Movement calmly slows
This winter’s gently calm sun.
New cherry blossoms
Month: February 2015
Tribute to Leonard Nimoy
A humble, heartfelt tribute to a major figure in my life. I’ve always wanted to be Spock.
Amongst the stars
My youth passionately dreamt.
Live long and prosper.
Hand Crafted
Look upon roiling edges,
This vertigo inducing
Abyss of my own undoing.
Crafted by my own hands,
This yawning chasm, dug
By each act of selfish ambition.
A billion small motions.
To Wash
Deep into my heart
Wash away the deep set pain
Unburden my path
Considering Time
Strange, just sitting here,
Images demanding time
Life flittering by
Today’s Haiku Challenge
Exposing sadness
Uncomfortable, sometimes
Yet not a sickness.
Amidst The Storm
Go into the wind
Feeling storm and rainy mist
Hearkening spring time
Nearly Spring Haiku
Winter’s jagged edge
Painful anguish reaching out
Gently fails towards spring.
Oblivion’s Edge
Staring over oblivion’s edge
Ancient dreams echo back
Taunting me from the mists,
Warbling amongst fir and cedar
Known, yet unseen, untouched.
Once the sun awakens and life’s
Raucous, boisterous clamor
Silences the challenge, peace
Returns.
Java, Lenovo, Crapware and my Annoyance
I wrote about Java’s sneaky install of the Ask.com crap before, but this has come up again for me. So, let me go on a little bit more. When installing Java, or Java updates, make sure you uncheck the “Search App by Ask”. Watch for this screen here:
Fortunately, the fix for this is pretty straightforward: go to Control Panel, Remove Programs and then remove it.
I love Java, and Oracle, but this just annoys the heck out of me. This puts them in the same doghouse that Lenovo resides in right now. I find it annoying enough for them to embed this adware at the root level, but then to try and minimize the security risk involved just angers me. I’ve had great success with Lenovo machines and like to recommend them. This, though, greatly impacts that trust.
In case you have one of the possibly infected machines, here are some tools for you:
- How to remove SuperFish
- Detect SuperFish on your machine (this seems to be offline right now. Server’s probably getting clobbered.)
- Here’s a video of the uninstall process if you prefer: