Category: computerwelt

You’ve probably come across md5sums while downloading files from the web, such as this long list pertaining to Open Office 3 and wondered what they’re good for. md5sum is a quick and easy way to verify that the ISO files you download aren’t corrupted somehow. For example, I have NAS at home and some people […]

I removed the Vundu trojan (plus several others) from a Vista user’s laptop successfully recently, but met a snag not covered in any of the howtos. Since this virus was able to raise up a BSOD storm on the user’s computer, I found its removal relevant for the webz. In my particular case the user […]

You might have read about my excellent N95, only to hear that it was stolen from me. But my friends still only hear a constant sound of nothing. ‘Cause I’m still without a phone! That’s right. I must be the most laid back, stressed out little hamster you could ever imagine. After receiving the legal […]

It has been a long, long while since I last updated this "thread" of useful security-related applications for Windows and Linux, last time was when Torpark was still called Torpark, because I’ve purposefully withheld information that was sensitive at the time. You don’t have to be an 1337 h4x0r to find out where I work, […]

Client: When’s the new machine coming? Sigg3: You know as much as I do about the ETA Client: But can’t you make them ship it right now?! Sigg3: My hands are tied.. Client: I’m gonna go to the bosses and whine about it Sigg3: ..to restrain me from physically manifesting my rage And later, another […]

I got a BSOD in Windows Vista today, and Vista politely asked me whether I wanted Vista to check what the problem was and provide me with any solutions. I clicked yes, and after some thorough afterthought it presented me with the answer: This problem was caused by Windows Vista, which was created by Microsoft, […]

Keep away from children. If swallowed, promptly see a doctor. I can see it ‘for me very eyes.. – Doctor! Doctor! My 4 year old swallowed my 16GB SONY USB Flash drive! – Ah, you mean the 16GJ USB Flash drive! – Uh, I’m not sure.. Er. What? – It’s a medical expression, son. We […]

Sometimes at work I’ll stumble over some old, unknown hardware just lying around on the floor in the basement. Sometimes it looks shiny, and I want to have it. Today I found a PowerExec 4/25SL from AST Research Inc. The ari-service.com website has a lot of great information about these ancient systems, that were made […]

If I got paid for all those processes running day and night at this place, I’d be a very wealthy man.. In four minutes I will have been her for twelve hours, that is, half a day. And sometimes I get really low on evenings like these. People don’t understand how much work it is […]

The Zenwalk Manual that I translated back in April has finally been pulled out from the drawer and put onto the web. It’s written by seven authors and translated to 14 languages by fifteen translators and proofreaders. The team used wixi to do the translations. It’s available here: Zenwalkerens Guide til galaksen: ZENWALK BRUKERHÅNDBOOK With […]