Archive for August, 2006

Digg and its Effect on the Blogosphere

Digg has become a standard in the Technology Blogosphere. Digg can be a useful tool, a source of entertainment, and an object to be avoided at the same time. Many times Digg has been compared to a drug with an initial rush and following crash, it can be a cruel thing. Here is a closer [...]

SSH, HTTPS, SSL, what?

In todays modern computing field lots of terms get thrown around rather frequently such as SSL, HTTP, FTP, and SSH just to mention a few. I myself didn’t know what SSH meant until recently when I began experimenting with server grade operating systems and remotely patching into the systems for administration purposes. I figured if [...]

Microsoft cuts HD content playback from 32 bit Vista

When Vista/Longhorn was first announced their feature sets were huge with so many innovative technologies being incorporated into this new operating system. Unfortunately from the start Microsoft began cutting features left and right in an attempt to get the product out the door. In yet another blow to Vista and the consumer, Microsoft has cut [...]

Surprising facts about DNS lookup times with FiOS and Comcast

Over the last couple of years companies have been hyping broadband Internet and saying it is one hundred bajillion times faster than dial-up. What they haven’t been telling you is that the initial latency times between dial-up and broadband are a lot closer than one would think. ISPs(Internet Service Providers) have been investing billions of [...]

Initial Impression of Fedora Core 5

I have avoided touching Linux over the extent of computing lifetime however I have reached the point where Linux stands between me and my goals so I have taken the time to actually download a linux distribution and utilize it. I have been notorious for using Linux distributions for good torrent testing but this will [...]

The New Digs

Once again the time has come for me to migrate to new lodging and naturally this website suffers from my absence from a structured environment/Internet connection. Luckily this time around I have my lovely Macbook to make the move with and this has made it so much easier. Now I usually try to stay away [...]