Monthly Archives: June 2008

Pot Bust Blog Bustle

Man the news hounds have been having a field day as the long rumored Fed raid on Humboldt County has finally come to pass. A couple of local blogs have really been busy. The Humboldt Herald, always a stew of opinion has been gathering news snippets from various sources.  But the NCJ Blogthing has really [...]

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Twittering

I joined Twitter quite a while ago like I join nearly everything that comes along (LinkedIn, Facebook, OK not MySpace,  but Twine, Newsvine, Jaiku, I can’t even remember all the Web 2.0 things I’ve signed up for) and then pretty much forgot about it. But every once in a while I get an email that [...]

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Local Sites Down

Gosh Dell’ Arte had a nice looking web site. Unfortunately, just as their annual Mad River Festival kicks off, the site keeps going down. Maybe by the time you click the link it will be back up. I hope so.
And now the Eureka Reporter site is down.
Is it the strange a wonderful weather we’re having? [...]

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New Trojan for Mac

InfoWorld is reporting a new Trojan vulnerability for Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5. If this were a Windows alert I wouldn’t bother since there are so many. But Macs are often seen to be less vulnerable to this sort of thing and I believe most Mac owners have become lazy about security. I know I [...]

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The Weakest Link

Spam, viruses, phishing attacks, denial of service attacks and other serious breaches in security are ongoing hazards of life on an open network like the public Internet. There is an ongoing battle between security professionals and the bad guys who want to breach the security. As one side improves network security, the other side finds [...]

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Redwood Coast Connect Results

After months of gather and analyzing data, Redwood Coast Connect is starting to share its findings and plans. Tomorrow they will make a presentation to the Board of Supervisors. RCC has been developing information on the best ways to get broadband deployed to rural areas of the region.
If you can’t make that meeting, a similar [...]

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Humboldt County Library Gets Wireless

According to Sean McLaughlin, head of Access Humboldt, the long awaited wireless network at the main branch of the Humboldt County Library will finally be unveiled on Wednedsday, June 11 at 1:00 PM. I’m not sure what has taken so long to get to this unveiling. But I suspect it had much more to do [...]

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Bank of America Tortures Its Customers

So the Bank of America, I guess trying to streamline the deposit process, has installed these new ATMs where you no longer put your checks in an evelope, but instead insert them one at a time into a slot like the dollar bill slot in a vending machine. The machine is supposed to scan your [...]

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Humboldt County Soon In Humboldt County?

You might remember the film that was shot here a while back called, ironically, Humboldt County. It’s still out there and most recently got some good notices at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin. According the directors’ blog, the film has finally been sold to a distributor and is scheduled for a limited release [...]

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Voting Day

Today, if you hadn’t noticed, is the day to go to the polls. For information on local and state issues and to find the correct polling place for your area, see this page from Smart Voter.

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