Dan's Thoughts

It appears that I’ve plugged the leak that was causing this blog to be hacked. I hope.
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This site is currently being attacked by hackers. They’re installing a redirect script, which your anti-virus software or web browser may or may not detect. I am working on solving the problem, but it may involve taking the site down and re-installing it. I’ll keep you posted.

Can anyone name anything successful that Microsoft has done in the past 10 years? (Say something! If you don’t, this will be one heck of a short blog post!)
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One big difference between a computer and any other appliance is something called open architecture. It has nothing to do with great rooms, windows, or vaulted ceilings. It has everything to do with the success of the first crop of computers.
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Forget that you hate Apple’s iPad for a moment. Consider this: For reading books, which would you want more, an iPad or a Kindle?
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Above all, keep this in mind: Apple has had its share of flops.
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Sometime today, at 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, Apple will be holding a media event to introduce it’s latest creation, which everyone on the Internet is claiming will be the much waited-for Apple Tablet.
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According to a recent report about email and spam, you never see 95 percent of the electronic messages sent to you. That’s because they’re spam and have been effectively filtered by your ISP.
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No, that’s not the password for the giant oxygen door on the planet Druidia, nor is it the combination to President Scroob’s luggage. But it’s close!
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If you’ve been living life on the Internet, which is normal (and expected because you’re reading this online), then it’s entirely possible that you’ve enjoying yourself, purchased something, contributed digital scrawl, and otherwise wasted time without ever having to use a Windows Live ID.
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