Joe's Random Ramblings

Like a lot of people, we are using VMWare in development to test our programs. For way too long now, I have been battling with VMWare Workstation 5.5 having a clock that's running way too fast in the guest OS. VMWare nowadays has some knowledge base a… more »

TSA (and/or Akamai) apparently can't even get one of the easiest things on their Website right... Going to the TSA website using https results in this security warning message: Besides all the other things they can't get right with real-life sec… more »

Recently, I parked next to a car with a rather interesting California license plate: The car was apparently converted to use natural gas, and the license plate read SCRWOIL (I snapped a picture with my cellphone): I had to laugh, but on reflecti… more »

The EFF has send out a press release regarding three MIT students who were ordered by a federal judge to cancel their presentation about vulnerabilities they discovered in Boston's public transportation system. This is of course just another attempt… more »

I've had DSL from AT&T (the only choice where I live) for quite a while now. Recently, it had been rather slow, and two days ago, it completely broke. So, I called out to the dreaded AT&T Tech Support. After being on hold for 20 minutes or so… more »