Girl Geekette

In the previous article, we met John Hancock who had just bought a new Dell laptop from Circuit City. He also bought a wireless router and sat outside purchasing a new domain name from Godaddy.com. Enjoying the freedom of the wireless technology, John sat outside in his lounge chair and also purchased a place to host email and a new website he is going to build.

You might have noticed that John did look for the "HTTPS" instead of the "HTTP" when he made a secure transaction. This is a good thing! Kudos to John for remembering to do that. The extra "S" in the URL stands for "Secure" meaning he is making his transaction with a credit card over a secure site. This will prevent anyone else from seeing the credit card numbers on the website (Basically).

Wireless networks have SO many conveniences to them. No cords to tangle up and tie you down, no running unsightly cables through walls, stairs, basements, floors or ceilings, and the ease of being able to move around - but at what cost? And, I do not mean monetary costs - or do I? 

With so many reasons to want to go wireless with computers on a network, sometimes the most obvious reasons are overlooked. At what expense do people risk giving up the security of cables to go wireless? Sure, you can move around a room or floor, and you are not tied down by a cable, but the cable actually adds a layer of protection to your network.

My heart goes out to everyone that has been hit by Katrina! It is awful to hear and see how bad things have become. Flood waters, Fires, Levy’s breaking … One ISP has been able to keep itself alive with generators. From someone who once posted on his blog to be able to chat with freinds has now become his first hand recording of the distaster and the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. The blog - run by the interdictor - has accounts stemming from the beinning to frequent updates on how things are going. http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/ is where the blog can be found there are also links to a live feed, pictures and links for the red cross and others. Thinking of you!