How to Lose Control of Your Computer in 6 Days

This report from Denver News Channel 7 should send chills up the backs of parents who willingly let their kids download music and movies from free file sharing tools such as Limewire and Kazaa without current and updated antivirus and antispyware protection.

In the clip, a computer forensics expert places a computer protected with an antivirus program onto three free peer to peer file sharing networks and allows it to sit passive for six days, never downloading or uploading a single file. Six days later, malicious software is found on the desktop.

The video goes on to recommend that owners can protect their computers by adding an up-to-date antispyware program in addition to the antivirus program, as well as a protective firewall.

Halloween Night at the Meister House 2006

Halloween Night 2006 :: Graveyard scene at the Meister House

Another Halloween at the Meister House has come and gone. This year we had well over 200 kids come through our indoor and outdoor displays.

Photos are available in the photo gallery here, though not quite as many photos as previous years because I spent more time with the camcorder I purchased a few months back. Video of the night with be posted later, once it’s edited and formatted for easy web viewing.

Classic Deluxe Transformers

Starscream Classic Deluxe

Hasbro has recently released a new series of the 80s Transformer toys called the “Classic Deluxe” series. The above photo is of the popular character Starscream that I recently purchased.

The figures, priced at under $10, are excellent, with a much higher production quality, vastly improved arm and leg articulation and a design that looks far closer to the animated cartoon that we grew up with during the 80s.

If you still get a little nostalgic for transforming robots, take a look at this reasonably priced figures the next time you happen across a toy section.