Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen

About Jim Vanderveen

I'm a bit of a Renaissance man, with far too many hobbies for my free time! But more important than any hobby is my family. My proudest accomplishment has been raising some great kids! And somehow convincing my wife to put up with me since 1988. ;)

CSUS housing survey results not viewable

Posted on 2005-11-14 by Jim Vanderveen

A web page generated by University Enterprises (formerly the CSUS Foundation) is only viewable by unimpaired users of IE and possibly Netscape. Continue reading →

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Check out this cool photo!

Posted on 2005-11-13 by Jim Vanderveen

Awesome high-speed photography, awesome blog! Continue reading →

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The silencing of Daniel

Posted on 2005-11-12 by Jim Vanderveen

An American soldier blogging in Iraq is silenced. Welcome to George Bush’s America, where the Bill of Rights is a quaint historical document… Continue reading →

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Customer backlash at Van Zant over Sony’s disreputable business practices

Posted on 2005-11-11 by Jim Vanderveen

It’s unfortunate that the Van Zant brothers are suffering the fallout caused by Sony’s shortsighted DRM rootkit. Take a look at the customer rating of their “CD” Get Right with the Man: 5 stars: 17 / 198 (9%) 4 stars: … Continue reading →

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Removing Sony DRM rootkit

Posted on 2005-11-11 by Jim Vanderveen

Information on Sony rootkit along with instructions for removing it. Continue reading →

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Handy malware-removal site

Posted on 2005-11-10 by Jim Vanderveen

I was looking at some of the blogs using the new PingQueue service, and I came across an interesting malware removal/information site. Looks like they post pretty frequently, which is probably a requirement given the amount of malware created on … Continue reading →

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California special election: Arnold takes a beating

Posted on 2005-11-10 by Jim Vanderveen

The Governator put his political life on the line in the lead-up to yesterday’s special election. Unfortunately for him, every one of his propositions was defeated. (Arnold was pushing Props. 74, 75, 76, and 77.) There’s been much talk that … Continue reading →

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DiskWarrior wasn’t able to help me

Posted on 2005-11-09 by Jim Vanderveen

After nearly 7 weeks, I’m giving up hope that DiskWarrior can recover my drive’s data. Continue reading →

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Prof. Felten added to my blogroll

Posted on 2005-11-08 by Jim Vanderveen

Last week I was going through my blogroll and learned about the Sony rootkit debacle from Joseph’s blog. While digging into this some more, I ran across Prof. Ed Felten’s blog, “Freedom to Tinker.” I remembered Felten’s name from earlier … Continue reading →

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Graywater irrigation in Sacramento County? Nein, ist verboten!

Posted on 2005-11-05 by Jim Vanderveen

Thinking about conserving water by irrigating with graywater in Sacramento County? You may want to think again… Continue reading →

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