Ooh Boy

Well, I haven't posted in a while. I might backpost some things over the next day or so.

Well, today I had the first job I've had all week. I had to go clean some viruses and spyware off some guy's machine. Basically, same old, same old.

Tomorrow I have to go test the wireless at Beckman. They're having a conference next week, and we're providing support. Originally it was scheduled for 10, but I got an email from Judy Lubben saying that it had been bumped up to 9:30, so I need to be at her office by 9:15. Yay. Anyway, about 6 PM tonight she called me to confirm the change in time. She kept apologizing for calling me "at home." I thought this was kind of funny. Does she think I have an office or something?

Got care package from Mom today. Yay, granola bars!

Spent tonight researching Windows Software Restriction Policies. I kept thinking that it was dumb that the only security levels were "Unrestricted" and "Disallowed." It turns out there's a registry hack to change that. I found it on a MS guy's blog, too. Microsoft is still evil and dumb, but the rank- and-file can be pretty cool. Anyway, in case anyone who has a clue what I'm talking about (Kyle) is reading, you can enable three additional levels like so:

[HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Safer\CodeIdentifiers]

"Levels" = DWORD:0x31000

Anyway, I'm researching the SAFER APIs in preparation for writing a spyware blocking application. I'm also working on a Spam-blocking MTA.

Classes start Monday!