Category Archives: Information Technology

Netflix

In case anyone wondered…  Netflix on PS3 uses port 443.

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HTTP, HTTPS, web filters, and access control…

Learned a little mote about web content filters with regards to http vs. https calls.  Interestingly, most web filters can not clock https calls.   This means if site: “www.sitenamehere.com is ” is “blocked” , you can not see the … Continue reading

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Update day, continues

Just updated the back end to this blog… including theses and plugins.  So far all is working.  The computer prophets must be smiling upon me.

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Second computer – Vista >> Windows 7

I decide to do an experiment…  allow MS to “upgrade” the Vista computer to Windows 7.  Normal advise would suggest it better to reformat… but I thought I would try anyway.   It took the computer about 12 hours to … Continue reading

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Spent a day…

… trying to remove malware from a computer.  I know better.  It is always easier to reformat and reload.

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Integration

My goal to integrate all my gadgets(blackberry, iTouch, Computers) with Linkedin, Facebook, and Google is almost complete.  Starting to add MS-Mesh and MS-Skydrive.

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The last two weeks of the year have been wonderful from a technology perspective.  Simply put, everything is working… and working together!  From the perspective of hardware and software… PS3, NAS, Windows Backup Server,Linux Firewall/UTM, multiple mobile phones, networked printes, … Continue reading

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