Debt Prison

My site is currently getting hit by a CAST sql injection attack which, so far, seems specific for servers with coldfusion. However, according to a visitor to this article the attack had evolved, effecting MSSQL.  Here’s a sample of the attack string start..
?;DECLARE%20@S%20CHAR(4000);SET%20@S=CAST
Here’s a more complete sample of attack
Here’s another good article concerning this sql [...]

Working in the utilities industry I’m forced to access private properties dozens of times per day and deal with just as many angry dogs.  Honestly it took me about two years to understand the behavior and agressiveness of various types of dogs.  After two years I’ve grown extremely confident walking right past dogs that would [...]

I’ve just finished the third repair on my clothes dryer in the last seven years.  I bought this dryer used in 1995.  It was probably about ten years old at that time, so it’s around twenty three years old now.  I try to save money everywhere I can so when the dryer broke again I [...]

I’ve decided to go ahead and post my google adsense figures for the first half of 2008.  I started this blog in November of 2007.  However, the first three to four months was really nothing more than trying to figure out how to use Wordpress and make this site SEO friendly.  I’m proud to say [...]

Having watched the spike TV’s special investigative study about ways to pass a breathalyzer (without success), I thought I’d throw in the only fool proof method.  Interestingly it isn’t a matter of chemistry - it’s a matter of psychology.  I didn’t think there was any way of passing a breathalyzer test when you are drunk, [...]

So I told my Doctor to prescribe Bromfed to reduce the effects of my summer allergies and rushed off to Wal-Mart to fill the prescription.  A close friend of mine had suggested Bromfed some time ago and I finally decided to request it since my allergies often ruin entire days during the long summer months.  Now [...]

Having just gone through the procedures for obtaining a passport, I thought it would be a good idea to share the experience (there was a few surprises).  Since I had never applied for a passport before there were a few things I had to learn.  But overall the process was easier than I imagined.  I performed [...]

There is no comparison in Digg.com and Stumbleupon.com.  At least not when you are talking about the ability of a webpage to be seen quickly by many readers.  Stumbleupon.com can create such a surge of traffic to your site, you’ll think something is broken.  That’s what happened to me the first time someone stumbled one [...]

I’ve decided to do an Ebay auction with all proceeds going to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross.  You can track the progress of the auction by clicking here.  This Ebay auction will end on Sunday, April 27th at 9:34 p.m. central standard time.  Since I work on electric power right-of-ways [...]

Sometimes I feel like my life is going nowhere financially.  It’s hard to think about being in Debt Prison and not end up with a sad feeling in the pit of your stomach.  Usually I just don’t think about it.  Rather than be depressed I just focus on my work, focus on my budget, and [...]

I’ve used Wordpress for about 6 months now and thought I would share my experience with SEO, duplicate content, google adsense, google analytics, and partial vs. full feeds.  Six months ago I was not what you would call web savvy. In fact, many bloggers would probably still claim as much about my blog.  I had [...]

Having just gone through a bit of down time (2 whole days), I thought I might lend out some free advice for all of you Wordpress users who are considering switching servers or hosts.  My host sent out an email about a month ago encouraging it’s customers to let them switch us over to a [...]

Many people stress about the possibility of an audit from the Internal Revenue Service.  If you follow some common sense principles you should be able to limit the possibility of being called upon by these agents of good will and sympathy (LOL).  Although the I.R.S. can audit you for up to three years after you [...]