August 30, 2006

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Attacked!

A few minutes ago, I received a guestbook entry with a link to the url http://picocouple.oldledy2001.net/index.html. Curiously, I clicked on the link, only to find out that it redirects to a page on http://xearl.com/ which contains a threat detected by NOD32 as "Win32/Agent.NDA trojan". The site xearl.com itself has the message: "This site is closed."The attack was from IP Address : 80.50.82.90 which...Last Updated:Thursday, September 02, 2010By:alfero#

Bill Cosby and the continuing debate about the black poor

By Michael Eric Dyson For more than a year, I've been embroiled in a public debate with Bill Cosby about poor blacks. Cosby has been harshly critical of the poor, blaming them for their plight and arguing that personal responsibility is the key to their success. Cosby has dismissed both social forces and the legacy of racism in berating the poor for their many failures--bad parenting, bad language...Last Updated:Thursday, September 02, 2010By:alferoSource#

What's In A Name

Last night I had a chance of doing some work for an Italian family. When I told them that my name was Alfero and I believe its Italian, they told me that the name meant "Iron". I got very excited because I figured that closely matches my physique and personality :), until I did a little more research, only to find out iron is actually "Ferro" in Italian. Well, that was a little close, but that only...Last Updated:Thursday, September 02, 2010By:alfero#