The casting is taking place now.

In the very near future there will be an article on how to install and set up Spybot S&D. Screenshots of the various pages will be included in the explanation of the setup procedure. Many people have asked for such and I hope to present something that is easy to follow and will help everyone get their personal confuser protected from the minions of darkness that produce spyware/adware. If this is helpful and people respond more will follow. Just installling Spybot and running a check won't get it. There are a few other necessary steps.

Robyn, I am working on a brief history (2 years or so) of protection here. There's no elaborate voodoo going on and my protection is freeware with a combination of hardware. Hopefully, SmoothWall will soon be incorporated into my network. Bear wif me a few mo days, please.

K, no whining from me today. . .that's a good thing. Everyone have a productive Tuesday and update your virus definitions before running that scan today. You are scanning every day now, right?

"We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language."
-Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Canterville Ghost, 1882

Need dreams n input

Got an email from Robyn wanting to know exactly what is being used here to ward off virus attacks, hackers, spyware, etc. Working on listing the hardware, software and schedule. May have it posted before the end of the week. That is, if the whine factor drops outta' warp. Links are posted for most of the software used and I believe in freeware. Yes, I do send donations on occasion. Thanks for the email and it would do my whining heart good to hear from anyone that will share their own defensive tools.

Am waiting for the meds to work and drift off. The frustration of knowing my own stupidity has kept me all but comatose all weekend doesn't help. Those that have a good back (spinewise) can never really 'fully' enjoy it because the value of being able to lift an item never becomes important until you do it and break into spasms. The conquest of putting my personal life back in order on Saturday and Sunday was very abruptly halted in midstream. A box of around 30 lbs. or so got my attention. This, coupled with knowing my diet has been broken due to no willpower, really sucks. Also ashamed that I've let the beach house become so cluttered and untidy. Now, to work in a few hours and spend the day acting like nothing is wrong. Let me just finish by saying whine, whine whine whine.

Time to go, the meds are kickin' it. And I need my ugly sleep.

"Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded."
-Goethe

'Enjoy every sandwich' and no, I am not related to Joan Rivers

Notes on the Grammy Awards:

1. The White Stripes guitar player/singer and drummer are really good. His singing brings to mind a cross between Axel Rose and the lead singer of White Witch, Ron Goedert (very old glam rock group that probably no one remembers outside of Mike Murphy and myself). Are the bass player and keyboard people as talented? How about the horn section?

2. Man, Prince still rocks! And Beyonce has impressed me once again.

3. Will somebody please tell me what is living on top of Christina Aguilera's head? Her performance was really good, but that 'doo' needs a mercy killing.

4. The beach house harbors no real fans of Celine Dion, but even with technical difficulties she was a trooper and sang a tribute to Luther Vandross without monitor (those earpieces u see em all wearing). Tears were in my eyes.

5. Sting still rocks. His tribute to the Beatles with Dave and Vince? Awesome! Glad to see them play their instruments. He also sang Roxanne and it was tremendous!

6. You'd think that a major network like CBS could get the "audio" right for a program of this magnitude. NOT! Volume was constantly up and down, and forget the 5.1 dolby digital. Sad sad sad. Let Fox do it next year. BTW, Fox is the ONLY decent TV news channel.

7. Okay, it's official - I've turned into my father. Robert Randolph and the Family Band were awesome. They play and SING! Just don't get Outkast (sp?). They're rap right? Best acceptance speech for the night tho' (their first anyway) - and I quote, "thank you."

8. Warren Zevon and Bruce Springsteen won. There is some justice.

9. Sarah, you did a good job singing "Fallen", but please hire someone to dress you. Your ass can't be that wide.

10. The tribute to Mr. Zevon was awesome. I can name everyone that was on stage. Eclectic group. Warren would have liked that. Find "Tenderness on the Block" and listen to it. Your life will become better.

"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence."
-Robert Fripp

If the phone doesn't ring, it's me

One of my friends from Mexico emailed laughing about the cold and rainy weather here. He's right. Wonder how hot it will be there in July or August? No doubt it'll be cooler here. So much for the weather report. {Note: Babel Fish will be installed next week for those visitors not using English}

I get so tired of writing about spyware. Please browse the archives and read the rants about spyware and how to protect your PC. Hey, all of you jerks that work for the Gator/Gain/ Claria/whatever your name is today, meet me at crossroads in Tupelo, MS., around 11:10am. Be sure and stand in the middle of the intersection. Oh yeh, don't pay any attention to that train whistle. Just don't have the energy to work up a scalding rant towards these cretins today. Almost every day I find a computer on some business network INFECTED with Precision Time, Date Manager, Weatherbug/scope, etc. C'mon people, wise up! It not only snoops your computer, it will migrate to every machine on your network! Spyware is Peeping Tom Technology that is invading your privacy at the speed o' light!

I am hiding today. It's time to let go of the world and take some time out. Many things need attention and have been ignored because of the workload. It's time to go make the bed, carry out the garbage, finish the PCs on my bench, make a spinach salad, lust over some high carb food like pizza or garlic bread, watch some TV, not answer the phone for a while, take a nap and read a book. Everyone stay safe and mi hermano, enjoy the pleasant weather - summer is coming, LOL

"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain."
-Roy Batty: Blade Runner

Thursday early ramblings

Slashdot posted a link to this interesting MIT article, Ten Technologies that Refuse to Die. Did you know that there is a laser turntable that plays old vinyl records? Great Googly Moogly, that excites me, but not to the tune of $10,000.00! If you are into things tech this is a kewl post.

K, I despise emails that say, "send me out to 5 friends or you don't love Jesus." My personal salvation is in the hands of Christ and depends on His forgiveness/my actions NOT the opinion of another human being that needs to worry about their own saving graces. Chain letters also drive me up a wall. Need I even mention some Nigerian trying to get gold out of the country? Yet I am soliciting your participation in this petition, EFF: RIAA Petition. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is defending our digital rights. Go read about it and then sign it. Help send the RIAA nazis on their way. Deport them to Mars.

Mailwasher.net is an awesome site that I have mentioned several times. This super-duper utility helps rid one's PC of SPAM mail. Been in use here for a year or so and helps keep my mailbox free of this stuff. Go read about it, download it, READ THE TUTORIAL and ease your email. Don't whine if you screw something up. No sympathy, no quarter. It's never failed me and installed with great ease (READ THE TUTORIAL!). There's links posted.

Hope Thursday is a day of fulfilled expectations!

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
-Mark Twain

Adolphus Busch would not have been proud this past Sunday

Las Vegas Review Journal has an interesting editorial about the halftime fiasco during the Superbowl shindig. It reflects my sentiments. Not a long tirade not even a rant, this article sums up some of the existing problems with society today. We have turned our backs and the thugs and gangsta' rappers (can you really classify this as music?!?!) are taking over mainstream media. Sorry folks, this is not even close to cute, it's downright trashy. Quit making criminals and sociopaths heroes. Stop being vulgar. Don't endorse such foolishness. The vast majority doesn't appreciate this stupidity. Budweiser, pay attention. No more farting horses, that's just gross!

Up since 3:30am working on a computer that has had a new hard drive fail within two weeks of install. It's a Maxtor 80gig/7200rpm. I always recommend Maxtor when using IDE since IBM bailed from the hard drive arena. Alas, drives will fail. Nice thing about Maxtor is they usually die within the first 30 days or so or last for years. Anyway, I am sure the client will be disappointed, but such is life. ALL hard drives have the possibility of failing at any given moment. It amazes me that they can implement the technology period! I happen to have 15gigs to loan and the actual cracking of the case was more trouble than the hard drive install. I've quit crying now.

Got to go finish formatting. Everyone have a great Wednesday and leave comments telling me how you feel about the Superbowl halftime hoopla.

"I don't know all the certain words to word it."
- Vanilla Ice, on why he hired a ghostwriter for his autobiography

Media Monkeyshines

What a hoopla about the Janet/Justin halftime whoop-tee-doo! Can I get a 'stop it n get a life' for the media folks? Let's see Budweiser had a dating out of species (a monkey and a young woman) commercial, a graphic horse farting commercial and a dog bites a man in the crotch commercial. All this aired during Prime Time Superbowl-la on the CBS-TV network Sunday night. Wonder how many millions of children across the world saw these up close and personal commercials, yet the media wants to harp about a long shot that was hardly noticed? The dirty dancing was way worse, although my ex-wife trained me to accept this style of dancing and any movie that has Patrick Swayze in it. No one has even mentioned the bumping and grinding, just the long shot of a millisecond worth of bare breast. Believe me I was watching!

Wish the media robustos would quit trying to find fault with everyone and everything. Oh well, that's what you get when you put a bunch of bleeding heart liberals (probably demoncrats too) in the center ring of a 'circus'. They just don't comprehend the world. Hell, they don't comprehend period! K, am outta here. Going to see if I can find a Michelob to drink this evening and an elephant or a giraffe or a rhino or a water buffalo or a lioness to date...

"Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey."
-The Beatles

Incredifind - come get you some!!

There's been some email and activity about removing Incredifind. This is hideous malware that will actually change your DNS, etc., settings to prevent you from removing their parasitic tool bar and it also will misdirect your browsing. Boston University has a really neat resource group that helps students and faculty solve internet problems. This "fix" is a good way to start repairing your Incredifind problem: WINSOCK2 FIX. The site seems to have no objections to people outside the university visiting so I hope this will help some of those that are trying to overcome the rape of your PC by Incredifind/KeenValue. Pest Patrol also has some tips and ideas. This is a good site that is highly recommended by the TechTV bunch. Be sure and catch the ants crawling across the title bar. Seems like they should have Dave Mathews singing in the background. Anyway, hope this helps. I've had to format a PC because of this malicious junk and hope these links will help someone intervene and get rid of a very horrible piece of spyware/adware. Also, to all the jerks worshipping at the KeenValue/Incredifind altar of Satan, I challenge ANY of you perverts to a 10 round public boxing match and will contribute all proceeds to charity - just to get a chance to give you the ass beating you deserve!

"And so, may Evil beware and may Good dress warmly and eat lots of fresh vegetables."
-The Tick