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	Sunday, October 06, 2002

 Virus attachment can infect without being opened

Alert: this virus can infect your pc even if you don't open email attachments:

The Bugbear worm attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in some versions of MS Outlook, MS Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer, which allow an executable attachment to run automatically, even without being double-clicked.

If you have an unpatched version of one of these packages then it’s possible that the worm will run if you simply view the e-mail in the Preview pane.

Sophos Anti-Virus said it is providing a free, fast fix for the BugBear virus, which is spreading fast around the world. 

6:35:16 PM  comment [] | Topics: Viruses 

 Source Code Control: SourceSafe vs. CVS?

CVS Stuff.

CVS Tools. Been doing my technology evangelist / mentor bit at work this week, trying to encourage migration away from sourcesafe onto a half-decent scc system.

Ahh! I have heard people say this so many times "Source Safe isn't a real SCC system" with no specifics to back up the claim. The result is:

1. Developers that resist using the s.c.c. repository because it is SourceSafe, which is "not a real source code control system like CVS," and
2. Managers that refuse to migrate to CVS because VSS is a perfectly functional respository, and it is already in place.

While [Pushing the Envelope] is drafting a collection of CVS strengths, we can begin to see a [Visual SourceSafe] vs. [CVS] side-by-side comparison:

Not having cross-platform access to our source is hampering us in so many ways. We have no budget, so I've been focussing on ways to make CVS as attractive as possible. Shamelessy stealing ideas from sourceforge, I find the following combination of tools work very well together:

• CVS (duh) on the server.
• TortoiseCVS integrated Windows client.
• Pageant for SSH key management and passwordless connection.
• ViewCVS for a web browsable view of the repository.
• Syncmail for doing automated diffs-by-email on commits.

[Pushing the envelope]

5:23:16 PM  comment [] | Topics: Tools extremeProgramming Source_Code_Repositories 

 Photo Software for People who don't like Photo Software

Photolightning is "photo software for people who don't like to use photo software". I am looking for a photo application which does the following (with special emphasis on #3):

1. Executes a one-click-mass-thumbnail creation of all images in an entire album.
2. Provides the basic touch-up functions: cropping, brightness adjustment, contrast.
3. Provides this advanced touch-up function: airbrushing. The ability to airbrish a person our obstacle out of the background.

The only feature on my wishlist that is provided by Photolightning is the set of basic touch-up functions. The photo software I currently use, ZoomBrowser Ex provides cropping, color-boosting, brightness adjustment, and contrast adjustment. Photolightning provides all of those plus red-eye correction, backlit photo correction, and focus sharpening.

Free for 30 days, what the heck? I'll give it a shot.

4:07:17 PM  comment [] | Topics: Photos