I have noted previously how Symantec seems beset with problems and mismanagement. On top of all of their other issues, they are going to slip the original ship date of their next version of the antivirus program called “Norton 360.” This could be bad in that Microsoft just released their OneCare program and [...]

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The new top emailed photo on Yahoo today is that of a three-armed baby in China named Jie-Jie. Doctors in China are trying to figure out which arm to cut off because both are fully developed, and they can’t tell which one will be less functional.

I say that Jie-Jie should keep his arm, [...]

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With most of the Hollywood critics creaming their jeans over Gore’s movie Inconvenient Truth, you would think that people would be flocking to see it. Its the most important film in the history of cinema acording to Reverend Al and his sactimonious crew of eco-religionists, and just the mere purchase of a ticket would earn [...]

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Virginia has its own renaissance festival located at the Lake Anna Winery. Its on the small side, but for a winery, this festival should be a major attraction. They have several food vendors, lots of games for the children and some nicely priced crafts and clothing.
It was so hot when we went, we [...]

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North Mountain Vineyard is located about 15 miles southwest of Winchester in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. The house features a tasting room and a large shaded deck for relaxing with a bottle, and the small kitchen can prepare a nice cheese plate for a good price on request.

After spending the early afternoon at the [...]

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The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley is located in Winchester, VA, and is a new, 20 Million dollar museum which features the sounds, the art and the stories of the people who inhabit the region. The museum is run by a foundation setup by the descendant of the founder of Winchester, James Wood, adjacent to [...]

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It is an amazing sight to see tens of thousands of motorcycles swarming downtown Washington DC to celebrate Memorial Day. Bikers from all over the country converge on Washington DC to remember the fallen heroes of the country, and it is a sight to behold. I was driving down Constitution Ave in the [...]

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The Godspeed, the mid-sized of the three ships that first sailed to Jamestown from England 400 years ago pulled into the wharf at Old Town Alexandria today.

It will travel to Baltimore next before making its way further up the coast. Check it out if you get a chance.

Also, the Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corp [...]

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Over at Hot Air is a great video documenting Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” that he is a hypocrite who demands that lowly commoners go without or make do with less, while he and his eco-religious bishops, cardinals and other annointed “GreenMasters” are allowed to burn as much fuel as they please.

The reason it costs me [...]

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Huge data breaches at these universities have exposed well over a quarter million social security numbers and other personally identifiable info. This is what happens when you spend your tuition at schools that refuse to invest in proper information security practices, including monitoring for attacks and a strict official usage policy.
Both Universities are trying [...]

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Sounds like a great deal for Dell. Im not too sure what Google gets out of this, unless Google is engineering its software with hooks in it for adware that it plans to enable in the future. This article also mentions “Targeted voice advertising service” in which Google will try to insert targeted, [...]

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Two idiots, angry that they were banned from MySpace, threatened to expose vulnerabilities on MySpace’s network that would allow anyone to steal personal information. Their price for silence? MySpace had to cough up 150 Grand.
So MySpace says, “Okay, your elite hacking skills have impressed me. You must fly to Los Angeles to [...]

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Of particular interest to me, a PE teacher at my old High School, was nabbed in a Kiddie Porn ring. He had been trading in photos since 1996. How he managed to elude capture for so long is puzzling considering that he is described by his students as a loser and a retard.

From [...]

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The UN is getting closer to stuffing unwanted, non-working laptops down the throats of the world’s poor. Too bad these laptops don’t come with a sanitation package, good food or sturdy shelter, which would be a better use of the 1 BILLION dollars the UN is throwing away on this ridiculous do-gooder scheme.
Now, however, [...]

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According to logs, security devices the world over are seeing evidence of a reflective Distributed Denial of Service attack against www.yahoo.com.cn
The site is staying up despite the attack, but the effort to bring down Yahoo’s Chinese portal is significant. The top “attacking IP’s” for the past 24 hours on my network are the Chinese [...]

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This is huge. An idiot Veterans Administration employee took data to their home in Maryland. The data in question was the socials and dates of birth of all of the veterans still alive today. The data was stolen in a burglary.

From Homeland Stupidity Here:
The Department of Veterans Affairs reported Monday that a laptop computer containing [...]

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There are media and internet pundits that are proclaiming the pending demise of MySpace. They may be right, but they may also speak too soon….

From TechDirt:
Is the tide turning for MySpace? Like all social-networking sites, its biggest risk was that it would be little more than the latest blip on fickle surfers’ online [...]

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Los Angeles is one of the most liberal cities in the country. Aren’t liberals supposed to be the ones that care so deeply about the homeless? Havent they found a cure? It seems like the current cure to the homeless problem in Los Angeles is murder.
I don’t know how this popped onto [...]

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The Xray was published showing the 25 screws that are helping to hold the bone splint in place on Barbaro. The Kentucky Derby winner shattered his rear leg during the Preakness, placing this animal’s life at risk.

Chances of survival is still around 50-50. It was a heartbreaker to see this animal [...]

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Tarara Vineyards is a large vineyard north of Leesburg, VA. The vineyard is nestled among large orchards and farmland for tomatoes, asparagus, blackberries and apples. The vineyard also has vast tracts of open field which they use to host wine festivals and other large events.

Tarara had the Winds and Wine Festival this past [...]

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