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Here you can browse through all the blog posts and non-blog stuff that I have published.

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Writings

TCPA/TCG and NGSCB: Benefits and Risks for Users
My Bachelor of Science dissertation in Computer Science looks at the benefits and risks of trusted computing (TCPA/TCG and NGSCB) from the user perspective. (June 6, 2004.)
Indeterminism and the Bohm Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
In this essay it is argued that it is possible to subscribe to the Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics without giving up indeterminism in nature. (February 7, 2004; February 11, 2004.)
The Lord of the Rings: My Story
My essay on Tolkien's literary masterpiece The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson's movies made from it. (January 1, 2003; January 6, 2005.)
Extraterrestrial Intelligence Discovered: Consequences for Society
This essay focuses on some of the possible consequences of the discovery of intelligent extraterrestrial life. (June 2, 2001.)

Pecoguru

Pecoguru, September 23, 2000
General Babble • Keeping Your Computer Healthy • ICQ 2000b Released • Computer Definition Of The Week: POP3 • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, September 16, 2000
General Babble • PositionAgent - URL Ranking Monitor • PalmTracker Launched • Read Illegible Text On Web Pages • What Would You Like To Ask Mr. Vinton Cerf? • Computer Definition Of The Week: IMAP • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, September 9, 2000
General Babble • What Would You Like To Ask Mr. Vinton Cerf? • Donate Food With A Click Of The Mouse • Save Rainforest With A Click Of The Mouse • Speedy Download • Windows 2000 Bug List? • Computer Definition Of The Week: CMOS • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, September 2, 2000
General Babble • Computer Definition Of The Week: Direct Memory Access (DMA) • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, August 26, 2000
General Babble • No More Web Images As Wallpaper • Merge .REG Files Silently • Computer Definition Of The Week: Interrupt Request (IRQ) • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, August 19, 2000
General Babble • The Best Start Page For Your Web Browser? • Command Line Tools • Reader Comment On Swap File Optimization • Computer Definition Of The Week: Power-On Self-Test • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, August 12, 2000
General Babble • Optimizing The Swap File • RegEdit - Windows Registry Guide • Computer Definition Of The Week: Proxy Server • "Scriptlet Rendering" Vulnerability Patch • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, August 5, 2000
General Babble • WindowsTracker.com - Updated Windows Software • Whistler Preview, Build 2250 • Computer Definition Of The Week: Chipset • "Malformed IPX Ping Packet" Vulnerability Patch • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, July 29, 2000
General Babble • How To Choose A Strong Password • Computer Definition Of The Week: Megaflop • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, July 22, 2000
General Babble • System Administrator Appreciation Day • WinSystem 98 - A Great System Tool • "Malformed E-mail Header" Patch • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, July 15, 2000
General Babble • PEricson.com Is Working • Comments, Contributions, And Suggestions Are Welcome • Update Or Upgrade; That's The Question • MoonPhase - Lunar Phases In The System Tray • Recommend Pecoguru • Link To PEricson.com And Get Your Site Listed
Pecoguru, July 8, 2000
General Babble • Upgrading BIOS? Maybe You Can! • ICQ Rescue 2000 Released • Links To Computer-Related Stories
Pecoguru, July 1, 2000
General Babble • Upgrading BIOS? I Don't Think So! • Patch for "Active Setup Download" Vulnerability • Computer-Related News Links
Pecoguru, June 24, 2000
General Babble • Windows Me News... It's Here • VBS.Stages.A Virus
Pecoguru, June 17, 2000
General Babble • Whistler News • Internet Explorer Personalizer 3.0
Pecoguru, June 10, 2000
General Babble • Official Windows Me Site Open... Almost • SSL Certificate Validation Patch • HTML Help File Code Execution Vulnerability Patch
Pecoguru, May 27, 2000
General Babble • Wanted: Folder Security Program • Mysterious ICQ Problem - Update • "IP Fragment Reassembly" Vulnerability Patch
Pecoguru, May 20, 2000
General Babble • Mysterious ICQ Problem • Patch Available for "Office 2000 UA Control" Vulnerability • Another Microsoft Patch
Pecoguru, May 13, 2000
General Babble • The Microsoft Saga Continues • Windows Me Closer To Release • More Drive Mapping • Escape 666 Prophecy Revealed
Pecoguru, May 6, 2000
General Babble • Can't Connect With ICQ Under Windows NT? Read This! • Speaking Of Which... ICQ Shuts Out Too-Young Users • The "I Love You" Virus
Pecoguru, April 29, 2000
General Babble • A Nibble Of Data, And *Big* Storage Capacities • The Search For Noah's Ark • ICQ 2000a • WinZip 8.0 Released
Pecoguru, April 22, 2000
General Babble • Somewhat Quicker Access To C: Folders Using 'Run' • Ananova - The Computerized News Anchor • Network Technology Will Be Included In Windows Me • "Malformed Environment Variable" Vulnerability Patch
Pecoguru, April 15, 2000
General Babble • Virus Hoaxes • The Death Clock - How Much Time Do You Have Left? • "OffloadModExpo Registry Permissions" Vulnerability Patch
Pecoguru, April 8, 2000
General Babble • The Microsoft Verdict • Netscape 6 Preview Release 1 • The BAT.Chode.Worm • SUBST - A Useful DOS Command • Contest Winners • Sites That Link To Pecoguru
Pecoguru, April 1, 2000
General Babble • Megabyte Taxes • April Fool's Day Software #1 • April Fool's Day Software #2 • April Fool's Day Software #3 • April Fool's Day Software #4 • About Reader Interaction • Web Hosting Information Wanted • IMPORTANT: Contest Rules Changed - Win Magellan Explorer • Sites That Link To Pecoguru • One More Thing...
Pecoguru, March 25, 2000
General Babble • Get A Permanent E-mail Address For Free • Iomega ZipCD Firmware Update • LooknBusy - New Version • Deathrow Online - Execute Soneone Online • IMPORTANT: Contest Rules Changed - Win Magellan Explorer • Sites That Link To Pecoguru
Pecoguru, March 18, 2000
General Babble • Got Any E-mail Containing Microsoft Upgrades? Be warned! • Got Your Own Website? Show Ads And Earn Some Money! • LooknBusy - A Cool Screen Saver • IMPORTANT: Contest Rules Changed - Win Magellan Explorer • Sites That Link To Pecoguru
Pecoguru, March 11, 2000
General Babble • I Need Some Help! • Nessie! Where Are You? • Contest Time Extended - Win Magellan Explorer • Sites That Link To Pecoguru
Pecoguru, March 4, 2000
General Babble • When Will We See Ads In The Mouse Cursor? • Compatibility Of Current Symantec Products With Win2000 • Conspiracy Net - Conspiracies And More Conspiracies • Your Windows 2000 Experiences • Contest Time Extended - Win Magellan Explorer • Link To Pecoguru And Your Site Might Get Mentioned
Pecoguru, February 26, 2000
General Babble • Napster? What's Napster? • New York Webcams • A Fast Computer? • Freeware And Shareware Wanted • Your Windows 2000 Experiences • Contest Time Extended - Win Magellan Explorer • Link To Pecoguru And Your Site Might Get Mentioned
Pecoguru, February 19, 2000
General Babble • Your Windows 2000 Experiences • SETI@Home - Join The Search • Times Square Webcams • Password-protect ICQ • Contest Continues - Win Magellan Explorer • Link To Pecoguru And Your Site Might Get Mentioned
Pecoguru, February 12, 2000
General Babble • Windows 2000 Launch Is Near • Create Your Own Online Photo Gallery • MailTo-Encrypter - Hide Your E-mail Address From Spammers • Contest Continues - Win Magellan Explorer • Link To Pecoguru And Your Site Might Get Mentioned
Pecoguru, February 5, 2000
General Babble • Contest - Win Magellan Explorer • Link To Pecoguru And Your Site Might Get Mentioned • Pecoguru's Gallery Is Now Online • FreeWebspace.net - The Largest Free Web Hosting Guide
Pecoguru, January 29, 2000
General Babble • Netscape Navigator Can't Handle Tables - Or Can It? • ICQ Rescue 3.5 Released • MP123 - Swap MP3 Files With Other Individuals • Save User Details As A vCard In ICQ 99b
Pecoguru, January 22, 2000
A Small Correction To Last Week's Issue • Contribute To Articles On Security-Related Topics • I Need Your Help Spreading The Word About Pecoguru • Transmeta Revealed Their Secret • The Total Lunar Eclipse • WinZip 8.0 Beta • Magellan Explorer • Some Of This Week's News
Pecoguru, January 15, 2000
Welcome All New Subscribers • Website Update • Short Note On Windows 2000 • Lunar Eclipse Next Friday • A Great Book By Dean Koontz • Some Of This Week's News • Quick Notes On Your Desktop
Pecoguru, January 8, 2000
Big Changes In Pecoguru • What Happened To Y2K? • When Does The New Millennium Really Begin? • Security Hole In Norton AntiVirus 2000 • Some Of This Week's News • Beta Bites - Information On All The Latest Betas
Pecoguru, December 31, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: WhatCPUIs 1.01 b1 • Website Partition: The Big List of Movie Mistakes
Pecoguru, December 24, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: Hook99 1.0121 • Website Partition: Joan Stark's ASCII Art Gallery
Pecoguru, December 18, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: TreeSize 1.51 • Website Partition: TheCounter.com
Pecoguru, December 11, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: GovernMail 1.10 • Website Partition: UGeek
Pecoguru, December 3, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: buddyPhone 2.04 • Website Partition: How Stuff Works
Pecoguru, November 27, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: WinTune 98 1.0.40 • Website Partition: Que tal in the Current Skies
Pecoguru, November 20, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: AstroTray • Website Partition: Webmasters Only
Pecoguru, November 5, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: Tarsier 1.3 • Website Partition: The Hunger Site
Pecoguru, October 29, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: QuickDesk 1.1 • Website Partition: Window Planet
Pecoguru, October 23, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: ICQ Plus 2.01 • Website Partition: whatis.com
Pecoguru, October 16, 1999
The Guru's Partition • Program Partition: FTP Explorer 1.00.10 • Website Partition: Computer Stupidities
Pecoguru, October 8, 1999
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