Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
By this time, in the fourth decade of the World Wide Web, the concept of Web scams is well understood. Most everyone with a computer or a smartphone or a tablet has come across a text message, web page, or Continue reading Domain name scams, revisited
Among other things, I serve as the webmaster for a church. Specifically, a Methodist church. The church was recently sent a message by a web developer noting that the church site did not have a Terms and Conditions statement, nor Continue reading Terms and Conditions
It will take some time to post the Washington Apple Pi Journal articles. There are a lot of them, and the articles and any illustrations are mostly not in digital form. Laziness dictates that I not retype everything 😇 and Continue reading Washington Apple Pi Journal
Everyone wants to be recognized for something. This has resulted in an explosion of different ways to be recognized, ranging from spending money to get your own trophy (or get your name engraved on a brick, or monogrammed shirts, or…) Continue reading Awards and Honors
Random short book reviews. These are mostly science fiction and fantasy, with some history, computer science and other topics thrown in as seems appropriate. https://www.nishiryu.us/publications/mini-book-reviews These are not in any particular order other than chronological.
Security updates for Windows are starting to sound more like  romance novels. This week’s offerings: MS17-010: Security Update for Microsoft Windows SMB Server:(4013389) Eternal Blue Eternal Champion Eternal Romance Eternal Synergy Wanna Cry Eternal Rocks I’m speculating this series is Continue reading Windows malware as a romance
The National Security Agency (NSA) has a large campus on Fort Meade, Maryland, protected by fences, barbed wire, police dogs, guards, and maybe a dragon or two. It is not visitor friendly. But right outside of the campus is the Continue reading Visit to NSA
Spam has become epidemic. Corporations and government agencies report that 80-95% of all email they get is spam: unsolicited messages either trying to sell something, or attempting to steal something of value (corporate or government secrets, confidential or private information), or Continue reading SMS Spam
Thanks to the movie The Imitation Game, Alan Turing (June 23, 1912-June 7, 1954) is probably better known today than at any time in history. A mathematician trained at King’s College, Cambridge, England, he was fascinated with the concept of formal Continue reading Alan Turing’s Birthday