When did blogging become hazardous?
March 27, 2007
I was in shock this afternoon when I read that Kathy Sierra has been receiving death threats on her blog. Read what others are saying over at Techmeme or Scobleizer since they can probably articulate this issue better than I.
We are truly living in a mad world when someone is attacked in this manner. I think Kathy said it best when she said:
“If you want to do something about it–do not tolerate the kind of abuse that includes threats or even suggestions of violence (especially sexual violence). Do not put these people on a pedestal. Do not let them get away with calling this “social commentary”, “protected speech”, or simply “criticism”. I would never be for censoring speech–these people can say all the misogynistic, vile, tasteless things they like–but we must preserve that line where words and images become threats of violence. Freedom of speech–however distasteful and rude the speech may be, is crucial. But when those words contain threats of harm or death, they can destroy a life.”
Update: Climb to the Stars seems to have the best set of links to help understand the background of this issue
This IS a work blog, right?
March 22, 2007
Me: “I am dying for something salty, crunchy, yummy right now…because I can’t get this Exchange restore to work. Have I mentioned I hate our backup software because it is so hard to use?”
Coworker: “I have some rice cakes around here somewhere, I think. They are probably pretty old…”
Me: “Oh, I have almonds, whole wheat crackers and gum at my desk. Naw, I want chocolate or Breyer’s Rocky Road Ice Cream or some of that really great Tom Yum soup from my favorite Thai restaurant“
Coworker: “You know what would be really good? Chocolate dipped pretzels OR pretzels dipped in Nutella.”
Me: “You are killing me. I am running back to my office & drinking more green tea to try to GBTW!”
No security fixes doesn’t mean no patches
March 16, 2007
Sure, there was the announcement about no security patches in March from Microsoft.
That didn’t mean no patches were released. I was glad to see this single patch in particular: KB929338. This error message has dogged me off and on over the last year with little relief. You would get the BSOD and the error was:
Stop error message in Windows XP with Service Pack 2: “STOP 0×0000001a: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT” or “STOP 0×0000000a: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL”
Here is to a stable, non BSOD rest of March.
