Black Friday, Johnny Cash dies
He was know as the Man in Black. With song such as Ring of Fire and Walk the Line, Johnny Cash was listened to by many. The legendary singer dies this morning of a undisclosed stomach ailment caused by complications from diabetes. He died at age 71. More can be found on CNN.com here

John Ritter, one of my heros, passed away last night.
If you didn't know anything John Ritter was in, you are missing out. From Three's Company, the sitcom that taught me to pinch asses, to movies like Stay Tuned and Problem Child, which will forever play on cable TV. John Ritter also was the host of many 'Worlds Greatest Magic' shows on TV as well. He was a great comedian and was loved by the TV community. He will be surely missed. John Ritter passed at age 54. CNN story here

The next attack might come in a Virus?
From Wired News: The Worms of Sept. 11 "Virus writers marked the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in their own inimitable style, releasing Internet contagions that prey upon people's sentimentality and fears."See more at Wired News: The Worms of Sept. 11

Ok just a quicky
Here is a song I like to link for this day. Check out http://moloch.org/godblessusa.mp3

I am sad today
TERROR ALERT
Ok, it's the 2 years today since the most awful thing I have ever seen in my whole life. I feel even worse because it brings back the memory that I lost two friends that day. Today doesn't seem like a good day to work but I shall push on and think good thoughts about everyone who I miss or care about. I did see a site that seem to pick my spirits a little and it was linked to another. Check out http://www.geekandproud.net/terror/ or Def Con Alerts: Collect them All!

Ok, sometimes google rocks me!
Cool things always come out of google labs but this thing was so cool. I think I might have it on a monitor at a party someday. Scrolling searches is the lazy mans TV search show. Check out this link

A patching we will go, A patching we will go A patching we will go
Microsoft Corp. warned computer users Wednesday about a new critical security hole in its Windows operating system that could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer, delete data and install unwanted programs.

The vulnerability is similar to one that Microsoft warned about in July, which experts called one of the worst to hit a software program in years because of the broad number of Windows systems affected.

Within a month, the Blaster Internet worm surfaced, taking advantage of that security hole in Windows. The worm eventually infected an estimated hundreds of thousands of machines.

Hackers apparently have not yet targeted the newly announced vulnerability, said Jeff Jones, senior director of Trustworthy Computing security at Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft.

But with any critical flaw, 'we have a worry that history has shown us there are malicious individuals out there that could create an attack of some sort against it,' he said.

Blaster, also dubbed MSBlast and LovSan, crashed many of the computers it infected and tried to launch an unsuccessful attack on a Microsoft software download Web site.

The operating systems affected by the latest security vulnerabilities are Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Older versions of Windows, including Windows Millennium, Windows 98 and Windows 95, are not affected, the company said.

Both the software flaw targeted by the Blaster worm and the new security hole are related to the Distributed Component Object Model service that is hosted by a Remote Procedure Call feature in Windows. Those features allow software applications to work with each other across a computer network."
more at http://money.cnn.com/2003/09/10/technology/microsoft_flaw.reut/index.htm

Another complany trying to make money with insecure data access.
"Delta Air Lines and carrier T-Mobile USA announced Monday that broadband Internet access will soon be available through T-Mobile Wi-Fi hot spots in several airports through the Delta Crown Room Club business lounge program. This fall, a majority of the 40 club rooms in airports throughout the United States will begin offering hot-spot service, the companies said. Crown Room Clubs already offer the service in the airports in Atlanta; Cincinnati; Denver; Salt Lake City; Nashville, Tenn.; Tampa, Fla.; and Raleigh/Durham, N.C. People who sign up for a year's service pay $29.99 per month, while those who get month-to-month service pay $39.99 a month. Members of Delta's mileage program can earn up to 3,000 bonus miles through the annual plan or 3,400 miles--over a year--with the monthly plan. "

If you have money and feel like buying tommEE a present
The West Memphos Three artwork is up on the sixspace website at http://www.sixspace.com/gallery/wm3/images.html. The money goes toward the DNA test that is needed to get the three of of the murber charges. They have been in jail for 10 years for a crime that they didn't commit. For more info on the West Memphis Three, check out http://www.wm3.org