Well my dissertation is due in just under 7 weeks, I need to actually implement the system described in my dissertation and to top it off I have to 3D model a car and put it on the web in a nice JavaScript enhanced way…
So basically to help cut down distractions and get through this a quick as possible I’m going to totally cut down my net presence for the next 6 weeks. No Twitter, No Facebook, No Blog, No Skype, No MSN and only emails from my supervisor, and a few other people will get through to me right away. I’m afraid all other online stuff will get stacked up and probably only checked once every couple of weeks or so.
In in short please don’t be offended if I don’t answer you back online right away. I will get back to you as soon as I can and if it’s really really urgent then give me a call.
See you in six weeks folks!
Hi Folks 
I’m going to be away on holiday from today until the 14th (No my house is not empty before any would be robbers read this and think payday! There are still people there) so any emails will probably got get dealt with till then.
If you need me urgently please text.
Adiós!
Few what a mad term! But all over now
First off as you may have seen the site has been updated! A new look and a whole much of fixes under the hood!
And there is a couple of retired features:
There’s a few feeds on information on the site. This main blog for bigger posts and my commentary, The interesting news items for your daily fix and the twitter feed which is the best and fastest source of updates.
So that’s it for the winter updates. Enjoy the new site!
Well I have been a busy bee for the first week of the holiday and can announce the following new features for the blog!
Chat: The chat system is back and much easier to use! Just click the “Chat” link in the top menu and start typing. Click the little cog to change your screen name.
SMSComment: We now have an SMS shout box! To see your comment instant on the web (No sign up or moderation) simply text WHITINGNET followed by your comment to +44 7624 80 81 82 (07624 808182 from the UK). Network charges apply. Message length can be up to 160 characters, including the keyword.
BulletProff: Thanks to a bit of special jiggery pokery we can announce the blog if now Slashdot / Digg proff (Yes i know this is a tad optimistic 
) The blog also has an emergency lock down mode that routs all the traffic through a cache if we experience some kind of crazy influx of traffic. Hopefully you should not notice a thing except that comments may not appear instantly during the lock down.
GroupWare: For the users of WhitingNet GroupWare we have now updated to version 0.6. Look out for new file handeling abilities and faster navigation.
Well hopefully you spotted the first post from Sam, The newest member of the Blogladites.
Sam hales from the University of York where he’s doing a degree in maths. He’s going to be appealing to the inner geek and things that make you go hummm… While I’ll still be posting, as ever, to appeal to that little bit of you that still giggles when you fart in the bath and things that make you go ROFWL! Although we will probably Cross posts every now and again because he’s got quite the interesting sense of humour
So welcome Sam and expect some more regular posts from me now i’m on study leave and hency have nothing better to do
P.S If you need to know which one of us the post is from look below
Well as the number of hits on this site has increased over the last 5 months I thought it was time for a change. Give the regulars some perks.
From now on comments are open to all visitors not just those with accounts here. Why sign up for an account then I hear you say? Well by signing up you get these benefits:
So newcomers welcome and feel free to comment to your hearts content and regulars, keep your eyes open for exclusive postings.
* Offer not available to residents of the milky way galaxy…
As per last term I’m suspending my normal daily update schedule due to assessment weeks.
Normal service will resume in 2 weeks time
I have decided to close the trial PHP chat servers due to lack of use.
I am currently working on a dedicated chat client exclusive to WhitingNet that will be released soon.
As many of you will have seen in the news today there is a security flaw in IE (Internet Explorer 7) that allows hackers to remotely execute code just by visiting an infected website.
This is all a MASSIVE over hype. The media and even Susses Uni ITS have got themselves all worked up over what is essentially a routine event.
These kind of zero-day remote code exploits happen on average at least 1-2 times per month! There is no reason as yet why this one is so important.
Currently the Symantic threatcon is at 2. This is only just above normal. Over the last 3 months its been at level 3 or above on multiple ocassions! It really p’s me off when the media blows things like this out the water and scares users.
Now onto the technical. This exploit uses a vulnerability in DHTML handling to execute arbitrary code when the browser crashes.
If you run Vista with UAC on (those annoying Are you sure? prompts that come up every time you try to copy a file…) then the exploit should be limited to Local Low privileges and the damage should be minimal. If you run Firefox, Opera, Crome or Safari you don’t need to worry as the exploit does not effect you. A patch for everyone else will be released later today so make sure you run Windows Update this evening. But honest to god unless your looking at chineese porn while buying a plasma TV using an XP machine running IE7 with no firewall and AV then the chances of this exploit causing you any damage is negligible.
Post any comments or questions below.
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