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Submitted on Jan 23, 2009, 6:22 p.m.
A little under a year ago I bought a Lenovo ThinkPad T61p. I love it. It's a great notebook; solid design, easy to update, a great support site. However when I'm occasionally asked for advice on...Televangelism in IT
Submitted on Dec 09, 2008, 6:04 a.m.
Televangelism in IT - does this work? I like a good show as much as anyone - but two presentations I came across recently left me.. er.. well - confused I guess. While looking for content on the...That Time Again
Submitted on Nov 27, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Well partly as an act of procrastination (the books and reading are piling up), and partly in recognition of the fact that the previous design sucked big time... I've redesigned the blogs and photo...Computer Networks and Internets
Submitted on Oct 18, 2008, 5:32 p.m.
One of the texts for the Network Security module I'm currently studying is Douglas E. Comer's book 'Computer Networks and Internets (5th Edition)'. The book is a tour de force of all things...The Internet is Amazing
Submitted on Oct 18, 2008, 4:41 p.m.
As if anyone needed more proof. In my quest to find the world's best computer keyboard (here in Part1 and Part2), I've recently settled on my IBM SpaceSaver II and Logitech G9 Laser mouse...Lessons in Web Site Security
Submitted on Oct 17, 2008, 6:51 p.m.
I found this series of links on the topic of XSS and other Web site security issues pretty interesting... Programming Is Hard, Let's Go Shopping! from Jeff Atwood, in response to this post,...Information Security Management, Threat Analysis and Modeling
Submitted on Oct 16, 2008, 11:30 a.m.
Update: 28-11-2008- Microsoft have released an update - v3 of the SDL Threat Modelling Tool - which is DFD based as opposed to use case driven. Check it out at The Microsoft SDL Threat Modeling...ASP.NET MVC and Routing Default.aspx
Submitted on Sep 29, 2008, 4:42 a.m.
UPDATE: 2011-09-23. This was definitely a TL;DR post. And I've since switched to using a Mac and Rails and other *nix tools and frameworks - so forget it. Buy a Mac (or install Ubuntu) and start...Blocked Files and Trusted Locations
Submitted on Sep 23, 2008, 2:07 a.m.
I must have been asleep when this 'feature' appeared. I downloaded the latest ASP.Net MVC Storefront sample today from Codeplex. I then dragged the downloaded Zip file over to my project folder,...In Search of The World's Best Computer Keyboard - Part 2
Submitted on Sep 15, 2008, 9:41 a.m.
Update: 24 Sept 2011: I've since switched to using a MacBook Pro as my main computer - and despite previously thinking that the ThinkPad Keyboard was the world's best computer keyboard - I think...