Month: February 2006

  • I wish I would have though of this

    I was looking at CNN and noticed that Symantic had identified a flaw in Apple’s Bluetooth, allowing individuals to infect a user’s machine through Apple’s wireless implementation. Its not too surprising that a flaw was found there (I’m surprised Windows hasn’t had more problems in this area) — this seems like a likely place where…

  • Kenny’s first letter to mom

    I got this message from my wife today. Apparently, Kenny took it upon himself during his quiet time to write Alyce a note. Here’s the message that she sent to me. Remember, he’s only 4 and wrote this all by himself: Hi Terry, This would be under the heading “things that make it all worthwhile.”…

  • Google acknowledges security concerns with Desktop Search V.3

    Its interesting to see how Google’s attitude towards many things have changed throughout the years.  In a recent article posted on ZDNET, Google’s representatives officially note that their new “Search Across Computers” feature in version 3 of their Desktop Search is indeed a concern for enterprise organizations.  But their answer is somewhat gauling.  They say:…

  • Exposing a C# component as a COM Server and other GAC related issues

    (Sorry about the initial formatting in Firefox. WordPress didn’t like the xml style comments that get inserted into C# so I’ve removed them.) Exposing a C# component as a COM Server and other GAC related issues There are actually quite a few good sites that document how this works, but during the process of setting…

  • Kennyisms

    I love listening to Kenny as he continues to grasp new concepts.  Case in point…we have a dog, a yellow lab., and will be having her spayed.  I doubt he understands what it means, but he’s heard me talk about it.  Well, we borrowed a kitty movie from the local library and at the end…

  • MarcEdit 5.0 & COM II

    So it looks like I’ve gotten this working.  I’m going to be sending a private build out to a few testers tomorrow to see if they can confirm that it’s working outside of my controlled environment.  The solution ended up being one that I wasn’t all that wild about, but there wasn’t much I could…

  • Playstation 3 for $800+

    There was a news report on slashdot that I’m hoping was overestimated — but there is a report that the Playstation 3 may sell for nearly $900 dollars.  For that kindof cash, you might as well spend a few extra bucks and get a real computer from Alienware (I love their tower designs) with the new AMD64…

  • MarcEdit 5.0 and COM

    I’m looking to release an update to MarcEdit this weekend to include the following: COM automation objects to the new MARCEngine zipped version of files needed to run the command-line version of MarcEdit on other platforms So what’s been the hangup with the COM — well two things.  First, Microsoft has a C# specification on…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 17: Final thoughts

    Just some final thoughts on this conference.  First, IRC…I’ve not spent a whole lot of time playing around on the code4lib IRC channel — but the IRC added a very interesting dynamic to this conference.  In fact, in some cases, the back conversation provided as much information as the presentations.  It was great.  My goal…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 16: 20 minute sessions 2 + breakouts/lighting talks

    Teaching the Library and Information Community How to Remix Information Raymond Yee The one thing that sticks out in this session is that someone is actually showing MLIS students how information can be remixed.  I just got out of an MLIS program 3 years ago, and I don’t remember this type of a class being…