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Hacker in My House

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My two sons, Joshua and Caleb are shown here building our new family “super” computer. Caleb has been a geek for several years now (wiring our new house starting when he was 12 years old), and Joshua is his protégée .

When I was drawing “Camp Pinetar” a daily comic strip, I had a character named “Hacker”. You can see him spinning around on the globe at the top of the page.

Caleb wasn’t born yet, but little did I know that I would have my own real hacker in the house.

What gives me the right to call my son a hacker?

Caleb works for U Test. He is what is called a “White Hat Hacker.” The people who work for U Test are given prototype electronic devices, and software programs, and told to try and break into them.

Caleb found several weaknesses in one of the Droid prototypes, earning him a nice check.

Caleb tells me that our new computer has the second fastest processor in the world.

I have a feeling that he’s saving the fastest processor in the world for his computer.

Now, back to Net Bios…or not.

Hack Attack

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Hackers are trying to weasel their way into my website. How do I know? My webmaster pulls up info and shows it to me all the time. Up to this point, we’ve had seven hacking attempts, and they’ve all failed.

“How do you keep them out?” I can hear you saying. It’s easy: If you look at my spinning globe on the homepage of www.jerrybegly.com , you will see a character holding a sign which says something. The character came from Camp Pinetar, a comic strip that I drew several years ago. His name is “Hacker”, and he was way ahead of his time. (He hooked up a fax machine to his 3-D computer program and was faxing camp meatloaf to Africa. The natives at the other end thought that the fax machine was spitting out bricks for their new hospital.)

If you can catch it, the sign has a cryptic “anti hacker” message on it. One free t-shirt (no kidding) will be given to the first person who emails me and explains WHAT the sign says, and HOW it is used!

Bonus round: One free t-shirt (no kidding) will be given to the person who can email me and tell me what was used to make the squeaking sound on the globe. You must be specific. You haven’t heard the squeaking sound, or oiled the globe? What’s wrong with your computer?

Anyway, hacking is not encouraged in our society, but I can tell you the name of one major company in our area that is completely vulnerable to hackers. They are a multi-million dollar entity, and they must have a two-bit IT department. Shame. Maybe someday, you’ll see a spinning “Hacker” globe on their home page…