Blogger Beta The Journey Begins.

Here it goes. I finally switched to the beta side of blogger. I will have to play around with it and see what I can change and can't change. I see already that my weather maps and forcast are gone. I will have to take some time this week and see what I can do about that. I have also has some plans to add background images to the template. I will work on that as well. Let's see how it goes.

I just thought of something. I am blogging about blogger.

Audio Blogger to shut down Service 11/1/06

Here is the email I got from them:

As of November 1, 2006, Audioblogger will no longer accept phone
calls. MP3s made with the service will continue to be hosted and
served but you will no longer be able to use Audioblogger to post
new audio.

Audioblogger is an independent product, run by Odeo, Inc., a small
startup company in San Francisco, CA. We are not affiliated with
Google or Blogger except that we operate and provide the
Audioblogger service.

Given our limited resources, we have to make tough decisions
about what projects to focus on. And we've come to the difficult
decision that Audioblogger demands too many resources, time, and
money for us to continue its operation.

However, there are several other services that offer similar
functionality. Odeo is not affiliated with any of these services,
we only suggest them only in hopes that one or the other will be
a good alternative for you.

Gabcast.com is a free service for recording by phone
Hipcast.com has a seven day free trial and lots of features
Gcast.com is another free service for phone recording

All of the phone posting services listed above are compatible
with Odeo in that they produce podcast feeds, which can be
imported to Odeo. Any audio file at Odeo can be posted on a blog
by copying and pasting some embed code.

Odeo would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who has
tried Audioblogger. If you are interested in keeping up with our
other blog-friendly projects, please have a look at Twitter.com
and our customizable audio players.

Thanks,
The Odeo Team

If any of you use mobiles to post audio to your blog, please let me know what you use. Not that I do a lot of Audio blogging, I would just like the ability to do so when I feel like it. This way I can check them out and get the pros and cons from you all.

Thanks,

Troll.

Security pros patch older Windows versions

A group of security professionals has released a patch to repair a serious flaw in older Windows versions for which Microsoft no longer provides security updates.

The group, which calls itself the Zeroday Emergency Response Team, or ZERT, created the patch so users of Windows versions that are no longer officially supported can protect their PCs against increasing attacks that utilize a recently disclosed Windows flaw.

The vulnerability, first reported last week, lies in a Windows component called "vgx.dll." This component supports Vector Markup Language (VML) graphics in the operating system. Malicious software can be loaded, unbeknownst to the user, onto a vulnerable PC when the user clicks on a malicious link on a Web site or an e-mail message.

Microsoft rushed out a "critical" fix for Windows on Tuesday to address the problem, two weeks before its regularly scheduled patch day. Microsoft's updates are available for Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or later, Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, and Windows Server 2003.

But Microsoft no longer provides updates for its older operating systems. ZERT sought to fill that void. "A ZERT patch has just been made available for unsupported system versions," the group said on its Web site. The patch has been tested on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3, the group said.

ZERT is made up of security professionals from around the world who volunteer their time. Last week the group crafted a patch to plug the VML flaw ahead of Microsoft's fix, so IE users can protect themselves while Microsoft worked on an official patch.

Meanwhile, there are several other security vulnerabilities in Microsoft products waiting to be fixed. Some of these flaws are already being used in cyberattacks, though not as widespread as the VML flaw, according to security experts.

A word of caution is always warranted when it comes to third-party fixes, ZERT has noted. The group does test its fixes, but does not have the same resources Microsoft does when it produces patches. ZERT does provide the source code of its fix, allowing people to validate what it does.

ZERT stresses on its Web site that its fix has no warranties.

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Lady Swallows the whole Mic

Here is something that you may never have seen before. No words, just watch it over and over.

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Slick ATM Hack

Teamwork Sailing Video

This is teamwork sailing video. (Reminds me of Lee and I working together.)

Intelligent baby

A funny clip

Saturday Night Live (SNL) Clown Penis Commercial

This is a SNL commercial about a firm that was slow to get a web presence, so they had to settle for clownpenis.fart, the only remaining available domain name.

Sunset

Just had to post the sun setting over the river. After living here just a few weeks, I couldn't be happier with the choice of moving. This picture is what I get to see almost everynight.

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10 essential tweaks for Windows Vista RC1

10 essential tweaks for Windows Vista RC1 by ZDNet's Ed Bott -- No, this is not just another set of random Windows Vista screenshots. Now that Release Candidate 1 is available to the public, I've put together detailed instructions for my 10 favorite tweaks, including how to set up Vista without a product key and how to speed up your system without taking the cover off.