Password Difficulty

Through the years I, myself, have been a big pusher of tough password regulations. Always making users have a symbol, number, and letter in their password. Recent changes in technology, including the power of computers, have made these password easier for computers to guess. Why then do we continue to use these difficult to remember passwords? We do this because of an antiquated idea that if they are tough for a human to remember, they should be tough for a computer to guess. XKCD has come out with a great response to the question, "why isn't your password more difficult?"

Source: XKCD

The workings of a corporation...

TheCuriousBrain.com brings us this great infographic! How true is it for your company? Leave some feedback and let us know.

Source: TheCuriousBrain

Wordpress Themes: Should I search for a free one?

Siobhan Ambrose wrote an article back in January that I just read that was absolutely amazing. There are so many people out there who want to start building their own website and think, "Oh I'll use Wordpress. I'll just use the first theme I find." This can be a huge mistake for your site. She goes on to explain why. Definitely worth the read if you are a new aspiring developer, or just want to get your own blog going. It gives great insight into how people will try to maliciously ruin your site. Good luck and don't forget to link back to me if you like my content.

http://bit.ly/fU7IGl

Until next time, have a good one y'all!
V

Why I'm not buying the Motorola Xoom...at least right now.

I spent a good hour this morning at my local Costco pondering over whether to purchase the new Motorola Xoom tablet. The concept is sound, the build quality is excellent, the price...well that's the issue. As you may have noticed based on several of my reviews, I currently own an Alienware M11x. This 11" notebook has more power than I need for most computing, it has great battery life, and can do so much more than many of its counterparts. The Motorola Xoom launched today (2/24/2011) and while it is a great step forward for Android, it also is making it take a step back. Most people I have talked to have compared it to the iPad. This isn't a fair comparison for several different reasons.

The iPad comes in a 16, a 32, and a 64 GB flavor, with your choice of whether to have wi-fi only or a 3g card installed, the Xoom has only one option, 32 GB with cell.

Motorola should have though about how it approached this situation. While you can pick up the Xoom for $799 USD without a contract, and you will receive a free upgrade to 4G in the coming months, it makes it difficult right now for those who do not want to get the 3G or even 4G service. I am in this group. Motorola should have released their wi-fi only model on the same day as their 3G model. This would have appealed to a much larger crowd, and I would have bought one today. As is, I will wait for the wi-fi only model to come out, then wait for the price to drop. I am normally a first round adopter, but if I have to wait for the model I want, I might as well wait till the price drops or more competition comes out. With the Toshiba tablet coming soon, as well as the HP tablet in works, competition is going to become more fierce as more pressure is put on tablets to reduce price.

In other words, Motorola, you messed up. You released a product too early. There are some bugs, like no Flash support yet, and no expandable memory yet. These should come out when the product is released, not in a couple months, you are just going to put people off of your brand. I love my Droid X, I loved my Droid, but I'm not necessarily loving the new Xoom.

Update on the Alienware m11x

I just received my OS install disk in the mail today. I had an issue with getting BSOD's a lot lately, and finally to the point where even a full reinstall (using the recovery partition) did not fix the issue. They sent me a new disk so I can hopefully fix the MBR as well and hope that fixes the issue. If not, then back to the drawing board. At least I still have a month and a half under warranty.

New Site

Alright y'all. I'm in the process of completely redesigning the Vaeron Studios webpage. Be prepared for greater functionality for customers than ever before, better communication, smoother usage, and better overall interface than ever before! This process will take some time, but any suggestions for features and usability you have will be greatly appreciated. I will post a quick overview of the design goals and functionality goals in my next post (sometime in the next day or two).

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