Darkavich's Daily Ramblings Ramblings of a Mad Sys-Admin

So I am listening to Security Now podcast and they talked about the fact that Firefox stores your passwords in the clear inside the browser and anyone that walks up to your computer can view them.

All they have to do on a mac (windows is the same) is: Preferences-> Security -> Show Passwords -> Show Passwords

BAM!!! There are all your passwords. You can check “Use a Master Password” to protect yourself.

Now on to Internet Explorer, it appears there is no way to protect the passwords and simple tools like: IE Passview make it simple for anyone to display your passwords.

I don’t know if Safari or Opera has this same problem, but it just goes to show you don’t store anything in your browser…

Well after the latest round of companies switching over to Blu-Ray, Toshiba has announced it’s killing HD-DVD as a movie format. You can read the Yahoo article:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080217/tc_nm/toshiba_hd_dvd_dc_3

My phone froze after trying to call someone. Very unhappy about that….

I found this article that shows how to really reset it if the normal reset doesn’t work:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305720

I received this in my inbox today and I actually found it useful. I emailed them to find out if their product can run for a full day on battery and see if they are interested in providing us some sample units for the MS Bike Tour in october.

Check them out:

http://www.trackstick.com/

update….

They responded. To purchase they have them at: http://www.gearthstore.com/. The battery life is aywhere from 16 hours to 36 hours in full power mode. More in lower power mode.

I may have to get me one to test out.

As some of you know I love to cook 😉

I purchased a Kitchen Aid Stand mixer a few years ago and absolutely love it. You have never had great italian food unless you have had pasta made from scratch.

A few months back I was using a brand new attachment and when I put the food in for the first time the unit stopped working. It made a horrible grinding and clicking sound. It appears to have stripped the horizontal gears. So, none of my attachments worked anymore. .

I contacted Kitchen Aid through their web site about getting it repaired, but they don’t have a service center close enough. I was told I could pay $32 for a shipping kit to return the unit back for repair. I put it off for a few months.

Well, today I decided to call them and get it repaired. I explained what happened to the woman on the phone. I was all ready with my credit card to have them ship me the kit and have it repaired. She put me on hold for a few minutes (which I thought was strange).

When she came back, she collected all of my information then told me that they would be replacing the unit (FOR FREE)!!!! She explained that they have a attachment guarantee and that since using the new attachment caused the damage they will replace the unit with a new one.

So they are shipping me a new unit! After all the bad experiences I have had with other companies, I am pleasantly surprised and pleased. I will definitely be looking at their appliances over other brands when shopping from now on.