Ok, so, as you may or may not know, I’ve been in Las Vegas for the last two weeks. I’m in the McCarran International Airport soaking up some more wifi waiting for my flight to Houston where I’ll grab another flight to Pensacola. I have to say that my vegas trip was fun, though probably not in the way you might think. I didn’t even get to see the strip much less a show or blow any money at the Blackjack tables. I spent the large majority of my time working and relaxing in my hotel. The place I stayed at was a Hilton Garden Inn. Nice place. No where near “actual” Vegas though but that was ok.

Coming out here was actually kind of liberating. I’ve only flown a few times in my life, and up until now I’ve never flown alone. I was concerned about getting through security and all that but all that went really well. The media really has sensationalized the difficulty of getting to your flight. I’m sure it’s much harder in some other airports, but here it’s been pretty easy. All of the workers are quite helpful and are more than willing to point you in the right direction.

Anyway, enough gabbing. I’ve learned a lot while being here. I came out here for business. As I posted before, I was trying quite hard to nail a position as an ASP developer for the ISP I work for. As some of you know, I got the job. As a result, they flew me to Vegas to meet the other half of the team I’m joining. While I’ve been here, I’ve learned a lot about the larger and more technical aspects of the development process. It’s been lots of fun and lots of work.

I have to get to my flight so I’ll cut this one short.

Good day.

- john

leaving on a jet plane

Password stealing for dummies – heise Security UK.

I stumbled on this very interesting article on password stealing. Why would I link to something that seems to promote illegal activities? I wouldn’t. But I would link to something that gives you the tools to practice safer browsing. This article describes a very nasty way of stealing passwords that actually uses the REAL LOGIN PAGE! If you know any javascript, you might be able to recognized links that might be infected, but if not, this article can give you a couple of ways to side-step this danger. Enjoy!

I wasn’t going to write about Google Chrome.

I wasn’t going to write about Google Chrome because I didn’t want to join the blogsphere trend-flood.

I was’t going to write about Google Chrome. But I am. I am writting about Google Chrome because it’s amazing.

A m a z i n g .

Download it here.

Read the comic about it here (complete with technical information). I’ll warn you, it’s slightly technical but explains the majority of the stuff that some might not get. The ideas behind Google Chrome are fantastic.

I’m at work right now and we’re quite busy so I don’t have the time to devote to posting anything of any depth right now. Definitely check it out and read the comic.

- john

celebrating