John Dominik Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:19:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 It’s 6:21 PM. Do you know what the current version of Firefox is? https://dfarq.homeip.net/its-621-pm-do-you-know-what-the-current-version-of-firefox-is/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-621-pm-do-you-know-what-the-current-version-of-firefox-is https://dfarq.homeip.net/its-621-pm-do-you-know-what-the-current-version-of-firefox-is/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:21:38 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5731 Veteran blogger John Dominik reported yesterday that upgrading to Firefox 13 fixed some problems for him. So of course he’ll be thrilled to know that Firefox released a new version the very next day. The. Very. Next. Day. From a

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/its-621-pm-do-you-know-what-the-current-version-of-firefox-is/feed/ 2 5731 The stupid juice–it burns https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-stupid-juice-it-burns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-stupid-juice-it-burns https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-stupid-juice-it-burns/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:30:32 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5146 John Dominik has been on a tear lately. Yesterday he wrote twice; the latter piece, The Stupid Juice–it Burns, shows an attitude that’s far too rare these days and frankly is one of the best pieces I’ve read in a

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-stupid-juice-it-burns/feed/ 1 5146 The old days of viruses https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-old-days-of-viruses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-old-days-of-viruses https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-old-days-of-viruses/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:07:00 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5108 Blogging pioneer John Dominik, inspired by my Michelangelo memories, wrote about his memories of viruses later in the decade. So now I’ll take inspiration of him and share my memories of some of those viruses. I searched my archives, and

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-old-days-of-viruses/feed/ 2 5108 Christmas Eve, a train that wouldn’t run, and a happy ending https://dfarq.homeip.net/christmas-eve-a-train-that-wouldnt-run-and-a-happy-ending/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=christmas-eve-a-train-that-wouldnt-run-and-a-happy-ending https://dfarq.homeip.net/christmas-eve-a-train-that-wouldnt-run-and-a-happy-ending/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:53:58 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=2835 It was Christmas Eve. I finished playing Santa, then I plopped down in front of the computer to unwind and signed into Facebook. Internet pal John Dominik posted a status update about buying a Bachmann N-scale train set and it

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