I just acquired a new computing toy with which to play. No, not the Raspberry Pie. That’s another nerd toy. But I have something almost as small… I just signed up for the smallest available Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud web server. It is a free usage account for a year. I have no real idea what I am going to use it for at this moment other than a sandbox server to play with and...
Continue reading...Tooth and Concequences
I went to my dentist for a normal PROPHY, his code word for teeth cleaning and inspection. It seemed fairly normal, except it was time to get them blasted with X-rays. New tool has no film. Just a digital sensor I bite on as the oral hygienist zaps me with the ray gun. At the end of the cleaning the doc comes in to inspect my bright and shiny chompers, and takes a look at the...
Continue reading...Threshold 9 Beta
I am trying to make a decision on computer operating systems. I am writing this on Sandbox, my Linux computer and I am using LibreOffice Writer to compose this post. This system and combination works perfectly for this purpose and many other uses. The best part being it is totally free. The only real draw back is there is very little high powered commercial software applications written for Linux. This is because of it’s very...
Continue reading...911 Attack
This blog and the THMSBlog.com both cam under DOS cyber attack on September 11, 2014. This is not the first time. I have written about it twice before; Terror In The Neighborhood and recently Lord of the Castle. This site has survived but the IXWebhosting has shut down my THMSBlog. DOS is denial of service created by hitting an IP address tens to hundreds of thousands of times in rapid sequence. This overloads the system....
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