Noobbox

I put up the new layout for noobbox.  It looks a lot better (in my opinion.)  There are a couple of things I want to fix, some of the links to the left are hard to read and the Search button at the top is cut off a bit.  But tell me what you think of the new look.

Soon I'll be changing or adding a page to display my portfolio of work and projects I've done online.

Sorry about the site being offline for the past 2 hours.  I was doing some work, and I thought that the site came off of maintenance mode but aparently it didn't.

I'm looking at using a different theme for the site.  I like the current theme, but the new one I'm looking at is brighter and more fun.  It will be changed in the next couple of days.  Also, I've enabled commenting for anonmyous users (with captcha, of course.)  So now you don't have to register for an account to post comments.

Oh and Ubuntu 9.04 comes out tomorrow and I can't download it because my computer is packed away for a week.  But you should download it, it's supposed to be faster than 8.10.

Samba is a very popular program used to share files, folders, and printers throughout networks with different computers and operating systems.  It's useful if you want to store or share things from one computer, say on an Ubuntu file server, and then access them from around the network, say on a Windows desktop or Ubuntu desktop.

One question I see a lot of mixed answers for on the Ubuntu Forums is "how can I auto-mount my samba share?"  So here are some quick and easy ways to get your samba share mounted on login.

Windows

Windows is pretty straight forward.  The first thing is to open up Notepad.  Paste in the following:

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Well it's been a while since I've actually touched some of my projects (or even started for that matter.)  I know I've said I was going to work on this, do that, release this etc.  Here's what's happening so far with my projects.

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What is your pet's name?  Where were you born?  What is your favorite book?

These are some of the many questions that can be asked in order to recover lost account information for things like Yahoo! Mail and other popular online services.  These questions (sometimes called Account Security Questions) are used because, usually, the account holder is the only one who can answer the questions correctly.

But with today's social networking sites, like Facebook and Myspace, the answers to these questions can be found very easily and without any advanced tricks or tatics.

Let's look at resetting a Yahoo! Mail account.

The first thing you need is the e-mail address.  If you're friend has it on their Facebook, this is simple to get.
The next question asks for their Birthday, Country, and zip-code.  Again, this is all found on a Facebook page.

Now the third question is the Account Security Question.  This all depends on what they selected when signing up for the account.  One of the popular ones is "favorite pass time."  Look under their Activities or Hobbys section on their Facebook.

See how easy it is?  With no programming, hacking, or true computer skills you reset the password and have gained access to your friends e-mail account.  But it's not just that account; every account they have online that is linked to that e-mail address is now potentially compromised (banking, IM, blog, Myspace, Facebook, Paypal, eBay, forums, etc.)  And it's not just friends who are at risk.  Anyone with their profile open to the public (as long as it contains enough personal information) is at risk.

This is the same way hackers gained access to Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail account.  Using public information, as well as information from her speeches, the password to her account was reset and taken.

If you have a lot of personal information on your Myspace, Facebook, or other web site, you may want to rethink what's on your profile.  Also be aware of the privacy settings and who you're allowing into your pages.  An innocent blerb of your favorite book can end up opening your e-mail account to hackers.