Why Travel?

Travel.  Would you believe it saved my life?  So, it's a bit surprising to think I'd have to talk anyone into it.  After all, we frequently see our favorite stars and executives jet-setting around the globe on TV and movies.  Perhaps that's part of the problem; it's seen as something only the rich and famous do.  In fact, most people in the US don't leave their county, much less their country very often.  Worldwide, most are too poor to do more than dream about it.  I'm from Southern California, where a great majority of people I know consider a trek to Las Vegas once a year "travel."  Now granted, it's five hours away by car at top speed.  In other corners of the globe one might drive through two or more countries in that amount of time, so it's travel after all, right?   Yes, but not in the important sense.  At Geekademy, it's enlightenment we seek my young padawan, not distance.

Why I don't allow Internet Explorer to run on any of my machines

In this our first article on Security, I thought it would be a good idea to help readers close the biggest vector (direction of vulnerability) through which they can be attacked by malware.

What I am referring to of course is the Internet Explorer (IE) browser, which is installed on every Windows machine.

"Using IE is like driving a car without brakes."
—ator1940 on zdnet.uk

Looking at the issue a bit more objectively, we see IE's problems are three-fold, partly of its own making, partly because of its popularity, and partly the fault of Windows itself.