Successful Sites
These news sites are being redesigned. Being blog sites, they use a big old template that requires tweaking. Redesign is generally done in one fell swoop after carefully preserving the link lists and ads you already run on a successful blog. For what is a successful blog except one that exists in the blogosphere. The what? That place in human though you occupy by reading and writing.
Our sites that are starting to grow in hit rate:
- disturbingtrends.tk 20% more visitors and growing
- AucklandPoetry.com 15% more visitors
- fisktanktelly.tk NEW
- rugs.sfsw.net NEW
- nelson.theatrealive.org NEW
Moving Blogs
With the queue of the willing trying out Linux and being pleasantly suprised at how easy it really is, and how much more you can get done, its dramatic. Now that you are masering the Linux desktop operating system crashes are almost always a thing of the forgotten past. The ease with which the computer seems to become less of a sensitive articial hypercondriac into a machine that does what you tell it to, pretty well all the time. And it just carries on doing just that for days, weeks, months pass before you realise it may be time to reboot...
But moving a blog from one service to another requires that you reconfigure your blog with a new host.
First of all, check your browswer Options or Preferences for any stored passwords that relate to blogger.com or new.blogger.com and remove them. If you have a registered copy of blogger this may not be the right thing to do, but if you use a free account, as one may, it should not matter, so long as you know your password. Make it a simple password - simple but over 6 mixed up characters long if there is to be any hint of security.
Your blog settings relate either to a server or a blogspot site.
Blogspot sites are great and many great blogs use them. We like to do what we like to do with our blogs, so we prefer the more detailed method of setting up a blogging host. The easy way to do it is to host your blog with sfsw.net - our blogging host (with the odd name my-tarot.com) will subhost any blog that we blog roll.
Just email us to claim your free_blogging_host.my-tarot.com and I will setup 10 Mb of space for you.
SFSW.NET upgrade
The site is coming up for some revision, and the first stage of this is that the weblogs have been moved to new servers so they can be updated a little more often without problem. Hits are growing from disturningtrends.tk and skyrocketing from our crime log bustedinfo.org.
All together, 2003 has been an important formative year with new services being made available and websites built more efficiently for clients.
We look forward to more on the web publishing ventures as 2004 swings into view.
Mac vs PC setups
Here are some good machine configurations we can provide with NZ$ (GST included) software installed prices.
Apple LAPTOP
Cabable LAPTOP
1 GHz 12-inch SuperDrive
PowerPC G4 1GHz processor
133MHz system bus
512K level 2 cache
256MB PC 2100 DDR RAM (expandable to 1.25GB)
40GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive
CD-RW/DVD-R SuperDrive
12.1-inch (diagonal) TFT screen
024x768 pixel resolution
NVIDIA GeForce4 FX Go5200 graphics
32MB DDR RAM
Video Out: mini-DVI port
One FireWire 400 port
Two USB 2.0 ports
Built-in stereo speakers
Audio line in/line out (minjack)
Built-in 56k modem
10/100 Base-T Ethernet
Built-in Bluetooth 1.1
AirPort Extreme ready
Weighs 2.1kg
System software Mac OS X 10.2
$4200
Premium LAPTOP
1.33 GHz 17-inch SuperDrive
PowerPC G4 1.33GHz processor
167MHz system bus
512K level 2 cache
512MB PC 2700 RAM (max. 2GB)
80GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive
CD-RW/DVD-R SuperDrive
17-inch (diagonal) TFT screen 1440x900 pixel resolution
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 graphics
64MB DDR RAM
DVI output port
One FireWire 400 port
One FireWire 800 port
Two USB 2.0 ports
PC Card/CardBus slot: Type I or II
Built-in stereo speakers
Audio line in/line out (minjack)
Built-in 56k modem
10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet
Built-in Bluetooth 1.1
Built-in AirPort Extreme
Weighs 3.1kg
System software Mac OS X 10.2
$6750
Windows XP
Capable LAPTOP
Asus A2500H Intel P4 2.66G(DVDRW)Laptop Intel® Pentium® 4-D 2.66Ghz, 512Mb DDR266 DRAM,15.0" XGA active Matrix TFT, 60Gb HDD, DVDRW/CDRW Combo, Windows XP Pro, Free Wireless 802.11b card, 2 year International warranty, free bag and mouse
$2,975
Premium LAPTOP
ASUS M2400N Intel Pentium-M Centrino 1.6G/DVD-RW Laptop. Intel® Pentium® M 1.6Ghz, 14.1" XGA active Matrix TFT, 256Mb DDR266 DRAM, 40Gb HDD, 1X/16X/10X/8X/24X DVD-RW, 4-in-1 card reader, Windows XP Pro, Built-in Wireless 802.11b, 2 year International warranty, free bag and mouse
$3,975
Software for Midi
Mac: Protools 6.0
Shareware/Open Source
PC: Shareware budget $US200
Open Source Software
Desktop SOLUTIONS
APPLE G5 1.6 GHz
PowerPC G5 1.6GHz processor
• 64-bit with native support for 32-bit applications
• 800MHz 64-bit DDR frontside bus
• 256MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM (max. 4GB)
• 80GB Ultra ATA hard drive
• DVD-R/CD-RW SuperDrive
• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics
• Three USB 2.0 ports, two USB 1.1 ports
• One FireWire 800 port, two FireWire 400 ports
• Three PCI slots
• Built-in 56k modem
• 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet
• AirPort Extreme ready, Bluetooth ready
• Apple Pro keyboard and mouse
• System software Mac OS X 10.2
$4400
requires 17inch flat panel display $1575
hardware investment $5,975
APPLE G4 1.25 GHz Widescreen
• PowerPC G4 1.25GHz processor
• 167MHz system bus
• 256K level 2 cache
• 256MB RAM (max. 1GB)
• 80GB Ultra ATA hard drive
• SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW
• 17-inch (diagonal) flat panel display
• NVIDIA GeForce 5200 graphics
• 64MB DDR video memory
• Three USB 2.0 ports on computer
• Two USB 1.1 ports on keyboard
• Two FireWire 400 ports
• Built-in 56k modem
• 10/100 Base-T Ethernet
• AirPort Extreme & Bluetooth ready
• Apple Pro Speakers
• Apple Pro keyboard
• Apple Pro mouse
• Mac OS X 10.2
hardware investment $4050
PC Desktop
Powerful System (G5 equiv)
AMD OPTERON 242 CPU(2P, 1MB L2 Cache) ASUS SK8N AMD Opteron ,nVidia nForce3 Pro150 !!!NEW 64bit!!! AGP 8X Motherboard/onboard / Serial ATA RAID 0+1 ,USB 2.0,1394,Gigabit Lan / 1G(2*512MB) PC3200 DDR400 RAM/ 120GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Serial ATA150 HDD/ 256MB Leadtek GeForce FX5600 MYVIVO 8X DDR with TV Out AGP / OnBoard 6-Channels 3D Sound Card/ 19" AOC 0.25dpi 9Klr Flat Screen Color Monitor/ ASUS Internal DVD RW-0402P/D DVD +/- R/RW/ Creative Inspire2400 2.1 Surround Sound Speakers/ 400W ATX Middle Tower Case
$3,750
Budget (G4 equiv)
AMD K7 Athlon XP 2500+ (2000Mhz) CPU /ASUS A7V600 KT600 AGP8X ATX Motherboard /512MB PC3200 DDR400 Ram /80GB 7200RPM HDD /128MB GeForceFX 5200 8X /19" AOC 0.25dpi 9Klr Color Monitor /ASUS 52x CD Rewriter
From $1575
plus sound card
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum 2 Ex w 6 ch optical and coaxial digital &MIDI i/o &2x1394
* Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX's credentials are amazing, like the ability to record and playback high resolution 24-bit/96 kHz audio, the first-in-class THX(r)-certification, the first-in-class DVD-Audio playback, an ASIO™ 2.0 driver capable of real-time surround mixing and ultra-low 2 ms latency, the pristine 106dB Signal-to-Noise ratio (SNR), a wide array of connectivity including high-speed SB1394TM/ FireWireTM, and a pedigree of compatibility running all of today's demanding audio and gaming software.
Feature
* Audio Performance
* • Signal-to-Noise Ratio with AES17 filter (A-Weighted)
* • Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) = 0.004% (1V, 2V Rated Output)
* • Frequency Response (+/-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input ) = <10Hz to 46kHz (1V, 2V Rated Output)
High Definition Audio Quality for Playback and Recording
* • 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion during playback with sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz in 6.1 mode and up to 192kHz in stereo mode
* • 24-bit Analog to Digital conversion during recording in 8, 16 or 24-bit at sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
* • SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) input at up to 24-bit/ 96kHz quality
* • SPDIF output up to 24-bit at 48 or 96kHz
* • ASIO 2.0 drivers for low latency (as low as 2ms) multi-track playback and recording at 16-bit/48kHz or 24-bit/96kHz
Wave-Table Synthesis and Midi Features
* • Creative Hardware synthesizer (2x16 Channels) with 64-voice polyphony featuring E-MU(r)'s patented 8-point interpolation technology for accurate sample reproduction
* • Creative Software synthesizer - multi timbral wave-table (16 Channels)
SB1394™/ FireWire(r) Connectivity
* • IEEE(r) 1394 / FireWire(r) / i-Link(r) compatible interface with up to 400Mbps transfer rate
$450.00
Software downloads
Open Source software for experimental digital sound editing is readily found on the internet.
Above systems are samples. 2nd hand equipment prices lower.
Malware Warning: WORM_MIMAIL.C
If you get email that looks like this: it may be malware. Malware is malevolent software that is, programs designed to do something you would not do, like emailing your address book with this virus spreading email.
In case you missed our last warning: DO NOT OPEN EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. Use a website to distrubute graphics, and use only TEXT ONLY emails to be utterly safe from this kind of nonsense. It has crippled tens of thousands of email systems across Europe since its release on Friday (ie in 3 days).
Example of MALWARE EMAIL
From:
james@
Subject: Re[2]: our private photos ???
Message Body:
Hello Dear!,
Finally i've found possibility to right u, my lovely girl :)
All our photos which i've made at the beach
(even when u're without ur bh:)) photos are great!
This evening i'll come and we'll make the best SEX :)
Right now enjoy the photos.
Kiss, James.
??? (Note: ??? is a variable string)
Attachment: photos.zip
For instruction on removal of MINMAIL refer to
Trend Micro
