Monthly Archives: October 2014

Firefox 33.0

Firefox v.33.0 was offered to release channel users on October 13, 2014. Fixed in Firefox 33.0 [3] MFSA 2014-82 Accessing cross-origin objects via the Alarms API MFSA 2014-81 Inconsistent video sharing within iframe MFSA 2014-80 Key pinning bypasses MFSA 2014-79 … Continue reading

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Adobe Patches (Oct-2014)

Adobe has updates for Flash Player and ColdFusion to deploy for this month’s Patch Tuesday Bulletin Description Impact / Severity Software APSB14-22 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player Critical : Remote Code Execution Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Air APSB14-23 … Continue reading

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Patch Tuesday Wednesday (Oct-2014)

This month Microsoft have released eight (8) security bulletins of which three (3) have a maximum rating of Critical and five (5) have a maximum rating of Important. ❝ Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released eight security updates … Continue reading

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Halloween OTR

Halloween :: the ancient festival of Samhain Halloween, the light-hearted modern festivity of ghosts and ghoulies, frights and feast, trick or treat, has much more serious (and scary!) origins in the ancient Celtic Feast of the Dead. This festival has … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tunes‬ #178 – The Who

The Who are an English rock band that formed in 1964. Their best known line-up consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered one of the most influential rock … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2014-10-13)

In brief: * #Gamergate Trolls Aren’t Ethics Crusaders; They’re a Hate Group (2014-Oct-14) [Jezebel] * The Comic Book World Is Getting Safer for Women, But the Gaming World Isn’t (2014-Oct-15) [Time] … Comics still have a long way to go … Continue reading

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Books that have stayed with us; Facebook’s top 100 books

❝ Favorite books are something friends like to share and discuss. A Facebook meme facilitates this very interaction. You may have seen one of your friends post something like “List 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. … Continue reading

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Wednesday WIN (2014-Oct-08)

Thunderbirds Are Go, “Sci-Fi on Strings.” A Gerry Anderson Special. A BBC 2 Radio show broadcast in 2000 all about Gerry Anderson. Presented by Bob Monkhouse. Featuring Anthea Turner, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Barry Gray, Shane Rimmer, David Graham, … Continue reading

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All Hallows Read 2014

All Hallow’s Read is a (new) Hallowe’en tradition. It’s simply that in the week of Hallowe’en, or on the night itself, you give someone a scary book. This can be traced back to Neil Gaiman’s modest proposal. * 11 Scary … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2014-10-06)

In brief: * New Apple iPads, iMacs could be unveiled within days (2014-Oct-06) [The Age] No sooner than the iPhone 6 frenzy is over, rumours have surfaced that Apple’s next product announcement is just days away. … * Toxoplasmosis: how … Continue reading

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