MacOS+WindowsXP=??

Alright, according to an article on digg.com:

Only a week ago, Apple Computer released what seemed like an astonishing piece of software called Boot Camp. This program radically rewrote the rules of Macintosh-Windows warfare–by letting you run Windows XP on a Macintosh at full speed.

Alright, this leads to a big question. To quote Risky Business, “Sometimes you’ve just got to say ‘What the fuck?”. (I know in Risky Business it was a statement, not a question, but if you want to argue about that, get off of my site. So, where were we? Ah yes, what the fuck Macintosh? Is this some kind of pathetic cry for help? First, a couple months ago you start using Intel processors in your better computers, and now your making it so that your customers can all run XP on their Mac boxes. Uh-huh. Just go buy a freakin’ PC people. Theres no reason to get a Mac for personal use usually. It’s not the same thing as using a program in XP to run Linux, because both are fairly good OS’s.( Yes Windows is good. You can be good and evil at the same time.) So yea, I think that the Apple Corporation just lost a lot of respect. At least from me. If your going to be a totally unique OS, like MacOS, then dont make programs that compromise this.

Wi-Fi Digital HotSpotter

This thing is amazing! I just found this on Think Geek. The entire purpose of this small keychain-sized device is to detect WiFi networks. Here is an excerpt from the description found here:

Your typical WiFi detector will only show the presence of a signal and relative signal strength. This Wi-Fi Digital Hotspotter, from Canary Wireless, has a 12-character LCD that provides information on signal availability and strength as well as essential network information, including SSID, security status and channel. When multiple networks are present the LCD will allow you to scroll through information for each network.

I can only imagine what fun this would be. I think as soon as I get 60 dollars, I'll get one of these.

Wireless Connection Failing You?

I have heard several complaints in the past couple days about people havign trouble maintaining their wireless connection while using a Linksys Wireless Router. So I went to the Linksys website and found this gem for a WRT54G router, but I am assuming it works on all Linksys routers the same.


"If your wireless signal is intermittent, then you are most likely you are
experiencing 2.4 GHz interference. You will need to try switching channels
and changing the SSI D on your WRT54G. The best channels are 1, 6 and 11. To
switch channels:

1. Using a computer that is plugged into the router directly with a
network cable, open a web browser.

2. In the Address Bar type http://192.168.1.1 and press Enter.

3. A box should appear asking for a User Name and a Password.
Leave the User Name field empty, and type your WRT54G router password into
the Password field (the default Password is admin) and click the OK
button or press [Enter].

4. The WRT54G Setup page should now appear. Click onto the Wireless
page.

5. When the Wireless” page loads, you should be on the Basic Wireless
Settings sub-section.

6. Look for the Wireless Channel” option. The default channel is set
to “6 - 2.437GHz. Change it to either 1 - 2.412GHz, or 11 - 2.462GHz.

7. Click on the Save Settings button toward the bottom of the page to
save changes. Click Continue when prompted to reload the page.

8. The channel of your WRT54G has now been changed. Restart your
wireless computers so that they can automatically connect using the new
channel.

9. If you still experiencing interference using channels 1, 6, or 11,
try switching the router to the other channels as well (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
10) and find one that captures a good connection".

Internet Explorer Beta 3

I downloaded Internet Explorer Beta 3 yesterday, and...i am ashamed to say...I like it.

Haha, Microsoft has apparently taken the hint that people are flocking to the versatility of Mozilla Firefox because IE Beta 3 looks and feels a lot like Mozilla Firefox, except for the traditional box-iness that is IE.

HTML:

Alright, a lot of people are using sites such as MySpace, and this requires a certain competancy at HTML. HTML codes use tags, there's a beginning tag <b> and an end tag </b>

Here are some basic html commands:

<b>: makes text bold <b>bold text</b>
<u>: makes text underlined <u>underlined text</u>
<i>: makes text italic <i>italic text</i>
<a>: makes a link <a href="http://www.websitetobevisited.com">hyperlink text</a>
<img src="">: Displays an image <img src="Link to image" />
<p>: makes a new paragraph;
<br>: makes a line break
<bgcolor>: changes background color
<text>:changes text color

This is all pretty straightforward, I'll make a more advanced tutorial with codes that are more "fun" per se.

'Till next time...

Make Windows XP Run Faster:

In WindowsXP, as in other versions of Windows, you can make Windows run faster using the MSConfig Utility. This utility can be used to stop programs from starting when Windows boots. You can stop spyware, adware, and unwanted programs by doing the following:

To access this utility Click Start(Fig.1)>Run>type "msconfig"(Fig.2)

Then click the tab that says Startup. unselect all the checked boxes.(Fig.3) I suggest not unselecting things such as Norton Antivirus or Mcafee Antivirus.


Fig.1:


















Fig.2:











Fig.3:













If you get an error such as this,






then you need Administrator privileges to access the MSConfig Utility. Talk to your System Administrator about that.

The best geek quiz:

Check it out:
http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html

2600

I have to tell you all about the magazine 2600. This magazine, called "The Hacker Quarterly" is extremely informative, even to non-hackers.

So if you are interested, visit www.2600.org or go to your local Barnes&Noble or Borders.

Wow

So, it's been a while. I've cut down on my computers, getting rid of the one without a modem/HDD/memory. Yea it was pretty much an antique motherboard with a case. Haha.

So yea, I gave up on the server idea, and I've gotten more into programming again. w00t.

I've pretty much got HTML down, as well as a few of the BASIC languages. Now im trying to learn C++, notice the word "trying". Haha.

Well I'm out for now,
Colin

Server!!

heyy everyone, its been a while since ive updated my blog, but im hoping to update it more often now. =D

I'd just like to let people know, im making a webserver. I kinda started this because i was bored one day haha. Yea, it will be running Centos soon...maybe? haha it currently has ubuntu server, but i think im going to change it over to a centos minimal install.

wish me luck =P

-Colin