Category: General

How to put Linux on a Vista Machine!

Paul

Putting Linux on a Vista machine isn’t hard, actually the program I like to use to do it is:

Wubi Logo

So why use it for Vista?  Here’s the answer.  When you use it for Vista you don’t have to have a seperate partition.

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As you can see you put it on one drives in a directory.  It installes it without having to have a Linux partition. It will download the ones you want:

As you can see you can install 4 different Ubuntu Distro’s without having to have a linux partition.  I’ve heard some people say, that you actually cheating Linux but I say it’s not cheating, it’s a necessary.  I have to be able to use Linux from time to time because of people use it from time to time!! It does not matter the how much you use it, it is the essence of using it.

Although this isn’t only a Vista program it actually works on Windows XP, 98, and 2000.  So go check this little program out.  Tell me what you think of it,  I actually like this little program.

10 ways to keep your wireless router secure!!

Paul2 Replies

I have been doing quite a few router reworks. I’ve got a wireless G router from my DSL provider and Have had problems with someone in my neighborhood trying to get onto my router. They were trying everything. I wanted to give you some suggestions that would help you keep your secure and have some piece of mind!!

  1. Turn off Signal Identification (What your router name is)– By turning of the signal so no one can see the broadcast name will greatly make it harder for anyone to get onto your router.

  2. Change your router identification – Creating a unique router identification will also make it harder for anyone to guess router identification. Keep the identification something that is unidentifiable to the location where you live.

  3. USE WPA and not WEP – WEP has been cracked so if at all possible use WPA encryption and that too will make it harder for an unwanted guest.

  4. Use a Random Password Generator (Roboform an generate secure random passwords) [“Use one these promo codes to get it cheaper”] – By using a random password you prevent hackers from guessing the Network password of your WPA key.

  5. Change your Admin name account, if you can. – Some Admin accounts can be change to something else. The default admin is the most widely used one.  Change it to something ONLY you will know. You will increase your security also that way.
  6. Change the default password and Use the Random Password Generator (Roboform) [“Use one these promo codes to get it cheaper”]– Same as tip 4 but the is a must every time I get a new router or have to reset my router.

  7. If your not expecting to have a lot of laptops on the network turn on Media Access Control filter – Preventing unauthorized computers from connecting to the wireless router helps you lock down the router!!

  8. Update your BIOS – If you have a flash bios on the router update that. There may be know vulnerabilities of old routers that hackers can use to gain access.

  9. Turn Router Firewall to Medium – They say having a hardware firewall is harder for any viruses and Trojans to get in or out. It also helps to prevent hackers from gaining access to the router.

  10. Back up your configuration – Some routers let you back up your current configurations in case you need to restore the configuration if you have to reset the router. This will make it easier to restore the router to your preferred specifications.

This isn’t all you need to do but this will get your going on the right track.  If you want to check out the routers firewall.  Go to GRC Shields up and do a battery of tests on y our connection.  The more prepared you are the harder it is for a hacker/unwanted guests to get on your network.  If you have any suggestions that you want to throw my way just post a comment or go to my About me page and email me!!

In response to Jason Calacanis!!!

Paul

Jason Calacanis’ First New Email Post.

He retires from blogging and begins bulk emailing?  Is fark?  I think not, in his first email.  He talks about how bloggers over reacts with blogs.

Most of the time you get the people who really love to blog, and those who try to make money.  It comes with the territories, but it isn’t something that we do for ourselves. It’s something that we do for our readers.  So let’s get down to the business at hand.

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Is blogging dead?
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Yes, it is. Officially. :-)

Actually, I’ve been thinking about this question and while blogging is
clearly booming, there has been a deep qualitative change in the
nature of the ’sphere. There are so many folks involved in blogging to
today, and it’s moving at a much quicker pace thanks to “social
accelerants” like TechMeme, digg, Friendfeed and Twitter. Folks are so
desperate to be heard–and we all want to be heard that’s why we
blog–that the effort put into being heard has eclipsed the actual
hearing.

[Via TechCruch]

Thanks to all the help from the social media group! I think we are more able to find more than Two years ago, finding a blog would of been, just luck! If not, by chance, we would of had to really search until we found that blog we liked and wanted to keep reading.

Others think blogging is a skill, I on the other hand think it’s something that comes with the territories. If you want to blog, you have to make yourself available to talk about anything that you’re passionate about.

Does that mean we need more readers? I say NO!  We have plenty of readers. They are just looking the blog that connects them to there ways of thinking. It isn’t the writer that determines this but by the readers. Who wants to be a better person by making contributions to their favorite blogs.

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Excelling in blogging today is about link-baiting, the act of writing
something inflammatory in order to get a link. Many folks say I’m
responsible for link-baiting–these people are absolute idiots. I’ve
never tried to get any of these insecure, lonely freaks to link to
something I’ve said.

[Via TechCrunch again]

Jason if you read this, I don’t want any link love from you.  I say that truthfully, I am not insecure or Lonely that needs link love from anyone who has quite a few followers.  I really don’t care who likes me or hates me, I do this because I love to blog.  Jason just because of a few bad apples in the group doesn’t mean all of the blogsphere is that way.

I could care less about getting link love.  I admit, I would like to have some but that is beside the point.  My integrity is nothing to laugh at.  My philosophy is that I’ll get my followers because of my principles. It just burns my biscuits that you have the tenacity to make a comment about bloggers like that.

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I personally think,  you’re not doing this to get some attention!  I know better.  You are doing this because the blogosphere has mistreated you.  I understand it, I realize that you are tired of the blogosphere trying to do all this stuff to you.  So with that I’ll end it, saying this:

“Those who do nothing, have nothing to complain about.  Those who are great have great complaints thrown at them!“

Get over it, You’ve got no Privacy on the net!!

Paul

I’ve been talking to my friends at work and in other places, they’ve all asked the same question from time to time.  “Is privacy on the internet a possibility?”  and in short my answer is “No, you’ve got no privacy on the Internet!”  This is what I like to refer to as people wanting privacy to be on the internet.  Let’s face it folks, there is no privacy on the internet.  People are worried about Youtube debacle and I understand! In today’s society and time there is no privacy.  If let’s say you’ve come to my site.  What would I find out you?

  1. Your IP

  2. What you searched for in Google, Yahoo, AOL, to get to my site!

  3. Type of Operating System (Windows, Linux, or Macintosh)

  4. Where you just came from, unless you’ve chosen to come to my site directly

  5. You screen resolution

  6. You browser your using!

I don’t tell you this to make you not want to visit my site.  This type of stuff is always going to be recorded by almost 95% websites you visit.  It’s always going to be an unspoken understanding.  I have to keep up to date on what happens on my site.  It’s just normal to get the information and be able to see where everyone is coming from.

Why do sites have statsictics?  It’s to find out how well there site is doing.  It can also be used to keep up-to-date on what happens with search engines and what is popular.  So these sites can become a better site.  Yes it is true that most sites decide well in advance what looks like a popular topic. I understand this and now you can too.  They want people to come to there site.  I hope you understand that to, most bloggers, and I include myself in this, want a discussion about topic at hand.  I love to find out what people think of my site?  Here’s a little secret, a hot topic brings out the comments because the ones who are passionate about a topic will comment about it.  It comes in waves though so there will be days that nothing happens and there will be days you get a ton of people coming to my site.

It’s the nature of the beast, or I should say the internet.   “Do we need to worry about what we do on the Internet?”  and I say whole heartedly “Yes!!“ But if you take my advice and understand this, everyone wins.  Bloggers figured this out in the early days of blogging.  They’ve know about stats before we even had the internet before blogging was an option.   This is something that has to be present to make these website a better place for people of all nations.

In the near future, I’ll be discussing how you can prevent people from finding out some of this information by clearing your cookies and your cache.  That doesn’t mean, by doing this you’ll be anonymous it just means that no one, will know certain things about you.  For example, have you been to this or other sites before? I’ll be explaining this in detail soon, so be watching for it!

Although I’ve been collecting this data about my visitor I do no have access to other sites so in that respect I only know so much about the people who visit my site.  Now I must point out I do not nor shall I ever keep a log of what people do on my site.  The statistics that I have been gathering, I’ll on occasion just delete them and start a new. My statstics are rolling, so I only gather so much data before the new data kills the old data.  So in essence, you are somewhat protected from people looking over you shoulder, but the truth is.  Someone somewhere sometime is going to be watching everything you do at some point.  So lets sit back and relax and imagine we are sitting on a desserted island and you can call me Skipper and I’ll call you Gilligan.

While looking around the internet, I found this one article that looks somewhat truthful about the Youtube and Viacom lawsuit debacle.  I thought I’d share it with you and let you decide for yourself!!