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Orkut 502 Shows Google Error Page

Kind of interesting, considering we thought orkut and Google were on completely separate servers. orkut appears to be powered by Microsoft ASP.

Email Storage Numbers Mean Nothing

Some people discovered yesterday that you can get a free 2 GB @msn.com email account. Do you really get that storage or is it a bug? Here’s one example of inconsistent wording: Image: Bug in MSN Hotmail storage warning The account shows a 25 MB limit while the warning contradicts itself, saying 2 GB and…Continue Reading…

FBLA NLC 2004

Wow, I still haven’t posted about this? Last weekend, I went to the FBLA NLC 2004 conference (that’s Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference) and participated in the Computer Concepts competitive event. I won 5th place, which isn’t too bad considering this is at the national level.

Questions to ask when building a site

What is your primary goal? By what standard will you measure the success of your site? Who is your target audience? What are the primary benefits of your product or service?

How to plan a LAN party

Some websites for future reference. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/expert/durham_lanparty.mspx http://www.cooltechzone.com/articles/how_to/lanparty1.html http://www.overclockers.com/tips1038/ http://www.cgonline.com/features/020315-f1-f1.html http://www.onepc.net/index.php?view=docs&doc_id=75 http://www.lanparty.com/

New Round of Windows Updates

Too many to type up here. Here’s a good article on security by obscurity (and why it doesn’t work).