Musings of Wired Pig Archived

Due to a Database error I was unable to repair, I have moved the entire contents of the main blog to here.

I will continue to update the main blog and use this as a repository for all posts made before 04/30/2008

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September 24, 2008

Expanded Border Searches

The Department of Homeland Security has expanded the search and seizure powers of Customs and Border Protection officers at the borders.

In July 2007 DHS reversed a long standing policy on the copying and storage of information collected from travelers, including US citzens, entering the United States.

August 26, 2008

DNC Says No To Linux

Filed under: Headline — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Glenn AKA: Wired Pig @ 7:43 PM

. There have been a spate of blog posts and a few news entries covering the Democratic National Convention’s out and out refusal to support the Linux operating system for viewing its convention video. The problem stems from the fact that the DNC is using Microsoft’s Silverlite . While there are applications for both Windows [...]

October 31, 2007

Replace your Cell’s Voice Mail!

Filed under: Featured — Tags: , , , , , — Glenn AKA: Wired Pig @ 2:15 PM

Much like GrandCentral but without the One Number feature, YouMail offers the ability to expand your cellphones voice mail capabilities. YouMail replaces your cell providers voice mailbox with theirs. Using it you can set up specific greetings for specific callers, or groups of callers. So yes, you could have one greeting telling your friend your [...]

September 24, 2007

Choices

Filed under: Featured — Tags: , , — Glenn AKA: Wired Pig @ 7:39 PM

I am beginning to think that I should have made different career choices. I can’t say that I did not like being a cop. It was good and I truly loved the job. I should have, however; stayed in college and finished my degree in either electronics or computer science since its always what I [...]

The MAC Advantage?

Filed under: Featured — Tags: , , , — Glenn AKA: Wired Pig @ 4:37 PM

I was listening to a podcast and got to thinking about the purported Mac advantage over Windows. Mind you this is not a slam or flame against Apple or the Mac OS. I may be wrong as I come from a Linux/Windows world and have never used a Mac. Here goes – When OS X [...]

September 23, 2007

How do you blog?

Filed under: Featured — Tags: , , , , , , , — Glenn AKA: Wired Pig @ 4:09 PM

Welcome to the dawn of the new era. No longer are we tied to using a web application or log into the blog website to post to it. As an example I use several technologies to add entries. I can email in text and photos, I can email in audio. Both are sent directly to [...]

September 22, 2007

GrandCentral Calling?

Filed under: Featured — Tags: , , , , , — Glenn AKA: Wired Pig @ 4:36 PM

If you want to call me, please do. You can use the form above or call me directly via GrandCentral.com at 503-343-4746If you want a GrandCentral invite email me.

September 18, 2007

Updating The Blog

Filed under: Featured — Tags: , , , , — Glenn AKA: Wired Pig @ 5:52 PM

Yes, I suck at it. I know that much. There are a few officer down posts I need to make as well as general posts. Also, I’ve been dealing with Nigerian Scammers scraping my site. As a result, I have banned all Nigerian (NG) IP’s from being able to access the blog.

September 12, 2007

Criminal Justice Wiki?

Filed under: Featured — Tags: , , , , — Glenn AKA: Wired Pig @ 12:27 PM

I did some searching on Google for Criminal Justice terms and information and came up with individual websites and Wikipedia entries. That got me thinking that there needed to be a site like Wikipedia that was dedicated to Criminal Justice information. Sure Wikipedia has its Criminal Justice portal but I wanted something separate. As a [...]

September 4, 2007

Edge and 3G Speed Test

Filed under: Featured — Tags: , , , , , , , — Glenn AKA: Wired Pig @ 11:56 AM

I tested my Windows XP laptop using my ATT Blackjack as a cellular modem. Tests were made using the Speed Test utility at Speedtest.net Test One results under Edge (full signal) – Test Two results under 3G (full signal, preferred server) – These are preliminary tests using the Samsung i607 tethered via USB. More tests [...]

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