![God made a sysadmin [parody]](https://i2.wp.com/www.404techsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sysadmin-farmer.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
One of the more successful commercials during this year's Super Bowl was the Dodge Ram "Farmer" commercial. I have embedded it after the jump. The commercial runs for 2 minutes and at $3.8 million for a 30 second spot, that can add up. The original Paul Harvey reading goes: And on the 8th day God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So, God made a … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
PBS presents the history of Silicon Valley
If we can talk about silly reality TV shows like Bravo's Startups: Silicon Valley, then we would be doing a great disservice if we also did not tell you about the PBS show airing tonight called Silicon Valley. It is part of PBS' series American Experience. It begins with the history of the region with the late 1970's invention of the microchip by Robert Noyce and carries … [Read more...]
In the wild exploit or Apple forces Oracle’s hand to release Java 7u13 early
I am going to need to start drinking coffee in order to deal with the issues Java is throwing. Of course, Java has been in the news recently since a vulnerability disclosed last August gained attention of the media and was finally (partially) patched with version Java 7u11. Following that, there are two separate issues; one on the Mac OS X side and one on the Windows side. The … [Read more...]