open source

Black Hat and Defcon: all the drama you've been craving

Posted August 5, 2008 by phil & filed under geek, linux.

This is great, Defcon16 is a mere few days away, but already, the drama has started! Of course there’s the excitement about security guru/celebrity Dan Kaminsky discovering the DNS flaw a few months back that will be revealed this week (so that folks won’t be able to reverse-engineer them to exploit the vulnerability…ahead of time… Read more »

Chat on Skype via Pidgin on Linux (or Adium on Mac)

Posted May 14, 2008 by phil & filed under geek, howto.

This is a big deal for me, I played with Skype back in the day, but never really used it much since it required a second client, and I have always used Gaim (which is now Pidgin) to consolidate all of my accounts into one client and didn’t want to break out of that mold,… Read more »

Open Source is good for you

Posted March 31, 2008 by phil & filed under commerce, geek.

A recent study by a tech group talks about not only there being a positive monetary benefit for IT workers to know Open Source, but a more fulfilling sense of purpose as well. While this tells me nothing I don’t already know, it’s something that’s important as the next wave of IT geeks start knocking… Read more »

Software support must evolve with Open Source

Posted September 24, 2007 by phil & filed under commerce, geek, linux, rant.

As a IT contractor I’m enjoying giving my opinion when asked, and sometimes even when I’m not asked; I have the confidence to be open and honest with everyone and want them to know that. Because of this I’ve been getting to do things I otherwise would not have since they would not have known… Read more »