Midspot

Technical insanity at its best!

Entries for the ‘Life’ Category

Microsoft Releases Accounting Software – for Free?

Microsoft has released an Office Accounting 2007 package that is free, no strings attached. Sure, now that I just purchased QuickBooks! I just downloaded it (333MB) and am installing. Estimates that it will take approximately 997 MB of space (Microsoft alright!) I am installing on a Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 machine with 512 […]

Google OS not far off

Google announced today that they have aquired JotSpot, which is a great little wiki service. They also said they plan to make this part of thier hosted apps offering. Seems to me Google is building and online office suite. Not many people would disagree. I wonder how long until everything we need in our day […]

Great Article on Securing SSH

Not like SSH wasn’t pretty secure before, due to encryption, but every step towards security helps. I took note to his advice on moving SSH to a non-standard port: Security though obscurity you scoff? Perhaps. But it’s easy, causes no inconvenience, and might just reduce the number of attacks. That sounds like a winner to […]

Down with the Voting Machine Hackers!

Or not? Would it be such a bad thing if the voting machines were hacked? In my books, anyone smart enought to hack such a machine should have more control of the figureheads leading this country than the average guy that votes based on the names he can pronounce or has heard more commercials of, […]

10 Steps That Will Ensure Financial Failure

10 great pieces of advice that everyone should NOT follow: 8. Invest In Things You Don’t Understand: If you want to lose all the hard earn money you’ve made and start from square one again (or even in the hole), starting investing in things you have no idea about. The problem isn’t that the investments […]

Vikings get it hard

I was so glad to see the Vikings get spanked by the Patriots last night. Also the Raiders are turning it around with 2 wins in the last two games. One can always hope… Technorati Tags: sports, Raiders, Vikings, NFL, football, season

North Korea agrees to return to nuclear talks

BEIJING, China (CNN) — North Korea has agreed to rejoin six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons program, U.S. and Chinese officials said Tuesday. Washington hopes the talks will resume before the end of the year, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. In the meantime, U.N. sanctions imposed after an October 9 nuclear test by […]

Black Friday Sales at Sears

Looks like some more got leaked: Televisions GPX 7″ Under-the-Cabinet LCD Television / Radio – $99.99 Haier 20″ Color Television – $79.99 Hitachi 51″ CRT Projection Television – $849.99 Magnavox 20″ Flat Panel LCD Televisio – $349.99 Magnavox 42″ Widescreen LCD HDTV with ATSC Tuner – $1359.99 Panasonic 26″ LCD TV with ATSC Tuner – […]

What you can take onboard

Here is a handy list of prohibited items if any of you are flying soon like me:Permitted-Prohibited Airline Items Technorati Tags: flight, airline, items, prohibited, permitted, tsa

Halloween Party in Driscoll Tonight

That’s right. It’s time for the 2nd annual Halloween party at Uncle Jesse’s in Driscoll tonight. I will once again be providing the musical entertainment starting at 9pm. Come dressed up as there will be a costume contest with prizes. What will I be dressed up as? You will have to come to find out! […]