Why working at home is both awesome and horrible - The Oatmeal

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Heh. A bit PG-13... You've been warned, kiddos.

Working from home isn't this bad, but there are a couple points that hit pretty close to home. My commute is a 10-second walk to the office, and the no-distractions thing is pretty awesome. But it is pretty easy to look up at the clock and realize it's 7pm and I haven't showered or eaten lunch. Overall, it's definitely worth it.

RIP Jani Lane

Warrant front-man Jani Lane was found dead in a hotel room on Thursday. He was 47.

My very first concert was Poison/Warrant in Missoula, MT. It was during midterm week my junior year in high school, and I had to sit in the principal's office and convince him that I had worked with all my teachers to schedule my tests around the trip to Missoula. He told me that taking time from school for a concert would detract from my education, but that it was up to me. I was to think long and hard about the consequences of going to a concert instead of taking midterms with the rest of my classmates.

I thought about it. For the entire five seconds it took me to walk out of his office. It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. I went with my friend Amy, and the trip was "chaperoned" by her mom. If I remember correctly, Amy's boobs got her floor seats, while I stayed in the nosebleeds with a few of my Missoula friends. My buddy Dan W met up with us after the concert. Bel-Air Motel, room 222... Not sure how I remember that.

Rest in peace, Jani Lane, and thanks for the memories.

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Watch Out! This Trojan Pretends To Be Adobe Flash To Infect Your Mac

 
Watch Out! This Trojan Pretends To Be Adobe Flash To Infect Your Mac
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There’s loads of reasons not to install Flash on your Mac, from extending your battery life to keeping your system running like greased lightning. If those reasons aren’t good enough for you, though, here’s another one: a new Trojan for Mac is going around that poses as FlashPlayer, and if you’re not careful, installing Flash on a new Mac is all that it could take to infect your system.

F-Secure calls the Trojan Bash/QHost.WB. Here’s how it works:

Once installed, the trojan adds entries to the hosts file to hijack users visiting various Google sites (e.g., Google.com.tw, Google.com.tl, et cetera) to the IP address 91.224.160.26, which is located in Netherlands.

The server at the IP address displays a fake webpage designed to appear similar to the legitimate Google site.

Here’s what it looks like in action:

Worse, the Trojan actually is programmed to serve pop-up ads, and while no ads are displaying now, the system’s in place, just waiting to go live.

Obviously, if you’re going to install Flash, the only safe way to do so is through Adobe’s official site. Why not try to live without it though? Your computer will thank you. Similar Posts: