Kell's Blog

Been a while…

It’s been a while since I posted anything on the ol’ site.

I was never much of  a blogger anyways but posts have been few and far between lately.

At any rate — we are still here…

Kelley

Death of a Cable Modem

We are back online after a brief, unplanned hiatus.

North Texas has seen it’s share of spring thunderstorms this year (as usual).  The one that hit us early Tuesday morning managed to take out our cable modem.

Time Warner came by yesterday and replaced our cooked little critter and we are back up and running.

Kelley

Facebook…

A little FYI for everyone — you can find both Laura and myself on Facebook.  Yes, we have taken the dive.

Fear not about little KnLC.net, it will still be here for all your family photo and silly blogging needs.  FB is simply too good at what it provides for us to ignore any longer.

Kelley and Laura

Malware and Scareware…

My favorite malware (ugh!) is back with a new name and a new game to get itself into your system.  Yes, Antivrus XP is back — with a new name and a few new tricks.  It’s now calling itself Anti-Virus-1 or AV-1.  Be on the lookout for this one.

Go here for the whole story.

My advice — if you did not specifically request an application be installed — DON’T!  Stop blindly clicking ‘OK’ people.

Anyways, if you find yourself infected with this little jewel – trust me, you’ll know it when you’ve got it – get yourself a copy of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and run it.  So far it is the only app that I have found that will consistently clean this little bugger.

Kelley

PeerGuardian Tip

If you are a bittorrent (BT from here on) user you should probably be using some sort of protection software specifically for BT use.  The jury’s out on whether these actually help or not but hey, can’t hurt right?

DTV switchover delay looming

The senate voted unanimously to delay the impending switchover to DTV on Monday.  Congress is expected to follow suit.

This is a bad idea folks.  Here’s why.

All that advertising that’s been hammering away at us to get ready for the switch is now working against itself.  Folks that had done nothing but needed to will now hit the original (Feb) deadline and their equipment will still work.  They now think they are good to go.  Now, here comes the new and improved June 12 deadline.  Think they’re confused now?  Wait till this summer!

My opinion:  the people that weren’t ready for Feb will not be ready for June either.   This is just delaying the inevitable FUBAR to come. 

Let’s just do this thing and get it over with already!  Maybe then the TV companies will allocate some more bandwidth to their existing HDTV offerings and our signals will improve.

Hoverdogs get a job

File this under things that make Kell giggle…

Here is the original model:

HoverDogs

 

The Empire upgrades their attack craft!

Empire HoverDogs

Internet Time Waster

Here’s a time wasting idea for you.

How about internet ghost hunting.  The linked article has all the links and tools to get you started.

Ninja Cat – FAIL

Remember the original ‘Ninja Cat‘?  Well, here’s the follow-up.

The internet told me so it must be true!

Editorial:

Please, please, PLEASE – for the love of Pete!  Check your sources before clicking that forward button.  I know that your heart is in the right place.  I know that you are just looking out for me.  I understand the thought process behind sending that interesting bit of information the internet just spat into your inbox.  You said to yourself “I am going to drop some knowledge on this person – this is something they should know!”

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