I played with Joomla for a site that ultimately never came to be. It's very flexible, and I was able to find a way to do everything I tried, with some toying around. Plus, it was pretty. I think it's a good system.

Thanks Gris and SA. The fellow who recommended Joomla seemed sold on it and I was looking for verification. Much obliged.

I may have him do the set-up for me. I'm great with the updating and I'm a dab hand at basic html, but some of the more complex stuff...maybe I don't need to take the time to learn.

DHCP.

When an Ethernet device goes that slowly, it often means there's a duplex mismatch between the switch port and the device. If the ports on the switch and the port on the printer have configurable speed and duplex settings, try setting them the same as what the computer's set for and see what you get.

Dreamhost hacked

We’re still working to determine how this occurred, but it appears that a 3rd party found a way to obtain the password information associated with approximately 3,500 separate FTP accounts and has used that information to append data to the index files of customer sites using automated scripts (primarily for search engine optimization purposes).

Cool.

Via Debuts Nanobook: A Windows Ultralight Under Two Pounds, Less Than $600

[link]

Via's Nanobook has a 7" screen, clamshell form factor and a full QWERTY keyboard. Weighing 850g (1.9 lb), the reference design offers a 1.2 GHz VIA C7 CPU, the VX-700 chipset, and up to 1GB of RAM. Connectivity comes with WiFi, BlueTooth, 2 USB ports, DVI, and a 4-in-1 card reader.

For the price, this is rather tempting. For when I just don't feel like hauling my 5.1 lb MacBook.

Business Weekly has an article about devices with that form factor.

So, if someone (who is not me, but I would set it up) wanted to set up a VPN between an office and a laptop, what's the best way to go? Hardware VPN for the office and software VPN for the laptop? Software on both ends? This would be for an XP network, but I think the computers do not have XP pro. Windows has built-in VPN software, right? Is this only with XP Pro?

Haven't done any research yet, but I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction first....

Oh, thank goodness. That CT substitute teacher, who was convicted on porn charges because her class computer kept popping up ads, has been granted a new trial: [link]

Background here: [link]

That's good news. The prosecutors in that case were totally dense.

The prosecutors in that case were totally dense.

Everybody in that case was totally dense. Except maybe the school administration, which might have been more cynically self-interested than dense....