Computer Viruses Suck

I really like tinkering around with computers. It has always intrigued me to learn about how they work and what they can do. I am still constantly amazed by the new technologies that come out each day. One thing I do not like though is malicious software. Any kind of this software such as viruses, trojan horses, worms, adware, etc. has no place in today's world of computing. Yet all of it exists and it is becoming more prevalent every day.
I just did a thorough scan of my computer and it found 235 infected files. This is just ridiculous. I remember installing Windows XP once and I had the internet connection plugged in. In between the time that I realized it and the network hardware activated (about 20 seconds) 4 worms penetrated onto the system. Luckily they weren't very harmful ones and I was able to manually patch up to SP2 with a CD that I burned it to beforehand. But seriously should I have to do this?
I liken this to to anarchy. Even though there is software out there to prevent and remove viruses and malicious software, people are still creating them. Computers don't create them.
Come on people seriously, stop it. I have had to reload my windows like 4 times this year just because people wrote something malicious and it screwed up my computer. I am getting tired of it.
Well I guess I will keep my windows disks close and use Linux as much as I can. I don't see this situation getting any better any time soon. In fact it probably will get much worse.

GIMP

I want to share a secret with everyone that I have known about for a long time. Don’t worry it isn’t top secret. Well, it probably isn't that much of a secret to everyone. There is free software called GIMP, which is short for GNU Image Manipulation Program. I’ve been using it for a while now. I discovered it back when I was first starting to tinker around with Linux. During that time, GIMP was just being developed, and was somewhat basic. Since those days the software has become more robust, more feature rich, and cross platform. It rivals the latest offering from Adobe Photoshop. Best of all it is free. There is a version of GIMP for use with portable pen drives that you can take with you and use from any computer. If you have ever found yourself wondering what graphic program to use to make a cool graphic for your blog or website, then this software is for you. It won’t make you a professional graphic artist overnight, but you will find that there are a lot of great tools you will have at your disposal to easily create graphics. I am not going to go into any details or tutorials about how to use the software. You will find tons of information like this already exists on the webs just Google search it.
I have created a couple of images to give you an example of what you can do with GIMP. It should also demonstrate my strange mind at work. Now on with the show!

Sarah my lovely wife. This is a frame from a movie she was in in 1972 called 'Grelsh'.

Cleveland the dancing monkey! I drew him with paint brush tool then added a couple of filters.

This is my sister. I wonder what she is thinking about.

If you want to get the software it is found here:
GIMP home page: http://www.gimp.org/
GIMP Portable: http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable

Good luck and happy gimping!

Totally Secure Radio

This is something I found while I was out working the other day. It is a AM/FM cassette/CD player and it is attached to a telecommunications frame with a link chain and secure lock. The sad part is that the chain and lock probably cost more than the radio.

First Post

Well here it is, the first post of my new blog. I am somewhat new to blogging, but I have had my hands in other projects and websites for a while now. So what do I do with this blog? Lets see... Maybe I could take a picture of my dog's butt and put it up on here, but I dunno if that is going to be in violation of the TOS of blogspot. So being that what it is, I will refrain and save you the 5 seconds of your life that you will never get back.
WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT FROM ME?!??!?? I pour my heart and soul out on this site and yet nothing! I get no followers! zOMG WHY!?!
Wait... I just set this site up like 5 minutes ago and this is my first post. How could I possibly believe that people are lining up to read my lovely blogs? Ok... I'm ok. Seriously. Deep breaths. I watched a youtube video on how to deal with this kind of stuff. Or was it how to mix mentos and diet coke? Dang, I always get those confused.
Thank you for visiting. Come back soon and we can have great fun in the wayubs. Yes those great enter wayubs. loller!