Homeworld!

Computer was freezing up. Hardware all checked fine, ended up reformatting. It now has that "new computer smell" all over again! Finally got Windows to update completely, and got antivirus/firewall installed. So now it's time to play a game! First game on the list is Homeworld, a sci-fi real-time space combat sim from 1999. If this doesn't crash the 'puter, then I'll try something processor/vidcard intensive. Then I'll call it good!

Hmmm...maybe I can convince blueeowyn that we need to get Dragon Age to test the computer...

Photocopier security!

A CBS news item this week indicates that photocopier hard drives can store thousands of documents, pretty much anything they've ever scanned. If the copier is sold (or otherwise disposed of), the new owner can pull the hard drive and access all of those documents.

I consider myself relatively tech-aware, and I had no idea that photocopiers maintained long-term files of whatever I copied. Now I know, and so do you!

CBS article about photocopier security

Just something to think about if you copy proprietary info at work, personal information at Staples, or your drunken derriere at the new year's office party!