I nearly fell out of my chair when I read that there was actually a calling to be a hacker. I mean, you can get a paying job with your existing computer hacking skills, or you can learn them for an exciting new career. Did I read that correctly? In fact, I did. An important part of IT Security is finding out if software or a computer system can stand up to the abuse and meddling of hackers and viruses. What better way to do it than to let your in house and contract hackers to have a go at it before it reaches the market place?
This kind of work is called “Ethical Hacking.” There are actually all sorts of classes that you can take in the effort to make your websites more secure.
Did you also know that there are items that should be restricted from Google so that an attacker does not use your site as a “drive by attack.” or worse, use Google as a roadmap to your site which most likely contains sensitive information that you have not secured? Join us for the Secure Coding course and we will show you how to “programmatically” keep your sensitive information out of the prying eyes of Google’s spiders.
Just about anyone can benefit with that type of training. If you want to get more involved, there are also Ethical Hacker certification tracks at the EC-Council. I think this is something I am going to look farther into. The more skills I have, the more employable I will be for a “day job.”
What do you think? Is this something that can channel the energies of people who would otherwise be up to mischief?

However, I am finding that while many people take care to buy American or environmentally friendlier automobiles and other big ticket items, they neglect to think about those things when it comes to diamonds. Diamonds, of course, are natural, so you don’t have to worry about any artificial poisons, etcetera. The big buzz about diamonds is making sure you are not buying “conflict diamonds.” What is a conflict diamond? According to United Nations, conflict diamonds, also called blood diamonds, are traded on the black market in war-torn areas. They sometimes find their way into the hands of legitimate dealers as well.
I was a tutor for a very short time in college. I didn’t quit because I was poor at it, I just didn’t have a regular schedule and it was hard to keep up with, being that I had a heavy classload. While I know that everyone needs a little help now and then, some days I wonder if all of the commercial tutoring programs popping up are a result of not having as much parental involvement and attention in regards to schoolwork, or if it is just the recognition of a long term need finally addressed.
Everyone is thawing out now in the north, and the urge to take a hike with the dogs or hop on a quad is very enticing. Sometimes, once you buy an ATV or similar vehicle, you park it in the fall and don’t think much about it. I need to let you know that if you have a Yamaha Rhino, there is a major recall due to the glut of 

It is a sad statistic, but fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Do we all get wrapped up in pleasing eachother that we never work on communication skills before we all get married? The most common issue in marriage is said to be about money, but it really is about a breakdown in communication. When you think about it, the money issues that are most often cited are usually not about the actual money, but how people communicate their priorities with it.