Networking Operating Systems

Target Me

Hello. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t feel special at all in the vast and somewhat uncontrollable mass that is the Internet. However… I use a small router with OpenWrt as a home gateway and for a while now I have been seeing in my logs that I receive ssh login attempts from all over …

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Life

Thank You, J.K. Rowling

I came across a wonderful speech by J.K. Rowling today. I cannot help admiring her. According to the Forbes magazine she is the only person to become a billionaire in dollars from writing books. We need more people like her (and not because she’s rich and stuff). What can I say, I am impressed. J.K. …

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Games

/Played

After a nice 10 month absence from the World of Warcraft universe I reactivated my account in December 2009 on a whim. Of course, I got a bit hooked over the holidays (maybe a little more) and brought my druid from level 44 to 60 in a week or so. As /played reports, it seems …

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Games

The Last Days

I am not a pre-order kind of person. I have never pre-ordered anything…until now. It seems I got caught up in the hype for a game called Darksiders. No, it is not the greatest game ever but somehow I couldn’t help clicking that pre-order button. Oh, well. Things however look good as game publications everywhere …

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Operating Systems Windows

Antivirus Protection And You

Happy New Year everyone! It’s time to give up the dreams of a prolonged vacation and get cracking. I was thinking the other day that a lot of people overestimate the importance of an anti-virus program(let’s call it AV for short). Don’t get me wrong, security is extremely important, for many reasons, no matter who …

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