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I am taking down the Teamspeak server for a couple of hours to replace some hardware. It should be back up before this evening.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you heat doesn’t affect a computer. Heat took out the fan on the power supply and the server is now overheating.

@girlinblack LOL, I think there was something off at just about every graduation ceremony this weekend.

If James Bond carried a USB drive, this would probably be it. Outside your being a secret agent, this might be a little over kill.

IronKey: Meet The IronKey Secure Flash Drive

If you want some serious protection for your USB key, this thing is worth a look. The price is a little steep but I guess you are paying for all the tech that went into it.

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Looks like it’s a gaming update night for me. Here is the GOW2 trailer that was released yesterday by Epic. My two favorites from the clip;
Using the enemy locust’s body as a shield and then snapping his neck before throwing him overboard (2:10 into video) and chain sawing off the head of another locust (2:38). Great!

Frostwire is basically a straight clone of Limewire. The only difference really is that you don’t have to pay for this version. It’s identical in every way I have found and works just as well if not better. If you are tired of paying for something you can get for free then check it out.

FrostWire.com - Official Website - Free BitTorrent/Gnutella Client - No subscriptions, Just download and install

What is FrostWire?

FrostWire, a Gnutella Peer-to-Peer client, is a collaborative effort from many Open Source and freelance developers located from all around the world. In late 2005, concerned developers of LimeWire’s open source community announced the start of a new project fork “FrostWire” that would protect the developmental source code of the LimeWire client and any improvements to the Gnutella protocol design. The developers of FrostWire give high regard and respect to the GNU General Public License and consider it to be the ideal foundation of a creative and free enterprise market.

My main reason for posting this is to give system admins a way of keeping USB drives from being used on their lab/public stations. Seems that USB drives are becoming more and more prevalent and I have seen users unknowingly infect a system by plugging their flash drive into the computer.

Obviously, if you would like to keep people from using the USB ports on your computer to prevent them from doing this to your machine or copying data from your hard drive, well, that works too!

USB Port Blocker - Pack of 4, Colour Code: Blue | USB Light, Fan & Security Locks | USB & FireWire | LINDY UK

The simple and effective tool for blocking access to a computer’s USB port!

USB Port Blocker - Pack of 4, Colour Code: Blue
With this neat little device, system administrators can physically prevent users from connecting Pen Drives, MP3 Players and other USB Mass Storage Devices to their computers to copy data, introduce viruses etc.

The USB Port Blocker is made up of a combined ‘key’ and ‘lock’ assembly which plugs into the USB port. To use, simply plug the ‘keylock’ into the port and release the latch - the lock remains in place! Plug the key back into the lock to remove. Easy!

* Physically blocks access to a USB port
* Quick and easy to use
* Consists of 4 locks and 1 key

* 5 different colour code versions available: Pink, Green, Blue, Orange, White
* Each key only works with a lock of the same colour
* Also available in packs of 10 (without key)

Ok, I haven’t read a comic book since I was about 15 but lately I have been reading them again, or rather new ones for the first time. Only this time in electronic form. I started out using CDisplay but eventually switched over to ComicRack. It’s basically iTunes for your electronic comic collection. Like iTunes it allows you to share you comic library. So, you can install it on the machine with your collection and then share it allowing you to read it from say, your tablet PC. No drive space wasted. If you’re into that kind of thing. Check it out.

ComicRack - Welcome

ComicRack is the best eComic Reader and Manager for Windows computers with much more features than other comic readers like CDisplay.

It is an all in one solution to read your eComics and also manage your library. You can think of it as a kind of ITunes for eComics with lots of the same functionality.

As a reader ComicRack supports all the state of the art features you can expect: different display modes, full screen, information overlays, magnifier, color adjustments, automatic backcolor matching and a multi tab interface to quickly switch between eComics.

Tune playing at College of Psychology graduation? “Beef. Its what’s for dinner.” No idea.