It was just under 200 posts ago and a year ago (the last Friday in July) that I was wishing you a happy sysadmin day back in 2008. Hopefully the past year has gone smooth for you and we've all learned a thing or two thousand in that time to perform the demanding tasks in IT better. If you're not in Information Technology, be sure to wish your IT department a Happy SysAdmin … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2009
Joe’s Goals
Joe's Goals is a simple approach to by-the-week accountability to setting and meeting goals. You can simply go to the Joe's Goals website and check corresponding boxes to indicate if a goal was completed for the day. You can create multiple, simple goals like going for a run or eating vegetables. You can also add negative goals, or things you want to avoid, as well in case you … [Read more...]
Book Review: Exploiting Online Games
Exploiting Online Games is the third book in series of titles by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw. Their two other books have previously been reviewed here at 404 Tech Support - Exploiting Software: How to Break Code and Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel. These titles typically provide information for developers to take into consideration in their projects and for IT … [Read more...]
Lessons Learned Virus Fighting
Last weekend I saw a pretty fierce virus infection and during this week at work I've seen a couple of infections as well. Through these events, I've made a few notes, learned a few things, and polished some procedures for fighting viruses quickly and efficiently. These steps are, in my opinion, best practice to remove anything from your everyday malware, worms, and viruses, on … [Read more...]
TextOn9: Type on your computer like you’re typing on a phone
TextOn9 is the subject of my latest article over at Freewaregenius. It's a silly little program that displays an onscreen keyboard in the style of many phones. While there may seem to be little purpose or functionality for a program like this it is actually a very nice, compact onscreen keyboard that beats most others I've seen. Check out the full Freewaregenius article for … [Read more...]