Chris Pirillo

It is astounding how lax people are about their computer security - until disaster strikes. Some people rationalize not focusing on the security of their computer by saying that there is nothing valuable on their machine. That misses the point completely. We are all connected. An unsecured machine for some user [...]

It happens so quickly that even people who have had dogs for years would not notice. Most people assume that dogs lap at the water bowl in the same manner that a human would. However, slow motion recordings show that it is an unexpected method:
link: How a Dog Drinks Water
*** I [...]

Chris Pirillo’s “Geeks” space is a meeting place of a variety of very talented people. One of the regulars at Geeks is Jeanette McDermott who was gracious enough to answer a few questions:
How did you find Chris Pirillo’s Geek space?
It was one of those flukes of fate. I was surfing YouTube videos one restless [...]

In the time since Chris Pirillo asked me to start posting articles here, spam has been a constant. There is not a single day during which there is a lull in the spam. Today is a milestone of sorts. DogReader has passed thirty one thousand (31,000) spam messages.
In order to put this [...]

If spending is any hint of a possible future target, Google has blogging in its sights:
“Google Inc has bought Korean blogging software developer Tatter and Company, the two companies said on Friday.
The companies did not disclose how much Google paid for the acquisition.”
link: Google buys Korean blogging software company
The acquisition gives Google an immediate [...]

It may be a dubious first. NASA may be the first space agency to put a computer virus into outer space:
“A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS).
Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG.”
link: Computer [...]

Within days of each other, there were two political articles posted to this DogReader space. One was critical of Senator Obama. The other was critical of Senator McCain. Both of these articles have Google ads, as this is how Chris Pirillo pays the bills. What is striking is the disparity of [...]