It is interesting what people think about when they hear the word hacker. You mention the word hacker and people think you are evil and up to no good. To learn more about hackers check out this video of Darren Kitchen from Hak5.

Hak5 is a great place to start if you are interested in learning about hacking and computers. Want to dive deeper check out this excellent collection of free courses about computers –> free courses.

Remember hackers are people too… and they just might save the world or your computer from a bad virus/spyware infection!

I got my Mom good today with an April Fools Joke!

I printed off a paper that I just turned in and wrote the grade “F” on it and showed it to her and told her the reason why I got an “F” was on the back of the paper.

She was mad…but at first at the professor because she thought he was playing an April Fools Joke on me by giving me an “F”!

My mom did attempt to get me, she told me as I was on my way out the door for school that something was wrong with the tire on my car. I think she used the same joke last year.

UPDATE ON CONFICKER – The Conficker worm has not made its attack today. Does that mean we are safe from it? Not entirely. There could be future attacks, and it defenitley won’t hurt to keep current with the latest tools on defending this virus.

5 Things you Should do to Protect Your Computer:

• Make sure to use Windows Update weekly, Tuesday is usually the day they release fixes. Make sure update MSO8-67 has been applied on your system.
• Update your anti-virus software regularly and run full scans.
• Make to sure to use strong passwords (Lifehacker’s guide to making strong passwords).
• Disable the autoplay feature on your cd/dvd-rom drive.
• Be sure to backup all your data (Lifehacker’s guide to windows backup tools).
• Use OpenDns. It is easy to setup and there are good instructions.

To read more about Conficker check out this article.

My macbook pro finally arrived. I am so excited.

My macbook pro in its fresh new box waiting to be opened… by me!

Its so beautiful!

First time out of the box… we were both a bit nervous.

First boot up…

Macbook’s new home… I soon will be hooking up to the 2nd monitor!

All this excitment has left me tired… so I decided to take a nap.

In nine days, on November 19th the new xbox fall update will arrive. Included in this update is a much needed redesign of the interface. You will be able to do alot with your friends. Create partys with up to 8 people and it will be social network with your friends where you can chat and send text.

I am most excited for the ability to stream 12,000 movies from the netflix library at no extra charge to your xbox 360. You do have to have a gold account on xbox live and a netflix subscription.

Here is what you can expect to happen:

—> sign in to xbox live to automatically start downloading the update

—> it may take awhile, there is a lot of new content, so be patient cause you won’t be able to use your console during the update.

—> once the update is complete you console will restart and welcome you with the new xbox experience.

so with that info take my poll below on how you feel about the update.

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