Monthly Archives: December 2006

Art Imitates My Life: Mapping Networks

I recently started on a research project on network visualization, particularly how it pertains to attacks and intrusions. I was surprised today to see that the creator of one of my favorite net comic strips, xkcd, did a Map of the Internet. I’m not familiar with the fractal mapping technique  Read more »

My Mac Pro has arrived… almost!

I received word last week that my new Mac Pro has arrived, but our IT group is a bit backed up. It will probably be next week before they finish staging the system. They’ve at least unpacked the beast — I recently discovered a monstrous, empty Mac Pro box abandoned  Read more »

Blog the Cheerleader, Blog the World

How’s this for a crossover: http://www.myspace.com/clairebennet Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, you probably will recognize Claire Bennet, one of the central characters in the new NBC series Heroes. While this isn’t the first time TV shows have crossed over onto the Internet (Push,  Read more »

Microsoft VirtualPC is Now Free

I came across an amazing fact today. In a blog entry about how to do cross-browser testing on Windows with multiple versions of Internet Explorer, I found a note that Virtual PC for Windows is now free. Sounds like a good deal to me. I’ve been using VPC for IE  Read more »