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Equifax data breach and freezing your credit

16 Sep
September 16, 2017

The hack and data breach Last week, Sept 8th, Equifax one of the three major credit reporting company announced they had been hacked a massive amount of data had been stolen between May and July 2017. We’re getting used to … Read More »

Security finance, security

s2n handles all AWS S3 traffic, what is s2n?

23 Feb
February 23, 2017
Amazon Web Services

Today, Amazon is announcing they are using s2n to handle all the secure traffic in and out of S3.  Congratulations to AWS! What is s2n? First, what is secure traffic? To secure web traffic we rely on secure protocols such … Read More »

Security, Software Development, Web Development amazon web services, aws, library, security, software

Godspeed Apollo! Rest in peace Mr. Richard Hatch

7 Feb
February 7, 2017

When I heard the news from a friend today, I was absolutely gutted. I still am. I can’t believe Richard Hatch, the magnificent actor who played Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica and Tom Zarek from the newer re-imagined … Read More »

Personal Battlestar Galactica, tv

Change Firefox session store interval to save your SSD

7 Oct
October 7, 2016
Changed sessionstore interval value

Majority of our computers boot from Solid-State-Drives (SSD).  This is great for performance, but SSDs have drawbacks due to the inherit way that they work.  The main problem with a SSD is their limited number of writes. To help extend … Read More »

Technology computers, drives, firefox, SSD, tips

Antivirus software is bad for you and your computer

23 Aug
August 23, 2016
No Antivirus

You may want to think twice before installing Antivirus software on your computer.  For decades installing Antivirus software on your computer has been recommended to keep you and your computer safe. But no more.  In fact, having this software on … Read More »

Security, Technology computers, security, software

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Davinder Mahal

I am Davinder Mahal; programmer, media producer, and amateur woodworker.

Recent Posts

  • Sep 16, 2017

    Equifax data breach and freezing your credit

  • Amazon Web Services
    Feb 23, 2017

    s2n handles all AWS S3 traffic, what is s2n?

  • Feb 7, 2017

    Godspeed Apollo! Rest in peace Mr. Richard Hatch

  • Changed sessionstore interval value
    Oct 7, 2016

    Change Firefox session store interval to save your SSD

  • No Antivirus
    Aug 23, 2016

    Antivirus software is bad for you and your computer

  • Aug 17, 2016

    Webfaction a hosting company for developers

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Davinder Mahal

Categories

  • Astronomy
  • Media
  • Personal
  • Post Production
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Technology
  • Web Development
  • Sep 16, 2017
    Equifax data breach and freezing your credit
  • Feb 23, 2017
    s2n handles all AWS S3 traffic, what is s2n?
  • Feb 7, 2017
    Godspeed Apollo! Rest in peace Mr. Richard Hatch
  • Oct 7, 2016
    Change Firefox session store interval to save your SSD
  • Aug 23, 2016
    Antivirus software is bad for you and your computer
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