Malware designed to re-direct unsuspecting users to bad web sites infected thousands of computers last year. The culprits responsible for the infections were busted and the FBI quickly took control over DNS servers. However, the FBI will no longer keep those servers running. On January 9th, the equipment will be
Category: Science and Technology
I downloaded the Evi artificial intelligence app to my iPhone 4 this evening. Although I had trouble connecting to the servers at first, all-in-all, Evi is a good alternative to Siri, and it’s only 99 cents. Similar to Siri, you type or ask her a question and she’ll read you
I finally figured out the coding errors that prevented some content on the web site from displaying properly when visitors used the Firefox Browser. Things should look a little better now. I’ve always used Internet Explorer and didn’t know about the issues, so thanks to all of you who
My hosting service is moving TulsaWxChaser.com to a new server in their new data center tonight. I’ve been told to expect a 1-3 hour outage between 9PM and 5AM on the 23rd. We should be back up and running early on March 23rd. Thanks for your patience during the move.
Okay, here’s the scoop. If you’ve come to love Delorme’s mapping software and their GPS receiver (LT-20 or LT-40) and you’re using their serial emulator with Windows XP to send the signal to StormLab, you’re going to be disappointed when you attempt to use the same setup with Windows 7,
I received an email today from AT&T. In the email they informed me that I was approaching my 5GB limit on my laptop connect. Say what? I have unlimited internet. What’s this 5GB crap? I checked my last billing statement and it said I’d paid for unlimited service. So, I
Remember when a real, handwritten letter was the way we communicated? It was always a treat to find a letter in the mailbox. As telephone rates got cheaper, we made phone calls and wrote letters less. We could talk on the phone for hours. And the if you tried to
If you tried to get to the TulsaWxChaser.com web site last night, you may have noticed you didn’t get there. The hosting service we use had a major power outage to one of its data centers last night, causing a several hour outage effecting dozens of web sites, including this
Update 6/15/2010, 6:47am: Although the tweet counts aren’t correct, it appears that the Twitter service is back in business. You may have guessed that Twitter isn’t working this evening. This is causing the main page of the web site to load slowly; the Twitter feed is trying to get data from
Okay, it’s been a dreary and rainy weekend in the area. There’s not been much to do, other than housework, cleaning up files, watching TV and watching the various Twitter feeds I subscribe to. To some folks, my weekend might sound boring; to me it has been relaxing and I actually fit