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How not to send a security alert
Today at around 5:30 pm, I received an email from one of our software vendors (I won't mention their name so that their other customers can apply the software patch) notifying us of a critical security vulnerability. The message looked very official from their support department. It was quite detailed about how to patch it and described the different versions that are still being used. As I'm a bit paranoid about security, I checked the email headers and then became quite concerned about the message.
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Looking for organization
I've been looking for a way to keep everything I have to do organized for years. I flip flop between systems, sometimes online, sometimes paper, sometimes just desktop based. Unfortunately I never use a system for more than a few weeks before I forget about it. I'm taking another stab at this and have started using a program called The Hit List which I got as part of the MacHeist bundle I bought. It's simple to use, lets me have multiple lists, organize my lists into folders, and syncs with iCal. The thing about syncing with iCal, in theory, is that I could sync my tasks from my Pre to our Zimbra server and then to iCal which would dump them in my Inbox in The Hit List. If I was not home, I'd enter a task and it would appear in The Hit List; that could work. However, the Pre doesn't seem to want to sync Tasks with our Zimbra server.
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Sucked into Twitter
I'm not much of a social networking kind of person, but signed up for Twitter in October of 2007 to get the updates that KPBS was putting out for the fires. Since then my account has been pretty idle, except for the few "tweets" I posted to get free software (some call it spamming, but for my 1 or 2 followers, no one really cared).
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More pricing inaccuracies
Almost 2 years ago, I wrote about price scanner inaccuracies at Target. Well, I was a victim of pricing inaccuracies again. This time, it was at one of my least favorite stores, Fry's Electronics. I try to avoid Fry's, but sometimes they have decent deals and have some things that it is easiest to get there. A few weeks ago, I need some CD-Rs and Fry's had them on sale. While I was getting the CD-Rs, I saw some DVD-R DLs for a really good price. The shelf tag said $17.95, so I picked them up.