This was just funny – I’ve been using a cool Firefox extension (ScribeFire) to blog. One of the cool things about it is that you can pull up the blog window in your browser and click through to pages. Plus the editor tool works great. Anyway, they just updated the extension. On first launch you get redirected to www.scribefire.com/make_money which …

In doing some research for a couple of web projects, I came across How to Nail an Interview – with 22 tips for getting hired. Since I’ve been on the interviewer side of things and and can relate to some of these, I thought I’d share the site with you. How To Nail An Interview (Tip 11)

Well I’ve always maintained that Mac’s were safer that Windows boxes – not just because Apple had minor market share, but OSX was based on a BSD (Unix) variant and thus had security in the core design. However, this news should rattle a few of the Mac users. Researchers have found signs of a Mac botnet that apparently can get …

Last week was fun in the IT (information technology) world. Not because of any real damage by conficker – but because of the absolute media over-hype of something they don’t have a clue about. I had a couple of customers call me – and the conversations were short: “Rex, do we need to worry?” – “No Bob you don’t.” – …

This is nearly as bad as forwarding emails for urban legends. For the past 2 days a text – sms – message was circulating around the Shreveport / Bossier City area claiming a gang initiation at Wal-Mart was going to take place. Supposedly, 3 women would be shot. FWD: Police r askn all women do not go to walmart 2nite …

When you put a file in your “recycle bin” or “trash can” on your computer, it is not really gone – not even after you empty the recycle bin. The information can be recovered with freely available software. Granted, over time the file becomes harder and harder to recover, but it can be recovered. You can permanently erase a file …

I’ve found a new best friend as a parent – Hulu. My twin boys have been watching movies all afternoon. That was a welcome rescue since they’ve been trapped inside all day. — Post From My iPhone

So far I’ve been pretty pleased with Chase bank. The tellers are generally friendly and the online banking site is pretty good – so far. About 2 weeks ago, when I ported my Verizon number over to AT&T for my new iPhone, I noticed that I stopped receiving text alerts from my Chase account for transactions. I logged into my …

As most of you are aware, I switched over to an iPhone a couple of weeks ago. I’ve got to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Just the Google Sync (calendar and contacts) feature alone is worth the money spent. Then there is the Apps Store – this is arguably one of the most addictive things for the iPhone. …

Well I’ve had my iPhone for a week now. So far I love it. There are a lot of cases where I don’t have to take my laptop – I can just take my phone. This is my first test from the iPhone using iblogger. We will see how it turns out. I tried blogpress for the iPhone but it’s …