JTK – Notes and Ramblings Things we have found …

Georgi Guninski’s home page
Ever wonder about all of the possible security holes in your browser. Well Georgi has found lots. The good news is many have patches available.

Real DOS-Mode Patch for Windows Millennium
Did you ever wonder why Windows ME, which is based on the Windows 9x kernel, can’t access Real DOS-Mode? Did you think that Windows ME architecture doesn’t allow it?

UI Failures
Sort of like WebPagesThatSuck for user interface design. There are some good examples of what not to do.

Visibone/ColorLab
Yet another web color site. Also has character reference charts.

dmx4linux – A DMX device driver package for Linux
DMX is a data-transmision standard that provides access to digitallighting fixtures like digital dimmers, moving lights and dmx-demultiplexers (DMX nodes with analog output). It uses a serial bus based on the RS485 hardware properties but is a master slave bus.

Adobe Security Update
The security hole eliminated by Update 2 is a “buffer overrun” vulnerability. This vulnerability could be exploited by a malicious user who could create a PDF file that, when viewed in Acrobat on Windows, would cause Acrobat to crash or to run arbitrary code on the machine. Acrobat 4.05 Update 2 supersedes Update 1 and includes patches that remedy these security vulnerabilities in the Acrobat Reader? and related plug-ins.

Brown Orifice HTTPD
Brown Orifice
Exposes a security flaw in Netscape 4.xx

Safe colours – Palette files
Examples of colors that can be a problem for those with various type of color-blindness.

UPX Homepage
Compress EXE files. Claims a pretty good compression ratio and is Freeware.

Exhibits Collection — Amusement Park Physics

zoom Attribute | zoom Property

Using Shell Column Handlers for Detailed File Information
Shell column handlers allow you to extend the Details view of a file system folder. This article develops a simple column handler that displays the size of the file in bytes. It assumes you are familiar with the creation of a COM in-process server and focuses only on the parts relevant to implementing a column handler.