Lots of people pointed to the online Wired story Slammed!, but I found the detailed Analysis of the Sapphire Worm to be more helpful for understanding the details. Plus, this report came out on February 4th (the worm attack itself started on January 25). The Wired story is in their July issue. It seems that Ethernet turned 30 in May (I missed it). The Internet Society has a good detailed story.
My aging Motorola phone finally gave it up when its battery died. Not quite ready for a brand new phone (still waiting for the Sony Bluetooth phone on the Sprint network), I planned to just buy a new battery. Sticker shock ensued when I saw that Sprint charges $60 for a replacement — that's before tax & shipping. A quick web search later brought me to PhoneBatteries.com. The same exact battery (made by Motorola) was only $27. Even considering $10 for 2nd-day delivery, this is a bargain. They're hooked in through Yahoo Stores and I'd highly recommend these guys if…
With the renewal for my Cantoni.org domain coming up, I decided to dump Register.com and instead move to PairNIC.com (part of Pair Networks which I’m using as a web host). I’ve had great success with Pair as a hosting company and I expect PairNIC to be as good (plus, you really don’t need to deal with your registrar very often). Pair had Register.com beat on price as well — $18 vs $35 for the first year. Even with multi-year discounts, Pair beats them across the board.
I wonder if the Kids.us domain is going to be very popular. A recent story on BizReport.com (Safety Patrol Readied for Dot-Kids) summarizes how the two companies involved are going to patrol web sites in this domain for appropriate contents. As the father of three young kids, I’m of course concerned that my kids only see appropriate material, but I’m not ready to trust one of these companies to control what we can or cannot see. The story has some choice quotes…
A couple of good weblogs I’ve recently subscribed to: Bruce Eckel’s Mindview (RSS feed) Jeff Barr’s Syndic8 Weblog (RSS feed)