Why every city council needs at least one geek =]
Great read describing the recent threats toward CentOS "hacking" an Oklahoma city webserver.. And by hacking I mean apache wasn't configured properly 
Enjoy!
Nagios on Steroids
Bixdata is a free tool for managing servers and clusters that is easy to install and use. It is an excellent cross-platform enterprise network,
application, and performance monitoring system.
Pac-Man: Restored and Reloaded!
How to take a 1981 Pac-Man arcade machine and totally break it down, rewire and restore it to perfect working order. The most fun you'll ever have!
Starforce Can Reboot Your Computer If You Do Something It Doesn’t Like
cdfreaks.com has reported that Futuremark have uncovered that Starforce "...installs a driver that runs at the highest level of access on the system� This driver runs regardless of whether the game runs;... If something suspicious is detected, it forces the PC to make an immediate reboot..." Read cdfreaks.com for more information.
Microsoft released MechCommander 2 source code
Microsoft released the Microsoft MechCommander 2 Shared Source, offering everything needed to compile a working version of the 2001 strategy game. It is about 1 GB. See http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11830312 for reasons.
Free Tools to Recover lost data
5 free applications that will save you from a data loss disaster.
New Flickr Arcade Restoration Group
I've just started a new Arcade Restoration Group on Flickr to document all current and future arcade projects. Feel free to join up and add your own projects. I hope to create a photo repository of projects to help others with their resto efforts.
You can find the arcade_resto group here.
The IT Crowd — The complete first season
For those of you that have not seen this new british comedy yet, now is your chance. Encomium has put together an excellent resource for the show, including links to all the episodes. I highly recommend this, especially if you like brit humor like Red Dwarf and the like. You can see it at this link.
How to Know When Unsubscribing Isn’t Safe
What if unsubscribing from an e-mail newsletter actually prompted the publisher to sell your e-mail address to spammers? This article describes an easy, free way to know in advance whether it's safe to unsubscribe from an e-mail list. It also reveals secrets of some innocent-looking unsubscribe forms that are not safe to use.
SF at night
Originally uploaded by MadJeff.
A shot of the Westin St. Francis at night, the hotel I'm at during the SANS Conference here in SanFran.
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