Hello blog world!

Hello everyone! I just want to welcome you to my brand new blog! I am going to do a few things in this first post. I will tell you all a little about me, then I will go over some of the goals for this blog. Then I am going to post some content! Also, just a heads up, I will be improving drastically on my posts in the future, this is just a late night post. I have never had a blog before, and my friend turned me onto them. They look cool!

Alright, a little about me. Well, my name is Shaun. I live in frigid Canada, and I am 20 years old. I love technology! I am currently enrolled in a post-seconday instution involving every aspect of computer technology. I really love it, and I hope some of my passion will bleed through into these meager words!

My goals for this blog include several aspects.
In the raw technology side, you can expect posts of emerging technology and why I find it interesting. This may include new gadgets, or information security, or a plethora of other goodies. I forgot to mention! I love security topics! Anything to do with security, or hacking, or pen-tests - love it! My goal in life is to be a top teer pen-tester for microsoft or a government agency one day! So expect some neat security and hacking information (no illegal stuff - don't get your hopes up :P).
On the more personal side, I may from time to time post stories that are happening in my life. Maybe some current events, or maybe even just some new artist I have discovered. These posts won't be explicitly about technology, but in my life, I am never far from some sort of technical device!

So thanks for getting to know me a little better. Now, onto the good stuff!

Today I helped my friend remove a nasty little virus from his computer. The culprit? It's known as vista internet security 2011. It is a pretty standard little bug - it claims to have located several virii on your computer but, alas, it cannot remove them because it is only the trial version. But for a mere price of $60.00 you can upgrade to the full version! Such a steal of a deal.

Anyways, he recognized it as a virus and requested some assistance. I have never actually encountered this virus before, so I just used google to get some information. Ended up we had to modify the registry so we were able to launch a secure anti-virus and we were able to remove it. If anyone else has this virus I highly recommend the folks over at 2-viruses.com. They had some solid information, and helped quite a lot.

Well, that is it for me tonight. I hope you enjoyed my first blog, and expect many more soon. I am thinking for the next one, something about an "infinite energy machine".
Stay tuned and, more importantly, stay classy!
;)