Jerry Orbach, a favorite around here and long-time star of Law & Order, has passed away at 69. His death was reported to be due to prostate cancer, with which he was diagnosed a few weeks ago. Most will remember him for his years as the crusty detective Lennie Briscoe on the Law & Order [...]

In the early days of the public Internet boom, no one really worried too much about computer security. Today, where you go, what you do, and covering your tracks is a crucial part of just browsing for recipes. Everyone’s been victimized in some way by spam e-mails, adware and spyware, and the fear that someone [...]

Something interesting I’ve noticed since I switched from Movable Type to WordPress. My hosting service keeps error logs on my domains, and I can access a list of recent ones from their site management web page. In recent days, I’ve noticed a flood of error requests for the comment script and random entry pages on [...]